New Ninja popping into N while riding

[FJRider]

I have spent $80 on fuel the last 2 days. can anyone beat that?

On regular weekend rides... I can use $300-$500 worth of fuel... wish it was only $80 worth

[RocKai]

E.g. normally people do this:

1. Pull clutch
2. Click up
3. Let gear lever return
4. Clutch out

You want to do:

1. Pull clutch
2. Click up
3. Clutch out
4. Let gear lever return

Does this work with car too ?

[cameltoe]

thanks for the advice people, well its still doing it, on two occasions I have been changing gear and its gonna saound weird but when I put my foot down to change up when it reaches about N the bloody footlever starts moving up and down really fast, it wasnt heaps of movement its hard to guess coz it only happened for about half a second, but maybe 5-8mm up and down. thats happened twice both shifting from first to second, Ive booked the 5000k for tomorrow so il get the guys to check it out.

[xwhatsit]

With that moving gear lever up and down fast like that, is it also making a clicking noise at the same time? Kind of sounds like the clutch is dragging or you're not using the clutch properly.

[cameltoe]

sorry couldnt say if its making a noise, I DO know how to use a clutch, so thats not the problem

[brendonjw]

Iv never had that problem on my ninja, it has 1300ks on it now.

[TimeOut]

Mine used to find a false neutral between 5th&6th, holding pressure on the gear leaver till after clutch release worked a treat.

Although since I've changed to Castrol GPS the problem seems to have disappeared

[Ripperjon]

thanks for the advice people, well its still doing it, on two occasions I have been changing gear and its gonna saound weird but when I put my foot down to change up when it reaches about N the bloody footlever starts moving up and down really fast, it wasnt heaps of movement its hard to guess coz it only happened for about half a second, but maybe 5-8mm up and down. thats happened twice both shifting from first to second, Ive booked the 5000k for tomorrow so il get the guys to check it out.

Any joy at the garage?
Second service is normally 6k BTW but i guess you've got a good reason to take it in early.

[cameltoe]

i took it in today and told them what happened, I didnt really say much, they didnt really say much, but I can tell they have done something to the clutch, other than that not any different just a normal service

[discotex]

Kind of sounds like the clutch is dragging

I can tell they have done something to the clutch

I'd guess they've just adjusted the cable. It will stretch quite a lot in the first few thousand km so won't be fully disengaged when you pull in the lever - thus dragging even when pulled in the whole way.

[cameltoe]

actually mine disengages with only a slite pull on the clutch, handy when making fast gears changes. btw. Im walking the next week or two keeping on the lowdown, I have heard from a source police are looking for a red ninja around town since friday afternoon/

[SilentNinja]

yer, this has happened to me a few times, and its not a great look, ive been on bikes since i was 8, talked to my dad and he metioned "false neutral", i guess its just a matter of learning the bikes ways. on another note, is there a 250 ninja group or club ???

[discotex]

is there a 250 ninja group or club ???

Yeah you ninja and Hyosung riders should like ride in packs and have "turf wars" or something

[scumdog]

by the way I have spent $80 on fuel the last 2 days. can anyone beat that?

That would get me 900km+ on my bike, how far did you get??

[Slyer]

yer, this has happened to me a few times, and its not a great look, ive been on bikes since i was 8, talked to my dad and he metioned "false neutral", i guess its just a matter of learning the bikes ways. on another note, is there a 250 ninja group or club ???

I've had that a few times on my '88 model. Between 6th and 5th I think.
There isn't really enough to start a club for it, but this website is dedicated to the ninja 250, loads of good info on there, check the wiki and the forum.
http://www.ninja250.org/