Shift Help

[canadianhayabusa]

Hey Guys,

I just got my bike back together last week and everything seems to be working good BUT yesterday I was checking some things out on it and the following happened. I was sitting in the garage with the bike running (door opening-not suicidal-lol) with the clutch pulled in, I tried to shift to first, it wouldn't go into first, tried second, same result. I tried several times without putting too much force on the shift lever not wanting to hurt anything. With the clutch in, I rolled the bike ahead just 2-4 inches and everything was fine.

What would cause this and is it normal?

The bike just went back together with brand new undercut 1st and 2nd gear, 3 brand new shift forks and billet shafts. On the clutch side, it has a welded hub and a Brock's Cushion Kit with  HD springs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mike

[Nem]

Normal...don't sweat it

If it didn't go into gear after rolling it a bit then I would worry

[Rice Ya]

Sometimes you got to rock em a little, normal on most all bikes.
Maybe you better give up the bike thing and go back to the dragster Mike.
I'll buy it from ya cheep.

[canadianhayabusa]

You should have taken me up on my offer when it was all in pieces on my bench and I had lost patience.....you could have gotten it real cheap then   

[Quijinn]

Easy way to do it is to put preassure on the shifter and let the clutch out a little so it drags. It will pull the dogs around and pop them in, you where just hitting tooth to tooth. I have a hard time rolling the bike forward in the gravel around the shop so I started useing the clutch, much easier.