Complaints

The symptoms – an unwanted transmission shift, or coming out and jumping back into gear.

• Can occur from any gear; 1st is never included.
• Finding a shifting "sweet spot" is difficult.
• Under certain condition, it is extremely dangerous.
• The unwanted shift can be undetectably smooth, at other times BANG!!!
• Somtimes it is described “as if their rear tire slipped on a wet leaf” or as a "lurch" or a "blip" 
• Ghost shifting is an unwanted shift down from 5th to 4th, or 4th to 3rd, or 3rd to 2nd, 2nd to nuetral. Or On a shift up from 2nd to 3rd, or 3rd to 4th, or 4th to 5th.  On some, multiple combinations of unwanted shifts. 
• It often starts before the Wing is 10,000 mile old.  On some the symptoms start with over 60,000 miles are on the odometer.
• At first ghost shifting is infrequent, elusive, difficult to reproduce.  Occurances can be spaced every 10,000 miles or so apart.
• As ghost shifting becomes more frequent, the rider is forced to change riding habbits usually in heavier traffic situations due to "miss trust." 
• Sometimes it may come out of gear, float in a “neutral position," then jump back into the gear it popped out of.
• It can leave the rider confused as to what just happened, or what gear it came out of, or what gear it is currently in. If it is a ghost shift down, RPM’s will increase.
• In almost all cases, it occurs while under light acceleration or while cruising. Some riders report it occurs after downshifting or deceleration to reduce speed.
• The rider often blames it on a "miss shift" not wanting to believe what he just felt was a ghost shift. 
• Eventually, a shift occurs that gets attention; it can leave the Wing no longer ride-able.
• Some get their Wing fixed (out of pocket or under warrantee) and report that the condition reoccurs within 10,000 mile of the repair.
• All GL1800 years are affected.