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Why all the apparent problems finding neutral?

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Old 01-30-2019, 05:48 PM
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On the rare occasion I don't find neutral on the first try, it takes all of 10-15 seconds to finally find it, but I have a reasonable amount of patience.
 
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clutch adjustment and/or oil.
 
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Old 01-30-2019, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by hardheaded
Alot of this problem is caused by the primary being overfilled. And if you have a cable, a clutch adjustment.
 
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ok , just to inform Neutral is between first and second on most bikes
 
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On my 2019 it's easy to miss neutral. Sometimes, it takes ma a couple tries. But I don't consider it a problem. I've got less than 2K miles on this bike so it's still breaking in and I'm still getting used to it. Neutral is easier to find rolling.
 
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Detents for 1st and 2nd seem to be the deepest of all the gears, and neutral the shallowest, at least on my bike. Good bit of force needed to pop it out of 1st or 2nd. Been known to overshoot neutral as a result, even with the engine not running and the bike on the stand.

Is it a “problem” to me? No, just an annoyance.
 
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I had problems with both my 103 switchback and my 16 special.. redline shock proof at the 1k and all future services did the trick..
I recommend it to everyone having issues with neutral and the few that have tried it are happy
 
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A lot of people today who own motorcycles can't ride them for ****.
 
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I bought my bike during the summer and don't recall any problematic issues finding neutral but during the fall and early winter I started having the annoyance of noticeable increase in finding neutral. I started thinking WTF. So one day I started a list of all the various scenarios of finding neutral in the summer as compared to the when it was colder. The one thing that changed for me was the boots that I would be wearing. In the summer, 8" tactical boots---light weight, cushioning and no real change in heel height in relation to the sole and , whereas in the colder months, 11" waterproof engineer boots---noticeable difference in heel height and hardness of the sole. Of course, all of this is subjective reasoning. Just sayin'
 


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