greenbaron
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I picked last thurs to do the 4.5 hour ride to the closest dealer to get a new rear tire put on (and, as it happened, a new batt- got 5yrs 24K+mi on the first one), knowing I'd have to get up early and go on Friday to get back home before the storm hit- coming in to the dealer, just once, I had a hard time downshifting to 2nd. Pressing on the shifter, no resistance and nothing happened. Never has happened before, so I wrote it off to numb cold foot. The next day, started up happening on the ride back. I had seriously cold feet on this trip, but clearly that was not what was going on. Started as just not being to get down to 2nd, progressively got worse, until I could only go from 5th to 4th. Just a couple of times (fortunately) I got stuck at a light and had to get underway in 3, one time in 4th gear. Anyway, almost home I think I figured it out, at least how to downshift. A long decline where I usually let the engine assist in slowing me down, so off the throttle, slow some, pull in clutch and downshift. No trouble whatsoever, all the way down to first. There was only 15 minutes left to the ride at this point, but I confirmed at the entrance to my drive, letting off the throttle and allowing the engine to pull a bit against my momentum, then shifting, worked normally. Typically I'm on the clutch as I'm coming off the throttle, and this approach resulted in what felt like a disconnected shifter pedal when trying to downshift, everytime. I did try tightening up the clutch cable at a mid-trip stop for gas, no effect. Does this make any sense to someone who knows how that system works in the RIII?
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