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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 06:52 PM
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I fixed my problem - cable had too much freeplay. Thanks to all for the suggestions.

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I am having a difficult time getting my bike to go into neutral, either from 1st up or 2nd down. I have to shut the bike off to get it to slip in there, and shifting 1st and 2nd also a little more difficult than couple days ago, and downshifting from 4th on down. Anyone have any suggestions.
 
Old Apr 9, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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Dont know why,,, but MOST new bikes are like this,,,,, get 1,000 miles on it,,,, then come back!
 
Old Apr 9, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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It's not that new anymore (4200 miles), and remember the issue when it was, this is something different, shifting difficulty/heaviness, that wasn't there when the bike was new.
 
Old Apr 9, 2008 | 06:59 PM
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Have you checked the tranny fluid?
 
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i did on Sunday, but will go check again now...tranny fluid is good level.
 
Old Apr 9, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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For the most part, a lot of HD's do this. I've got close to 9k and Irarely find neutral.Synthetic Oil didn'thelp either.

Just hold in the clutch at traffic signals....

 
Old Apr 9, 2008 | 07:06 PM
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I guess concerned a little because this just started a couple days ago, up to then had no trouble at all.


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For the most part, a lot of HD's do this. I've got close to 9k and Irarely find neutral.Synthetic Oil didn'thelp either.

Just hold in the clutch at traffic signals....



 

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ORIGINAL: Dinger

For the most part, a lot of HD's do this. I've got close to 9k and I rarely find neutral. Synthetic Oil didn't help either.

Just hold in the clutch at traffic signals....
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Make sure you are idling at 1k RPM when you try. If you're idle is set lower than 1k, then you might experience this problem.
 
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they say if you over fill the Prim'y you will have trouble shifting..???

that don't sound right..? but dosn't the book say that?
 



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