Rough Shifting

[cdepret]

I have a 85 gs450l with only 2000 miles (it had barely 700 miles until 2007). The bike is like new but I noticed a sort of rough shifting especially when I engage the first gear after an extended period of time without riding it and the bike is totally cold (I warm it up first). The other gears seem to be shifting ok but a little bit rough and possibly noisy. The clutch lever seems to be acting normally (at least cable wise and smoothness) but I am not sure about the mechanical aspect of it. I recently acquired this motorcycle and I am not too familiar with this model. Is there anything that I should be adjusting or lubricating. Provided the low mileage I cannot expect a major problem but I want to make sure I would not creat one. Thanks for your help.
Chris,

[friedshrooms]

my 82 gs 450 l does the same thing, though it has 23k miles...

[Runningdog]

How often do you change the oil? I've noticed that GSs in general (at least those I've had) get notchy shifting when the oil gets any more than 2000k on it.

[cdepret]

I got the bike about 300 miles ago, a couple of months, and oil was changed. It is as clear as new. Is there a separate gear oil that wouuld need to be changed?
Thanks
Chris

[JEEPRUSTY]

No seperate gear oil but there are a lot of issues that can be looke at.

The clutch should be properly adjusted as per the manual.

The clutch may have been and likely was thrashed by every PO that laid his ugly mitts on the bike so after the adjustment verification check the clutch plates etc.

Rough shifts beyond that are usually in the shift dog or shift fork realm and others will need to guide you on that journey.

Oh yes adjust your chain to the tension prescribed in the manual and make sure you check for stretch because a stretched cahin is nothing like a new one and will behave oddly.

[cdepret]

GS450 problem solved

With only 2000 miles I kind of doubted that it could be anything serious. I adjusted the clutch lever about 1/4 inch and it rune perfectly. About that! Thanks you all.
Chris,