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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4222 Honolulu	Re: Neutral between 1-2 and 4-5 Reply #15 - 09/23/20 at 18:21:38 When the linkage is right, the rod will get closer to the alternator cover when you upshift, but it will not hit the cover.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4222 Honolulu	Re: Neutral between 1-2 and 4-5 Reply #16 - 09/23/20 at 18:22:47 If you install the lever on the shift shaft with marks misaligned like this.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4222 Honolulu	Re: Neutral between 1-2 and 4-5 Reply #17 - 09/23/20 at 18:24:27 When you try to upshift the linkage rod runs into the bottom of the alternator cover. As you can see from this photo, it even bends.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4222 Honolulu	Re: Neutral between 1-2 and 4-5 Reply #18 - 09/23/20 at 18:26:00 With the lever installed out of alignment with the mark on the shift shaft, the foot lever also can hit the footpeg mount on the frame when you upshift.
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Re: Neutral between 1-2 and 4-5
Reply #19 - 09/23/20 at 18:32:52

I don't know what year your bike is but if there is a punch mark on the end of your shift shaft start by making sure the lever is correctly aligned to the mark, then shorten or lengthen your shift rod using the turnbuckle assembly to achieve satisfactory foot lever position. Make sure the foot lever doesn't hit the frame when you upshift.

Regarding your clutch, make sure you don't have ruts worn into the basket slots. If there are ruts, it can cause difficulties with engagement and disengagement, even with new clutch plates.

These ruts are pretty shallow and probably wouldn't cause any problems, but over time they will get deeper and then the plates will start to gang up.

Hope this helps. Good luck. Mike

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Icey YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 12	Re: Neutral between 1-2 and 4-5 Reply #20 - 09/27/20 at 21:50:13 Thanks guys, I'll be trying out your suggestions next week (when the weather's a bit better). I'll let you know!
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Icey YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 12	Re: Neutral between 1-2 and 4-5 Reply #21 - 09/27/20 at 21:52:37 About the ruts in the gasket, will you need a new gasket, or can you file it away?
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SpamyToo Full Member Offline Posts: 231	Re: Neutral between 1-2 and 4-5 Reply #22 - 09/28/20 at 03:16:06 Basket. The notches on the clutch basket can be filed off, but they will come back over time.
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Re: Neutral between 1-2 and 4-5
Reply #23 - 09/28/20 at 08:38:13

DragBikeMike wrote on 09/23/20 at 18:18:11:

Icey, to expand on what Badwolf has advised, I thought I would add some pictures.

The linkage/lever on the shift shaft only gets installed in one position. My 2016 LS has a mark. The slot in the lever has to line up with the mark. See how the punch mark on the shaft lines up with the slot in the lever.

I never saw that punch mark before..
Thanks for the post DBMike. Good info...
Now I'll have to go check mine... Grin

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Re: Neutral between 1-2 and 4-5
Reply #24 - 09/28/20 at 10:46:19

How do you shift normally? If you are squeezing the clutch lever then trying to shift, on many bikes that will give you a false neutral between gears. The bigger and heavier the gears are the greater the tendency for that to happen.

If you start applying pressure to the shifter like you are going to shift just before you squeeze the clutch lever then it should shift cleanly without the false neutral.

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