Chillout1983 Posted Sunday at 04:52 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 04:52 PM Hi, so I am an absolute beginner but I don’t think it’s me, I struggle to find Neutral to the point that I sometimes use my hand I also feel like I have clutch drag and wonder if I should replace the clutch with a Mitani ? I have changed the gearbox oil with the correct Elf oil and silkoline for engine both were Dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr1AL Posted Sunday at 09:05 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 09:05 PM 3 hours ago, Chillout1983 said: Hi, so I am an absolute beginner but I don’t think it’s me, I struggle to find Neutral to the point that I sometimes use my hand I also feel like I have clutch drag and wonder if I should replace the clutch with a Mitani ? I have changed the gearbox oil with the correct Elf oil and silkoline for engine both were Dark Make sure your clutch lever is as far away from your fingers when you are holding the bar grip as it can be by turning the perch adjuster anti clockwise then adjust the small allen head adjuster screw that has a 10mm lock nut on the clutch lever so that there is approx 1mm of free play before it makes contact with the mastercylinder piston. this will seperate the clutch plates as much as possible when you pull the clutch lever in to give the least amount of drag at the clutch plates which will help to engage neutral. NB If when you make that adjustment your clutch lever does not touch against the bar grip then adjust the lever until it just touches the grip or when you crash the piston in the clutch master cylinder may become damaged. With this adjustment the clutch will be at its hardest pressure to pull with one finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtas Posted yesterday at 12:33 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:33 AM Trials bikes are normally fairly difficult to change into neutral, I normally just turn my bike off then put it into neutral. On the odd occasion you can knock it into neutral with it running but its certainly not really easy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyc21 Posted yesterday at 06:08 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 06:08 AM Clutch adjustment on both of the Montesa's I have 2007 and 2017 have just enough clutch drag even when I adjust the levers to my preference when riding are hard to shift into neutral for me ELF oil helps as well but still can be a bit hard to find. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiemonster Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago I’ve fitted the dimpled apico clutch plates on my 4RT & along with the elf oil my clutch is nice & progressive neutral is still hard to find but in my experience all the modern trials bikes I’ve owned are the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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