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Hi!
I just put 700 miles on my new Street Bob and have for the life of me not been able to put the bike in neutral coming from second gear. No matter how light you tap the shift lever it always snaps into first gear. It´s no problem shifting up from first, but when I coast to a stop I like to put the bike in neutral without first having to kick it into first gear and back up to neutral.
I have ridden dozens of Harleys and other bikes and while it can be hard to find neutral sometimes, I have never had a bike so stubbornly refuse to shift to neutral from second!
The dealership said that it was quite normal (do they ever say anything else??), and that the automatic primary chain tensioner would make it harder and that the bike wasn´t really broken in yadayadayada.
My point of view is:
The manual says you can go from second to neutral automatic tensioner or no.
Any Harley I´ve ever ridden let you do it, even brand new.
It annoys me.
Any views on this? Anybody have the same problem? Anyone have any tips on whether this can be fixed with a clutch adjustment or anything like that?
Any help would be appreciated!
BTW the Bob is a blast in all other respects and the shift thing is just a nuisance.
Ride Safe
Sponk
I just put 700 miles on my new Street Bob and have for the life of me not been able to put the bike in neutral coming from second gear. No matter how light you tap the shift lever it always snaps into first gear. It´s no problem shifting up from first, but when I coast to a stop I like to put the bike in neutral without first having to kick it into first gear and back up to neutral.
I have ridden dozens of Harleys and other bikes and while it can be hard to find neutral sometimes, I have never had a bike so stubbornly refuse to shift to neutral from second!
The dealership said that it was quite normal (do they ever say anything else??), and that the automatic primary chain tensioner would make it harder and that the bike wasn´t really broken in yadayadayada.
My point of view is:
The manual says you can go from second to neutral automatic tensioner or no.
Any Harley I´ve ever ridden let you do it, even brand new.
It annoys me.
Any views on this? Anybody have the same problem? Anyone have any tips on whether this can be fixed with a clutch adjustment or anything like that?
Any help would be appreciated!
BTW the Bob is a blast in all other respects and the shift thing is just a nuisance.
Ride Safe
Sponk