Thruxton Warning - Gear Shift Linkage

The Street Twin, Scrambler and T100 don't use a linkage as the change lever itself clamps directly onto the shift shaft. I wish my SS used a linkage as the selector forks are less likely to get damaged by an impact to the shift lever if the bike is dropped.

 

Happened to me , luckily I was right by an Auto repair and he lent me a 10mm wrench to get it back tight, hit it with blue loctite when I got home and it's been fine since

 

There was a recall for this problem for dealers to reapply a thread locking compound to the threads. Apparently there was a problem with a batch used on the production line permitting the assembly to loosen.

 

My speed rs had the same. As above, I noticed it getting "sloppy " for changing gears and luckily, spotted it with a couple of threads left.
Loctite and all has been well after.

 

Thanks for the heads up I will check mine when back from hols.

Ta

 

I will ring my triumph dealer to check what recalls were do e when I bought it as I know there were a few done

 

The gear linkage recall RM/2020/01 was issued in January 2020.

 

Cheers 99.9% mine would have been done as purchased it nov 2021 but will double check

 

I had problems with gear linkage on both my speed twin and Thruxton R. Both were fixed by my main dealer. Yes disappointing that oem parts should fail on new bikes.

 

I had problems with gear linkage on both my speed twin and Thruxton R. Both were fixed by my main dealer. Yes disappointing that oem parts should fail on new bikes.