Hello all,
I had a Champion reverse gear added to my Harley Davidson Roadking trike conversion. When my trike got delivered the guy said that it's better to have my bike in first gear, when sliding the reverse gear into reverse. Then put my bike in neutral when I back up. Otherwise it will grind. I've tried it both ways, his way, and also my way, having my bike in neutral (which the Champion company suggests), and I found that it does grind sometimes when the bike is in neutral, as opposed to being in first gear. (you can hear it grinding), not a good sound.
So lately I've been putting the bike in first gear when sliding the lever to reverse, then putting the bike in neutral when I back up. Then it doesn't grind. We had a service guy check out my trike and he said there was metal chips in my oil, probably from the grinding. Has anyone else with a manual Champion reverse had this problem??