Everyone
Another thing to note the Main or "upper" gear set has a brake on the main input gear. This is designed to "slow down" the shaft and get a bit of a synchronizing effect between the stationary (upper) and the shifted (lower) gear sets.. That brake affair is WAY WAY to tight in my bike as in 6 of the 7 this guy has been into. He showed me a correctly adjusted similar brake on three bikes. One triumph one Kaw and one Suzuki.. These brake affairs on those bikes, give a very very slight drag when spinning the shaft that free wheels through them. NOT the Rocket 3, it is hard to hold the gear and spin the shaft. He has an old shaft from a Rocket 3 with a turbo on it that a local guy races, it twice blew the snap ring off that brake affair and eventually turned the shaft blue from Heat In that spot.. This guy takes that apart machines more tolerance into the thing so it spins not free, but much closer to free..
My Mechanic equates it to the dropping into any gear, especially second.. 8 times out of 10 bang you are in, those other two you get the almost un-noticeable tick tick and your in.. That is from this drag being too tight! and each of those barely noticeable ticks is your hardened sharp Gear Dawg Edge getting dull until. Once dull enough they pop out of gear, or slam around like mine does.
So I am about a $3500 guy with all new gear sets and a new clutch, Clutch was not terrible but we were looking at it and, guess what Im not doing this twice.. Very frustrating, I have the Light Relay kit at home first thing were doing once we get her home. Timing chain and guides are tight and look perfect in every way so, you have to stop someplace. We are adjusting the valves. Should be ready to tear it up again 7-8 days from now.
Mike