Neutral where are you???

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Neutral where are you???

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Hi all!!

I just started riding again after BikeBiz took a million years fixing up my bike and after some car park riding I decided to hit the road. Whilst at the lights Ive had some issues with finding neutral when my bike is running i click up from 1st gear and my light doesn't come on; but if i turn the engine off and repeat the same process i can find neutral and the green light comes on. Is there a technique with finding neutral? cause its killing my left hand holding the clutch in the
whole time when i'm at the light (not confident enough to lane splitting).

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try to click into neutral while wheels are still rolling, might make it happen easier
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I had the same issue with both of my kawasakis- I found that I had to be in first by the time I pulled up. If I sat at the lights in neutral it took me 10 seconds of mucking around to try and get them into first sometimes- dangerous and frustrating.

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Post by luis kawi »

Never had issues with neutral issues with kawasakis, even though might not be as good quality/precision as a couple other makes.Holding the clutch lever waiting for a green light will only burn your clutch :( while trying to find the neutral just move the bike forward a few cms and it might work.
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luis kawi wrote:while trying to find the neutral just move the bike forward a few cms and it might work.
Yup- that was the way I found best to do it.

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I tend to find neutral too easily, generally at the worst possible times. Can lead to some embarrassing moments :oops:
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My 02 636 used to find neutral easily!

between 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and 4th and 5th :shock:
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and i find one now and then between 4th and 3rd when changing down :roll:
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I think there's something wrong with my bike, or the neutral light. I will change up a gear from 1st (no green light) and then release the clutch, the bike will stall so i start the bike again and the green light comes on. This only happens sometimes, i'm so confused :?
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