Neutral?

Hey,dude, welcome to UHE. I'm not the official welcome wagon here, but I'm bored so I'll sub this once. On your problem, I'm assuming the squawk you're describing is a finding neutral with the engine idling in gear. If not, disregard everything I say from here (you may want to anyhow). Make sure your clutch is adjusted right. There should be just a little free play in the lever. You want the clutch to start engaging at around half it's travel or a little less,according to your preference. What kind of oil are you running and how much. Wrong or filthy oil can aggrevate this condition. I should have asked first; how many hours does your bike have on it? My 600 has always had a draggy clutch but has improved as time has passed. Warped clutch plates will cause this, too, but this is internal. Lastly, a very high idle will do it too. 8) Sometimes we bergbrains run the idle up as it helps prevent embarrassing stalls in the middle of creek beds. I'm sure you'll get a lot of feedback on this subject, but I'll be the pointman here. Good luck, Corey Chartier

Hey Bill,
This is a normal Husaberg characteristic going back to day one. It is the nature of the beast.
Let us just hope for god's sake that the rear tires are not rubbing :wink:

It would be much more of a problem if it would'nt go into gear! 8)

It is impossible to get into neutral when the engine is running, as Bill Gates would put it: "It's not a bug, it's a feature".

Frankly, it's a good thing. Nothing worse than hitting neutral especially when you did not have enough speed at the bottom of the hill and you decided to use the first for a little while.

You don't want to restart your Berg in the middle of a nasty hill.

Finding neutral with bike runing or as you come into the pits is only relative to the sensitivity of your left toe. Practice, practice and more practice. Try your best to find neutral as you are rolling to a stop. It seems easier to go from 2nd to neutral.

Good luck,
Mackberg :wink:

Right,

I don't have and problems getting my 01 501, or my 04 550 into neutral while the motor is running. You just need to have a good touch. With my 94 1/2 501 with a cable actuated clutch, even with the 97 pressure plate in it, it was still hard, but the new bikes with the Hydraulic clutch it's easy. Make sure your clutch is bled, and adjusted properly. Maybe that's your issue.

Try blipping the throttle and finding neutral as the revs come down, that's what works for me when I have a little trouble.

BILLTECH said:

Any thoughts out there regarding hard to find neutral position on newer 550's and 650's?As in brand new. cheers

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Whats neutral ?

My 2002 has never heard of it :lol:

this might work increase revs slowly holding pressure on gear lever at a certain rpm clutch plates throw out and gear lever will move smoothly i have owned about 30 bikes and the berg is the only one that would not select neutral i have been a mc mechanic for 28 years and have worked on nifty 50 s to gileras etc and i have never hurd of this method until i talked to the husaberg importer and top rider i will tell you i thought he was pulling himself but it WORKS and you dont need a lot of force just the right rpm people wonder what you are doing but you get used to the looks

Hi there.
I had a 2000 fe600,that had an hydraulic clutch and had the same problem getting neutral. I put a slave cylinder and piston out of an 01 into it as it was a slimmer piston and had more throw. I changed and replaced other parts as well only to find out nothing worked.
I now have a 04 fe 550 and it has the same problem. They are race orientated bikes and I would say hitting neutral is a loss of track time.
I find the easiest way to slip into neutral is get the bike into second gear at a stand still and just give the gear lever the slightest of a tap and it generally goes in!!!

One more thing you can try is to momentarily blip the kill switch whilst holding slight pressure on the lever. The gear train unloads slightly during this period and allows the gears to slide. The only time I need neutral is to stop and switch grandkids!

I second the well wishing Bill.

I don't want to loose my discount. lol

I have to come back on my previous statement. Although it is hard to hit neutral accidentally, it can happen and you'd better switch to second gear when you attack the face of the hill rather than in the middle of it.

Yet, it is quite harder for me to get into neutral on purpose. The ball bearing pressing against my clutch may be the reason (still don't why it's there, but I will keep it there).

Kill the engine and shift to neutral!
If you want neutral, in most case you stop the engine anyway.

Don't listen to any of these guys. I had a Bultaco that had about 6 different neutrals, so I'm somewhat of an authority on the subject. Try blipping the kill switch. Hey, If you kill the engine, you would've had to shut if off to find neutral , anyway. Good luck, and good "hunting". 8)