[VintageGuy]

Okay, so here's the update on the shifting problem.

I took off the right side case and removed all the shifting linkage pieces and cleaned and inspected them all. Didn't see anything worn or broken. Good.

Next I did find that the shifting drum would not work through the gears, even by hand. After some wrangling I got it to shift through all gears while moving it by hand. Good sign, I thought.

I re-assembled the bike to test it out. Rode it down the street shifting through all gears. I thought, great my son can ride tomorrow with me. A short time later he calls me over to tell me that it won't shift, again.

The problem still exists so I guess it's time to pull the guts out of it now. Great, I guess I didn't have enough things to do so let's pull apart a Honda motor next week.

I get it now, it's a father/son bonding opportunity!

Thanks for all the very detailed help from all of you, it really helped. Now it gets interesting!

Bob