Question:

I can’t get my bike into neutral while it is running and in first gear.  I was thinking about moving the clutch adjustment screw in some more than what it says in your maintenance video. What do you think?

Answer:

Just remember when you are adjusting something out of specification you are trying to compensate for another problem and may be creating another on top of it.  For instance, the free play in the clutch adjuster is to compensate for the clutch components to heat up. I have seen people adjust it out of specification which usually will roast all of you clutch plates at operating temp. Don’t do it.

There are a couple reasons why you might not be able to get into neutral but the most common problem is a bad primary chain adjustment.  If it is set too tight it will be super difficult to get it into neutral while the bike is running. Give that a try and I bet your problem will go away.

Michael Durham

When you work among other professionals that are all doing the same thing and continually working on getting better and faster you come up with some bad ass moves from time to time. I while back after doing about 1000 chrome fork legs on 41mm front ends I found that you don’t have to change the fork oil! I know that sounds psycho but this is how it works………

Remove the  41mm fork legs from  your ride, re-install the gasketed top bolts and sit them upside down for at least 20 minutes. This allows the fork oil to flow up into the sliders.  Then remove the fork leg seal circlips, remove the bolts at the very bottom of the fork legs (the top if now if you are holding it right), and slide hammer those lame, un-chromed, stock fork legs off.

From here you just have to go back together in reverse with a new fork seal. I know that I made it sound pretty easy but our fork leg Hog Bite download will go through all the fork leg parts in better detail to make this super easy to do (that was a shameless plug by the way).

If you are looking for any tech tips in particular please shoot us an e-mail and I’ll be happy to post them.

Thanks Build A Hogers

Michael Durham