During the weekend before Thanksgiving, I road two up and a load through
Twentynine Palms and
Joshua Tree. The half hour uphill stop and go at the monument's entrance resulted in the bike not shifting out of 3rd gear and revving with no acceleration. After a brief stop and cool down, the bike seemed to behave normally going down hill, but the next long uphill caused the motor to hesitate while not shifting gears to gain power.
After checking that all battery connections and ground connections to the chassis were sound, I drove it to
Desert Cycle Works in Twentynine Palms.
The guys there were great and did not just dismiss it as an internal engine problem. After listening to me describe the riding conditions just prior to experiences shiftlessness, they loosened the clutch cable...free of charge. My passenger and I made it back to Los Angeles.
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