Unhappy transmission - Ducati.ms

mtngoat · Sep 16th, 2009, 2:07 pm

Hey got a 08 Hypermotard. I ride it pretty hard. It has 3,600 miles on it. I have been regular on maintanence with it. I've noticed that it sometimes hesitates to drop into 1st gear or find neutral. I don't know if Ducati puts sloppy transmissions in the bike or it's something from me. I've been riding for 20 years and don't have this issue on any of my other bikes or bikes in the past. I want to blame it on the bike but hoping i'm missing something... Thanks for your help.

primitive · Sep 16th, 2009, 2:47 pm

Call your local dealer, they should have some insight.

doon · Sep 16th, 2009, 3:45 pm

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Originally Posted by mtngoat

Hey got a 08 Hypermotard. I ride it pretty hard. It has 3,600 miles on it. I have been regular on maintanence with it. I've noticed that it sometimes hesitates to drop into 1st gear or find neutral. I don't know if Ducati puts sloppy transmissions in the bike or it's something from me. I've been riding for 20 years and don't have this issue on any of my other bikes or bikes in the past. I want to blame it on the bike but hoping i'm missing something... Thanks for your help.

There is a fault with some of the Hypermotards, mine has just developed it where it gets stuck in gear.
There is a TSB(technical service bulletin) out now for this problem with a kit that fixes it.
Mine only does it when I down shift very fast.
Have you tried bleeding the clutch as if you are not getting enough clutch rod travel, that may be a cause also.

mtngoat · Sep 16th, 2009, 5:35 pm

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Originally Posted by doon

There is a fault with some of the Hypermotards, mine has just developed it where it gets stuck in gear.
There is a TSB(technical service bulletin) out now for this problem with a kit that fixes it.
Mine only does it when I down shift very fast.
Have you tried bleeding the clutch as if you are not getting enough clutch rod travel, that may be a cause also.

Yes I tried bleeding it twice with the same problem. But I did not know about the TSB. I will downshift quickly to the point where I assume the bike is in 1st gear. Green light and the bike chugs forward in 2nd gear. Is this the "stuck in gear" issue that the TSB addresses?
Thank you for your response! It definetly helps. I'm gonna call my dealer tomorrow.

PedroHM · Sep 16th, 2009, 5:48 pm

the stuck in gear problem is something phisically breaking that means you are STUCK in gear.

sounds like your dragging the clutch or you have a sticky lever that is causing the selector not to return correctly with your fast rally style gear shifts. I bang mine round the track all the time with no issues with the gears except if i don't pull the clutch lever in all the way neutral is hard to engage, this is because I've changed slaves and the action is shorter. have you changed to a 30mm slave?

freezer16801 · Sep 16th, 2009, 6:06 pm

the shifter return spring failure is the problem that many have had. It happened to be twice. The bike would get stuck in 3rd. This doesn't appear to be the problem with your bike.

mtngoat · Sep 16th, 2009, 6:12 pm

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Originally Posted by PedroHM

the stuck in gear problem is something phisically breaking that means you are STUCK in gear.

sounds like your dragging the clutch or you have a sticky lever that is causing the selector not to return correctly with your fast rally style gear shifts. I bang mine round the track all the time with no issues with the gears except if i don't pull the clutch lever in all the way neutral is hard to engage, this is because I've changed slaves and the action is shorter. have you changed to a 30mm slave?

No it's dead stock except for exhaust, clutch cover and clutch springs. The springs are noticably stiffer...

Hypremotard · Sep 16th, 2009, 6:28 pm

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No it's dead stock except for exhaust, clutch cover and clutch springs. The springs are noticably stiffer...

I can tell you I picked my bike up from my last service and it was hard shifting. I never thought twice about it being lever adjustment as I ride it daily and never had any issues. Well, I felt pretty dumb after the tech suggested checking the lever adjustment and he was correct. The guy that must have test rode it adjusted the clutch lever. I've been on a bike for a number of years and I happen to have been an Aircraft Mechanic for 13 years and there you go. The problem was between the seat and the handle bars.... Hope that's your issue as its the simplest fix.

doon · Sep 16th, 2009, 7:40 pm

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Yes I tried bleeding it twice with the same problem. But I did not know about the TSB. I will downshift quickly to the point where I assume the bike is in 1st gear. Green light and the bike chugs forward in 2nd gear. Is this the "stuck in gear" issue that the TSB addresses?
Thank you for your response! It definetly helps. I'm gonna call my dealer tomorrow.

Just be aware that down shifting fast coming to a stop may cause your bike to get stuck in gear. This may or not be a problem with your bike.
Just a warning, so if you try it, do it some where close to home.

Some bikes get it worse than others, some break the spring others dont.
Mine didnt and was able to knock it up a gear to release it.

mtngoat · Sep 17th, 2009, 12:07 am

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Originally Posted by doon

Just be aware that down shifting fast coming to a stop may cause your bike to get stuck in gear. This may or not be a problem with your bike.
Just a warning, so if you try it, do it some where close to home.

Some bikes get it worse than others, some break the spring others dont.
Mine didnt and was able to knock it up a gear to release it.

Thanks for the heads up. I will definetly keep that in mind.