So did you try adjusting the spline position?

 

My bike is lowered front and rear, so one spline is too low.

(pic before mod)

 

Too low in what sense? That you'll drag the lever at your max lean angle, or that your shoe will drag the ground when upshifting?

 

My shoe drags if it's under the lever while leaning left because the bike is really low. I'm never at max lean angle.
The larger diameter lever is the equivalent of half a spline, and its advantage is that it makes both up and down shifting easier without needing to relocate the arm.

 

Maybe you bought the wrong bike.

 

Oil age and quality can affect this. I've run Mobil 1 4T in all of my bikes for years and the little KLX is the only one that doesn't seem to like it from a shifting standpoint. I'll likely go back to Kawi oil (or a mix) at the next change.

 

Exactly the opposite.
My KLX is the best bike I've ever owned, and I've owned a lot of them since I rode home on my first new Yamaha 250 in 1965.


It's no end ot fun personalizing my bikes to suit my needs. I've got a lithium ion battery on the way that'll put the curb weight down to just 288 pounds.

 

I have limited movement with that ankle, upward so by lowering the shifter one notch, the shifter starts out in a lower position, hence I don't have to move my foot as high to upshift. Downshifting hasn't been an issue. Putting a piece of PVC pipe over the is a novel approach and would accomplish the same thing, never occurred to me.

 

I have a lithium battery in my KLX too, it's a great mod.

Cool Yamaha. Have you mostly always had small displacement bikes?

 

Yes. Because I only use bikes for daily utility transportation, 400cc and under has always been fine to take me wherever I want to go.