Boss Hoss Cycles Year 2005 Owner's Manual page 68

Your motorcycle should only start while the transmission is in the NUETRAL position.
The illuminating of the GREEN light on your dash panel indicates this. After starting
your motorcycle you can select either reverse or first gear to move your motorcycle.
CAUTION
Shifting the transmission while under a load (accelerating or decelerating) or at high
RPM can damage the internal components of the transmission, causing the
operating life of the transmission to be reduced.
REVERSE: To select reverse from the neutral position either press down on the rear
shifter lever (Fig. 7-1) or use your toes to raise the front shifter lever (Fig. 7-1) with the
engine at idle, this put the transmission into Reverse gear. Once in Reverse gear, press
and hold the thumb button, located on the left handlebar controls below the turn signal
button. While holding the Reverse button IN carefully use the throttle to control your
reverse rate. Avoid repetitive pressing of the reverse button, especially while
applying throttle control, to reduce unnecessary loading of the reverse band.
FIRST: To select first gear from the neutral position press down on the front shifter lever
(Fig. 7-1). The Green neutral light should go out and our motorcycle is now engaged in
drive gear. Just carefully twist the throttle control to accelerate the motorcycle.
SECOND: To select second gear from first gear position you should hold the throttle
control at a steady speed (at or above fifty-five (55) miles per hour) and then press down
on the front shift lever (Fig. 7-1) to select second gear.
To return to first and/or neutral press on the rear shifter lever or use your toe to raise the
front shifter lever once for each gear position desired.
Additional Transmission Notes
Second gear is designed as an OVERDRIVE gear, and should only be utilized as such. It
is important that the bikes not be ridden in second gear at speeds below fifty-five
(55) miles per hour. As with most automatic transmissions it is important that the bike
is not operated under a heavy load in overdrive while at low engine rpm's, such as
climbing a hill (an automobile automatic transmission will automatically down shift to a
lower gear when it is heavily loaded). Running at slow speeds under a load in second
gear reduces the fluid coupling efficiency of the torque converter and causes the
temperature of the transmission fluid to increase. Overheating of the transmission fluid
can lead to premature transmission failure.
All the transmissions that are produced for the Boss Hoss motorcycle are using Mobil 1,
MX4T synthetic oil. The Mobil 1 synthetic fluid will maintain its physical properties
better than organic fluids when subjected to the heat that the two-speed transmission can
produce. This helps to maintain proper fluid coupling through the torque converter, but
doesn't protect the soft parts from the heat generated while loading the transmission in
second gear.
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