I recently encountered a, what seems to be, big problem. Yesterday a few of my buddies and I were riding back to my place on a local road. To begin I hate "road riding" with this machine.... just not made for it. But anyway. I was going about 30-35 when my back wheels locked up and it almost through me over the handlebars. So, my problem is... It wont go in anything but 2nd gear. I can shift up into 3rd 4th and 5th but it wont move. I cant shift down into 1st or Neutral though. So I am stuck in 2nd? I dont know too much about transmissions but could 5th gear have broken and locked up those 3 gears or could a bearing have broken or what could the problem be? I have the motor out and Im ready to tear into the tranny... Any help would be greatly appreciated. And on another note, does anyone know if there is a way to trick the computer into starting while its in gear? I jumped the coil and starter and it will turn over but it wont start up, much like it wont start if you try and push start it... Thanks again.

 

Did you check to see if there were any metal shavings in the tranny?

As far as tricking it to staring in gear, I would think you could if you could find the wire or wires going into the tranny. Just make sure its up on blocks when you do try to start it.