Puncher
Junior Member
I just got my '04 FZ6 last month with about 13000 miles and have loved it so far. Yesterday I took it for a 300 mile ride (my longest ride on it yet by far) through the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. About 100 miles in I started having this downshifting issue where it would not downshift unless I fiddled around with it a lot or slammed it really hard (bad for it I know but its like I'm at a stop light, it just turned green, and I can't start from 3rd/4th gear..so not much choice haha).
Today I played around with it and figured out the problem although I don't know why the problem exists.
See video: FZ6 downshifting issue - YouTube
The shifter isn't returning to where it should after I downshift. Sometimes I have to put my foot underneath and bring it up a tad to be able to downshift again.
Recent changes:
I did just change the oil about 50 miles before yesterdays ride with Castrol 10w40 motorcycle oil. Yes the manual calls for yamalube 10w30 or 20w40, but I don't know of any yamaha dealers close within reason and I couldn't find 10w30 or 20w40 (motorcycle oil anyway) to save my life and the guy at another motorcycle place said 10w40 would be fine and I even saw some members on this forum that use it so I went ahead and put that in.
I also tightened the chain recently. Not too tight though.
Maybe some of you have experience with the internals of the transmission and know if its something internal??
Today I played around with it and figured out the problem although I don't know why the problem exists.
See video: FZ6 downshifting issue - YouTube
The shifter isn't returning to where it should after I downshift. Sometimes I have to put my foot underneath and bring it up a tad to be able to downshift again.
Recent changes:
I did just change the oil about 50 miles before yesterdays ride with Castrol 10w40 motorcycle oil. Yes the manual calls for yamalube 10w30 or 20w40, but I don't know of any yamaha dealers close within reason and I couldn't find 10w30 or 20w40 (motorcycle oil anyway) to save my life and the guy at another motorcycle place said 10w40 would be fine and I even saw some members on this forum that use it so I went ahead and put that in.
I also tightened the chain recently. Not too tight though.
Maybe some of you have experience with the internals of the transmission and know if its something internal??