im kinda worry about hearing people talking about it going bad and i was wanting to get a pred but i dont know now. can someone give me some insight on this.thanks

 

G'day Patrick.

I've never had a problem with it, though it is hard to find reverse.

Geoff.

 

I have heard they are notchy until broken in, and have HEARD of a case where someone bent a shift fork, but never grenaded the tranny.

 

The guys are right, notchy when new, but smooooth once it's broken in. Just don't speed shift, and all is fine. Just make sure to follow that 1 hr. break-in oil and filter change, gets all that break-in garb out. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

FARMR, what you heard about the bent fork is correct. In fact, he had pics of it! Like MOD said, it was from speed shifting that caused it. I have yet to have problems with mine, and I do sometimes shift it a little hard!

 

Pred trannies are very solid, they just don't like to be power shifted. I never do that with my bikes anyway so I couldn't tell a diff. To me 4th and 5th gear felt notchy till broken in, now it's very smooth.

 

It's the same thing as it not wanting to go into neutral when new. Once broken in, it's very easy. With CAD engineering, and CNC machining, these things can be built sooooo precise.

 

Do you ever find it?

 

LOL, Don't need it!

 

they arent as bad as they say.iv had a lil bit of trouble wit it when i first got it but it runs perfect now.