Who knows about motorcycles

[Skugga]

I didn't have my bike for long and I don't know much about working on them but I would like to try fixing it myself. its a 2001 Kawasaki Vulcan 500. Yesterday I came back from riding it and it fell over sitting in my driveway while I was opening the garage and taking off my helmet. I don't know if the kickstand didn't lock in place or what happend. It sucks that I got a dent in the gas tank but I can live with that since I bought the bike used and it already had a dent from something being dropped on the front fender. My problem is that the shifter got bent so I pulled it back out a little and now I can only get in first gear and neutral. I'm going to have a friend look at it that works on dirt bikes a lot but i could use any extra help if someone here has any other ideas about it.

 

[Fischer]

Try tensioning the cable by turning the adjusting barrel that is butted against the lever. Try this both ways, slack and tension.

Good Luck, that is a tough brake..

 

[Rick]

If you're talking about the foot operated shifter lever, you may have bent the internal shifting mechanism If you bent the clutch lever, then what he said

 

[Skugga]

The clutch still works. It was the shift lever that got bent. I was looking at the linkage from the shifter to the trans and couldn't see anything where it was getting stuck so it probably is something internal that broke. I hope this is something I can get fixed and do a little more riding before I go back to school.