u/DCSkippy

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Clunk sound after hitting low gear

So I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but I am having an issue with my V-Strom 800 RE. A few weeks ago the quick shifter started skipping gears and I disabled it after just being sick of the thing not working very well.

Now when I shift from 2nd to first and come to a stop, the bike feels fine, then I hear an audible *clunk* noise after the shift is done and I am just holding in the clutch at a stop. I feel a slight bit through the footpegs when it does this. It sounds like it's coming from the bottom of the engine case? But I obviously can't confirm that cause I am on the bike when this happens, which isn't EVERY time. Just like 2-3 times in a 30min ride.

It occasionally does it when I shift from 1st into neutral as well. I have no idea what it is, or what's cause it, the bike runs just fine otherwise. It's just a noise as far as I can tell, but I worry it could be a warning of something else going wrong since it had not done this with in the first 2500miles so far.

Any ideas what could cause this? Should I even worry? I know these bikes are very reliable and I could just be paranoid but it just strikes me as a concern since it's a new noise.

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u/DCSkippy — 7 days ago