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[Scalyback]

All you need to do now, is press the lever down into second and then press your heal on the neutral finder for neutral. At least, that is how I do it for Tornado. my military bullet.



Kevin, the meteor minor will just click into neutral with gentle downwards pressure from first!.

[Dennis C]

Scalyback, I notice you are riding with your choke half on?.

[sofiaspin]

You will be able to see the gearbox cover flex is you pull in the clutch lever and lean over the seat so you are perpendicular with the gearbox cover. Pete F is right, mileage etc will be a determinant of wear or otherwise of the clutch and plates, but in my case I tend to upgrade a few things to 'English-made' such as clutch plates and cables

[Pecon]

Well I braved the elements and had a quick look at the box while operating the clutch and could see no sign of flexing on the case ( I take it that this would be where the cable enters?). I went to take the bike off the ramp and just as I began to lift it off the safety bar the seals went. luckily the bar was still in place so I will replace them (again)tomorrow. Hopefully the last replacement set I have will hold a bit longer this time as Sealy don't seem to keep large stocks. I will try to get on the road in the next few days and try the adjustments made.

Some of the work I did during the restoration was to check the clutch plates and they seemed fine and looked as though they only had the indicated 8000 KM on them. I changed the cable for one of the many I was given and added oil to the box. When I bought the bike the PO gave me all the spares he had brought from India, a full exhaust, two of each cable, bulbs, reg/rectifier, brake shoes,clutch plates, a full set of bearings and filters plus a new barrel, piston and gudgeon pin. It seems that he went to the local dealer and asked for everything that might give trouble..!!.

[PeteF]

No Pecon, not where the cable goes in. It's the outer flat surface of the gearbox outer cover that flexes. The clutch operating mechanism is attached to the inside of this and it's not up to the job.

[Beezabryan]

Steve T, through physical limitation I'm not able to use the neutral finder I was not aware that it worked from 1st. Always assumed it was from 4th 3rd & 2nd gears
Pecon, the gearbox cover stiffener mentioned by Sofiaspin as £15 well spent, works for me

[Dennis C]

You are correct Bryan, pressing it when in first gear does nothing other than hold it on its stop, but may just stop it jumping straight from first to second gear when looking for neutral.

[PeteF]

Well it sort of does Bryan.
In first gear, press down on the NF and it prevents engagement of second as you seek neutral.
If you have a case of clutch drag it can prevent the endless 1st, 2nd, 1st syndrome.
A lot easier to get neutral before you stop of course but.....
As far as I know RE were the only manufacturer to fit a NF so I suppose they knew their 'box and clutch were not so hot.

[PeteF]

Sorry Dennis, you already said that;-)

[Steve T]

Hi Bryan if you are stationary at junction etc, you can hold your heel down on the neutral finder and press down on the gear lever at the same time and it will go into neutral, as you say on the move it only works in 2/3/4th. But it is handy to know you can easily get in to neutral if you do have problems trying to select neutral at standstill, for those who haven't tried it give it a go. Hope it helps someone.