The adjuster adjusts the cable housing, not the cable itself. I made be housing a little longer which has the effect of making the cable shorter and thus disengages the clutch more when the lever is fully pulled in.

Just got back from a cruise, it's 100% better than before, neutral is now easy to find now that the clutch isn't dragging.

 

Just make sure that when the clutch is engaged (clutch lever all the way out) that there is some free play in the lever. That is, the lever is loose so that the throw out bearing isn't being ridden.

 

That's a good point. I've still got 1/8" free play or more at the lever.

I come from the c5 & c6 Vette world, if our clutches don't disengage properly it wreaks havoc on your blocker rings.

 

this thread motivated me to actually check into my neutral-finding-issues.

cable was good...hrm, maybe primary was overfull,easy enough to check. pulled the derby cover and was greeted by a deluge of motor oil.


guess i wasnt blowing it out past the breather after all. also explains why i mysteriously went through a quart and a half of oil in 1 long trip, and havent lost a drop since (filled the primary).

ahh well. outer primary is off, clutch plates are out, letting it sit a while to drip/drain some more before I attempt to pull the compensator/clutch hub.

 

Well...that's not good.

 

well, main seal was done 6months ago when my indy did my chain conversion for me. also did the S&S race...so not sure why this failed. doesnt really matter now....gotta fix it.

 

well, this explains a lot




probably blew it out when i cracked a piston a few months back. 60% leakdown on 1 cylinder put a LOT of extra pressure into the crank case.

upside now, neutral is easy to find, shifts are smoother, and WAY less vibration/clutch dragging.

 

Finally read the owners manual....turns out the transmission is designed to only go to neutral from first...it won't go into neutral from second.

I noticed now that I've adjusted the cable and try to go from first, my bike hits neutral easy now.

 

Having owned my 1990 bike from new I had forgotten that feature! It's second nature. It has the benefit when changing down to first gear, for example to take that unbelievably tight and steep hairpin bend, that you get the gear and not neutral!