PerogiBoiI keep finding neutral
Captain AggravatedI never had much of a problem with that on my Aprilia. It could be a little tricky to do the half-shift up into neutral without thunking into second.
I traded that for a Ninja, and a bullet point on its sales brochure was some mechanism that would prevent it from going into second when stopped, so with the back wheel stationary, just lift the pedal from first and you’re in neutral. I’ve not had that mechanism apart so I don’t know how it works, something about preventing the shift drum from doing a full turn, but I think because of that mechanism, they didn’t have to put as much room between first and second, and so while in motion getting it all the way into second feels as definite as shifting into third.
I tried to shift that bike into neutral while moving and just couldn’t get it to go.
JordanZIt’s a Kawasaki thing. Pretty much all their street oriented bikes have them. It’s called a positive neutral finder. It’s essentially 3 ball bearings spaced 120 degrees. If the bike isn’t moving at least one of the ball bearings drops and blocks the movement of the gear. When the shaft starts spinning the ball bearings are flung outwards and removes the restriction.
Looking at the right side gear. There is a hole on the right of it that holds the ball bearing. The oval indent to the left of it is where it can fall into and blocks the shift to second. This transmission is disassembled so it’s not really as close as it would be normally.