GS 1100 Shifting Issues

[gs11ezrydr]

AS far as loosening up. I think it's was possibly the shift cam, gears, etc..were a little rusted, pitted, etc. since you said it sat a long time. Then after use it smoothed the grooves in the cam out. Causing it to shift properly. Just a possibility. I know I have polished the casting marks off the grooves, even polished them with no casting marks for performance reasons . Also polished where the forks ride in the gears and the forks themselves. And after the polishing of the parts every rider said they noticed that it shifted more smoothly and quickly afterwards. One other thing you can smooth out the grooves in the baskets some , But if too bad all it does is make the slots wider and cause the plates to slap back and forth wearing them out much quicker. Again just another opinion.

[JTGS850GL]

I know this is going to sound simplistic, but I ran into something like this as well. About a year ago I purchased a new set of boots. These were all weather thick boots with a shift pad on top. I noticed that my shifting was a lot more erratic then ever before. Hard to get her into each gear sometimes. Didn't matter if I used the clutch or not. What I eventually found out was that the height of the boot was making me not fully return the shift lever to it's lower state. This made it impossible for me to notch it into the next gear. The solution was rather easy. I raised the shift lever by rotating it one notch clockwise on the spline. That small amount made it much easier to **** without having to consciously lower my foot after each shift. I've been riding bikes for over 35 years so I was surprised that I hadn't run into this before. So if you're a little green around the edges it may very well be your problem as well.