Rough Shifting

[Nightmare]

Thank you! How does one do that? Remove the bottom left fairing, and go from there?

Definitely follow the article that Andrew linked, when I did my ST1300 I had already removed all of the bodywork as I was doing a LOT of maintenance at the time, I'm pretty sure you only need to remove the bottom fairings.

I would HIGHLY recommend fully removing the linkage, even though the article suggests you don't need to. Its really not much more work (it is hard to access some of the bolts) but it makes it WAY easier to clean & lube all of the joints.

 

[ST Gui]

I would HIGHLY recommend fully removing the linkage, even though the article suggests you don't need to. Its really not much more work (it is hard to access some of the bolts) but it makes it WAY easier to clean & lube all of the joints.

This is a great suggestion. There have been posts here about riders whose bikes have developed shifting problems that were cleared up by nothing more than cleaning and lubing the linkage.