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I think it's just a short wiring loom. We don't have any reason to suspect the computer or anything else at this stage so I'd carry on fixing the electrics. The computer will stop the gear shift working if the dash isn't plugged in.. There are probably other things that will also deactivate or disable the gear shift. I'd jack the bike up and try that manual shift while I was rotating and rocking the wheels. It might take a lot of rocking and turning to change right up to top and back down. I think I've "seen" people in the forums misdiagnose their gearbox because they didn't rotate the wheels enough to allow the shifts to work. Sometimes you have to muscle the wheel around by force causing the engine to rotate as well. Sometimes you need to leave it in gear and turn the wheels and after that it slips into the next gear, sometimes you shift it while turning the wheels and it slips into gear, and sometimes you need to go back a gear and rotate the wheels and after that you carry on and it will slip into the next gear either with or without rotating the wheels. Test it a lot with lots of turning.

The shift lever fits on a shaft down the left side of the engine, near the back... You can use it to get home, and they say to see if the shift motor is trying to work but weak, use the button while you put gentle pressure on the lever. You can check there are all five speeds too, and other tests..

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