Hi.
My Tenere has about 4600 miles on it, I have put around 500 of those on and I have noticed that on downshifts it makes a loud 'clunk' sound going into 3rd, 2nd and 1st. Upshifting is usually quiet. All changes go into gear fine, including into 1st. If I am too gentle I can get neutral going up but it never refuses to take a gear or jumps out.

Sometimes I can shift much more quietly with a bit of preload on the shifter before the clutch lever is pulled . I have been practicing throttle bliping for downshifts but to be honest I am not very coordinated yet! The more I try and think about it the worse it is, especially when I am task loaded in rain and rush hour traffic!

I got my licence in October and only learnt to let the clutch out nice and slow no other shifting techniques taught.

Anyway the noise happens when the gear is changed with the clutch fully in, but it does seem quiter if the throttle blip occurs at the right time..though it could be the extra engine noise distracts me..

The previous owner said that the bike was run in very carefully with an extra oil change to boot. Have checked the oil level and it is good. Oil looks good too.

Any opinions appreciated!

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idler

Throttle blip is the solution witch works for me. More practice until your ears find the right RPM for down-shifting. Don't give up. Try to predict the needed RPM for same speed but in lower gear.

Thanks cca,

I guess I just need more practice..knowing what to do and actually doing it without thinking are quite different things, if it would stop raining for a few minutes I could get out more!

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idler

Mines been a bit clunky like that to. I do find though it's actually better when it's cold. Then again somedays it doesn't somedays it does. 3rd gear is the most prominent clunky one though. It's due for its 2nd service (with a tad over 7000kms on it) in a couple of weeks so I'll see what happens after that. Otherwise I'm continplating a gear selector bearing/arm inspection or replacement just to be safe.

I am using elf campione 10-60 syntetic oil now, instead of 10-50 syntetic and it is excellent. Almost no clunk on up-shift. But it is not JASO approved.

Ta mate. I know the bike had Motul 3100 last service but not sure if 10-40 was used or the 15-50, probably the latter. I can never remember if the higher the number the thinner or thicker the oil?