Neutral issue

[Jag]

It's also worth noting the rockets are notoriously hard back into gear when put into neutral at a stop. They often require a little rocking back and forth to get them engaged again and that can be a pain at a busy stop. If it's your habit to top her into neutral for ever stop, it might make your life a little easier to just keep her in gear with the clutch in.

Not a terribly helpful comment in a thread about finding neutral, but I figure you'll want to get out again at some point.

Double clutch her and she will drop right into first!

 

[TURBO200R4]

I always put, mine in neutral at stops to save the clutch lifter piece.

i leave mine in gear so i can save my ass. i can buy a new lifter.

 

[TURBO200R4]

always have the 2mm free play. does your lever have numbers to adjust the lever if so what number r u using?
i agree with rocket scientist i just pop the clutch a little then it goes into neutral but be careful someone behind u might think that u r taking off.

 

[Steel]

i leave mine in gear so i can save my ass. i can buy a new lifter.

Me too, and watch my mirrors. It's saved me twice over the years.

 

[Donny]

whereabouts you located donny?

SorryR III TURBO, I live in Ireland

 

[Bedifferent]

I'll freely admit I'm not a mechanic, but I'm trying to learn. Frankly, I don't deserve a bike this awesome, but here I am.

Checking the freeplay on the clutch a bit more closely (i.e. with a ruler) I had about 5mm. Tightened it down to closer to 2 and voila! Neutral seems to be available now.
Naturally I'll need to do some road testing, but now the dilemma is whether or not to tell my wife I no longer need to take a few hours to ride down to the dealership. There's always something to buy when I go...

You are on the right track. I have found the free play to be a very fine line to walk when it comes to shifting into neutral and sometimes other gears. Free play is needed but measuring is over rated. When you get it right, everything will work and you will still have free play. Hell...there is no free play when you are moving at speed so what's that all about.

This is my second Rocket and the first one was exactly the same. A fraction of a turn makes all the difference. Catching neutral is easier when rolling to a stop going from second. Easy to do as well when rolling going from first to neutral. I usually don't shift down to first until almost stopped anyway. Way to clunky for me.

Sitting at a light can be a different story. I often don't sit at a light with my clutch held in either...especially on a long light I know about. With that said, I always keep an eye out behind me and am ready to make a move in a flash Pull the clutch in and hit it why things are still turning slightly guarantees a "no pop out of first" when you take off. A sudden pop out of first gear in a take off turn can l put you on the ground if you don't expect it. I'm also with you @Rocket Scientist on this one.

 

[mr hunt]

SorryR III TURBO, I live in Ireland

So does he...I think he was asking are you a county cork fella, Dublin born, or perhaps even a Londonderry local?

 

[Kevin frazier]

Bike is 2009 with aprox 20K on the clock. Been a bit tough to get into Neutral at rest recently and then last night impossible to find Neutral at rest. Once bike is turned off it goes into but stubbornly. No issue with Neutral when bike is moving coming to a light etc.

Tightened up the cable a touch but left about 1/8-1/4 of an inch of free play as I made the error of over tightening the cable last season and ended up snapping the throw out pin crazy set up in the front of the clutch so always very careful of the play to be left in cable.

I am not hard on a clutch at all so looking for thoughts. Oil looks good (I find that older oil makes the bike shift a touch harder..mobile 1 in sump)

Bike shifts fine, no issues ever so thinking two thoughts....either the clutch is just seen better days which I kinda doubt as I am not tough on it, or there is a gear box issue.

I’ve had to use a nickel, works for me, I have 2008 and the switch ( gear selector) has been replaced once

 

[Kevin frazier]

I always put, mine in neutral at stops to save the clutch lifter piece.

Not in Nashville hehe getting rammed is ALWAYS possible as I live in Mogadishu, driving test laws texting all optional round here

 

[Kevin frazier]

whereabouts you located donny?[/

Hi guys, I have a similar problem. When I stop at traffic lights it is v hard to find Neutral especially from first gear up to neutral unless I switch her off. Switching in to Other gears are v.noisy. I tried to adjust cable but when I adjusted for easy switch to neutral from 1st gear, clutch starts to slip on hard exceleration and when I leave 2mm cable slack ( at the top) as per manual it is almost impossible to find Neutral from first gear when bike is not moving unless I switch her off. I tried to adjust cable nob by ¼ turns on cold and hot engine still could not find that perfect point. Sorry for such along thread. Any ideas how to fix that? Stretched cable? Need new clutch?

wow you live in Ireland that’s close enough to R-111-R turbo, lucky you