I have a 2004 HONDA TRX400FA GPS wich i just picked up the other day. I went for a short ride just to try the bike out, and found a problem with the Hondamatic trany.
Here it goes...
When in AUTO mode and quickly stoping from... lets say 2nd or 3rd gear... when I give it gas right away, it seems to get stuck in the middle of 1st and 2nd gear. You can hear the gears grinding and the engine just keeps reving. I have to let off the gas and wait till the gear goes in. It only happens changing down into 1st.
Also.. i've noticed that the bike seems to hold 1st gear for quite a while at full throtle before going into 2nd, its quite a harsh shift.. not as smooth as 2nd to 3rd, 3rd to 4th...etc.
Riding the bike lightly in the trails, everything works great.
It's almost as though its slow in shifting 1st to 2nd, 2nd to 1st under aggresive riding.
In ESP everything works great.
Picture this...
Your going along pretty quick in 3rd or 4th.
Aggresive stop while turning the bike sharp.
Aggresive acceleration (as if starting to do a donut)
instead of spinning the tires, or accelerating, i get the gear noise/grinding until i wait for the gear to go in.
Seems like the shift motor is just realy slow from 1st to 2nd.
Is there a trany reset procedure? Or is that only used after replacing parts?
Sorry if this is confusing... just don't know how to explain the problem.
Thanks in advance for all your help!!!
Here it goes...
When in AUTO mode and quickly stoping from... lets say 2nd or 3rd gear... when I give it gas right away, it seems to get stuck in the middle of 1st and 2nd gear. You can hear the gears grinding and the engine just keeps reving. I have to let off the gas and wait till the gear goes in. It only happens changing down into 1st.
Also.. i've noticed that the bike seems to hold 1st gear for quite a while at full throtle before going into 2nd, its quite a harsh shift.. not as smooth as 2nd to 3rd, 3rd to 4th...etc.
Riding the bike lightly in the trails, everything works great.
It's almost as though its slow in shifting 1st to 2nd, 2nd to 1st under aggresive riding.
In ESP everything works great.
Picture this...
Your going along pretty quick in 3rd or 4th.
Aggresive stop while turning the bike sharp.
Aggresive acceleration (as if starting to do a donut)
instead of spinning the tires, or accelerating, i get the gear noise/grinding until i wait for the gear to go in.
Seems like the shift motor is just realy slow from 1st to 2nd.
Is there a trany reset procedure? Or is that only used after replacing parts?
Sorry if this is confusing... just don't know how to explain the problem.
Thanks in advance for all your help!!!