Dash fault ...5th gear

[Ratbag31]

Hey everyone 2020 model . I've lost 5 gear on dash all other gears show, just not 5th ..anyone else had this?

[Ray Ride4life]

I have the same with fourth, it's a problem in the sensor near the front sprocket which can't handle heat apparently.
My 4 does show when i just ride off but when the bike heats up it's gone, not going to do anything about it until more disappear. Now i know no number is fourth but when more fail it's not clear anymore.

[qInvention]

Others will follow. Before my sensor was changed on warranty, my bike only showed 2 gears, all others were gone.

[williestreet]

 

[Ratbag31]

Thanks. So if I ask for gear position sensor they should know ? How big of job is it to change?

[Ratbag31]

20 hours ago, williestreet said:

 

Awesome thanks ...all the info I need

[Rider 101]

Mine doesn't have 2nd gear.

Don't really notice it.

[winddown]

The gear indicator is nice but I don't rely on it, especially on the narrow gravel back-roads.  Engine revs, in my ear, tell me all I really need to know.  Having said that, if my 2022 develops the problem...

[AZJW]

Neither my 2021  or my son's 2022 hasn't had any issues with the gear indicator.   I'm a pretty picky guy and want everything to work,  but I'm beating @Hibobb to the punch here. I/ we grew up riding motorcycles with zero instrumentation and developed the skillset to know what gear I'm in without having a display telling me.  If mine fails, I'll probably just go back to old school.

[Hibobb]

@AZJW  I had a 1984 Honda VF700S with a six speed gearbox that had a gear indicator on it. That was back when the lobbyist's from Harley put a tariffs on bikes of 750cc or more, thinking that Japan was the problem to all their woes.. It was a fine bike, V-four, liquid cooled, carburated, shaft drive, cheap, reliable. Drove it all over the USA, it was one of the bikes I wished i had kept. The gear shift indicator never let me down.... funny how much progress we have made in 40 years... (sarcasm)!

 

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