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Hard to select neutral?

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Right after a valve clearance check, I started having problems shifting. Could find first, and neutral. Second, I could get into by jamming the shifter as hard as I could, and then I would have to pop the shifter downwards (in order to reset it, it wasn't resetting) in order to upshift into third, fourth, and fifth. Thought my transmission had ate something important Chucked a glove in frustration, hit my can of chain lube. Gave me an idea, lubed the shifter linkage thoroughly, working the shifter through the gears, and bam! Amazingly smooth shifter action, once again. Might be worthwhile to ensure everything's pivoting like it's supposed to.
 
TheCafeKid said:
Both of my GSs are sometimes hard to shift into neutral, especially when they have been flogged hard and are hot. I find that if i toe up into second, and simply *tap* the shift lever down, it goes right into neuatral. I can seldom get into neutral from first when theyve been running a while. ..
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I've had 2 GS750s over the past 25 yrs and both have always been "finicky" about neutral. No oil changes or clutches or clutch adjustments or chain adjustments or hot or cold or anything like what has been suggested elsewhere in this string made any difference for me. Never changed. Just got used to it. CafeKid's tip is good one and works for me as far as go to 2nd and "tap" down (although mine is same hot or cold or inbetween). Works about 1/2 the time.

My tip, and this always - 100% - works for me is, pull in clutch, put in 1st, and "goose" the throttle a little while slipping the clutch a little. Kinda like a drag race thing only 1000 times gentler. Hold the front brake and you don't even move. Just BLIP & SLIP, and SNICK slides right up to Nuetral.

Let me know if this works for anyone else. I've been doing this for 20yrs with my GS. don't even think about it any more....
 
i know im way late on this, but do these bikes have throw out bearings? if it does and its locked up will that not cause an issue? im having trouble with mine now. it used to go in nuetral easily. the bike still wants to pull with the clutch lever pulled, i was told that a clutch cable too tight would cause a throwout bearing to constantly be engaged and eventually seize. my question is what bearing do i replace? its a stripped gs1100gk. i havent actally looked in the case at this issue but i have replaced the clutch springs.
 
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