x10 for the clutch adjustment. adjust it right and you'll have no problems.

 

[quote=Tom84FXST;8423801 To correctly adjust it, you have to find the tight spot on the chain...most people skip this step.[/quote]

Ok Things have slowed down for me a bit. I kept remembering your post. I understand what you said. If you have time could you please elaborate on that procedure

 

+1 on the clutch and primary chain adjustment along with making sure that all the linkage is serviceable. Also make sure you have gear oil in the tranny. Besides lubricating and cooling the tranny the drag from the lube also slows the gears down when you pull the clutch in. If the lube is too thin then you have less drag and neutral can be hard to find. Hope this helps.

 

My bike shifted decent, went into neutral with a blip of the throttle and I thought that was normal......It is not!!! I thought I had a clue about adjusting a clutch, but after an old school wrench at Eagles Nest HD in Lathrop, CA adjusted it I realized I was just an amateur. No blip required and it goes into neutral with just a flick of the toe. I wish I knew what he did because it makes it a real pleasure to ride and it would suck having to travel 1000 miles to get it readjusted.

 

Agreed .... my road king always needed a little throttle to nudge it into neutral

 

A chain is an assembly of a great many small parts and the precise length of each link differs very slightly. So if you slowly rotate the primary (take the spark plugs out and rotate it via the rear wheel in top gear), you will probably find the chain is tighter in one spot than elsewhere around it. Check adjustment at that tight spot. If the chain is correctly adjusted, but at the slack part, there is a risk of the chain being very tight at the tight spot and putting a lot of strain on the bearings and seals. That is not good!

Hope that helps.

 

It does help Thank You very much WP

 

Thats a great way to say it. WP

 

I changed the tranny fluid to a syn gear oil. In draining it the fluid that was in it smelled like syn. I put Gm syn 75-90 gear oil. had a good bit of it laying around. Didn`t seem to change much in the shifting or getting neutral. Thanks for the help.

 

[quote=shovhd;8445244 but after an old school wrench at Eagles Nest HD in Lathrop, CA adjusted it I realized I was just an amateur. No blip required and it goes into neutral with just a flick of the toe. [/quote]

Mine is much like you describe, shifting ok but this neutral is tough. I got somethings to ck. Thanks WP