If I dont shift into 2nd at around 15mph, 3rd at around 30, 4th at around 35 and 5th at around 45 then I either am lugging the motor if im going too slow or it seems like the gears are GRINDING if im going to fast. Going to slow would be 5mph slower than the speeds I stated and too fast would be 5mph to fast. So when I say around, I mean plus or minus 3mph of the speeds I stated before. If I shift like into 3rd at like 45 (15mph above of what I stated), than the grinding is absolutely horrible and I can not even shift unless I SLAMMED it into gear. Does anyone else experience this? Samething happens with downshifting. It makes me wonder how the hell do others that ride Harleys say they shift into 3rd at like 65mph. Also it sucks that you cant shift at high rpms than because ur wasting time shifting and you never really get the full potential of the power band

 

At 15mph on a 1200C you should barely even have the clutch out in 1st gear. No way in hell you should be shifting to 2nd at that speed.

For the grinding noise, I'm going to go with you are shifting too slow. You need a solid, strong shift or it won't work. Bike transmissions aren't like car transmissions where you can just slide it in all nice an easyl; they like to be treated a little rough...

 

Ride a Honda and you shift smooth as butter no matter what rpm, you dont even hear anything. But thank you for your information I apprecaite it

 

I have this problem but only going into first from neutral. I will hear metal knocking like clunk clunk clunk and then the shifter peg gets thrown back into neutral. I wonder if I am the only one experiencing this..

 

your idle is high, im talking about in general, are all harleys smooth shifters at onlu certain speeds... If you have a carbed bike than adjust your idle screw which is located right above your air cleaner and it won't do that, hell of alot smoother shifting than

 

It happens. You need to hit it into gear harder. I do that on my bike occasionally as well, so it's not just you.

Also, he has an EFI Sportster, no idle adjustment outside of a tuner.

 

hate fuel injection

 

Ahh...makes sense! thanks guys