Hi All,
I was riding home at night on the highway and I noticed my shifter wasn't changing gears, it felt disconnected. I manage to get home safely stuck in 5th gear the whole ride home off the highway(probably because it was 4am and no one was around, never had to completely stop).
When I got home somehow I checked and it looks like the shifter linkage broke off.
Wondering what caused it to break off, is this a common thing to happen, or anyway I could have prevented it?
How would I know if it was a simple linkage broken off problem vs anything more serious? Let me know.
edit:
i looked online and it seems probably just broke based on age or usage. Just bough the bike recently and guessing all parts were just oem that was due for a change.
Right now it appears that just the linkage fell off during riding, anyway to check or test if the shaft broke off too?
I was riding home at night on the highway and I noticed my shifter wasn't changing gears, it felt disconnected. I manage to get home safely stuck in 5th gear the whole ride home off the highway(probably because it was 4am and no one was around, never had to completely stop).
When I got home somehow I checked and it looks like the shifter linkage broke off.
Wondering what caused it to break off, is this a common thing to happen, or anyway I could have prevented it?
How would I know if it was a simple linkage broken off problem vs anything more serious? Let me know.
edit:
i looked online and it seems probably just broke based on age or usage. Just bough the bike recently and guessing all parts were just oem that was due for a change.
Right now it appears that just the linkage fell off during riding, anyway to check or test if the shaft broke off too?
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