factory pro , shift kit

[yamaha fj rider]

Not hard at all. It's been years since I installed mine,but it was no dig deal.

Kurt

[RichBaker]

IIRC, you have to pull the complete clutch ass'y out to get to the spring/lever.... Not too bad.

[fj11.5]

coolo, not much more work than taking out the pesky clutch wire

[SlowOldGuy]

...hated the mush feeling and lack of positive engagement.  I would miss shifts by being to soft due to having no feedback from the mushmission.  Randy did the shift kit as part of my 1349cc build and it is nice now, although apparently tight at this stage (about 1,500 miles).  This tightness will mellow by all reports (already feel it on mine) and you get to a nice, positive feedback, functionally superior modification that makes sense for many...  maybe not you're cup of tea, but I like it.  I also loved my original bike with mushmission enough to invest too much making it something more.  

The shift spring has nothing to do with gear engagement, it's just there to ratchet the lever back after a shift.  If you got the full shift kit (bearing detent and spring), then that may be an improvement.  My point was simply adding the FP spring to an early model did not accomplish anything in my case.  And in the 15 years I rode it with the stock spring, the feel never changed.  In the 12 years I've had the FP spring in it, it's continued to feel the same.

I have the ability to ride the two different models back to back and I, by far, prefer the feel and ease of the '93 shift lever.  I don't recall ever missing a shift on my '93.  Maybe my foot is just more sensitive to shifting?

DavidR.

[Flynt]

yep