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Puddle Jumper
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| I went and had my 15000 mile service today. I was speaking with the service writter about the 2011 Victories. He was telling me that all the 2011 Victories will have the 106 motor in them. He also told me that there will not be any way you will be able to miss nuetural while the motor is running. They have changed the way the gearing is set up in the tranmission. I cant wait to see it to beleave it.  if that is true! i cant wait to buy my 2012 bike.
Has anyone heard of this, or was he just trying to sell me a bike today? |
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Tourer
Posts: 432
Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | Finding nuetral has always been a practice in progress. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 742
North Orange County CA | The new "neutral finder" transmission seems to me like a "solution in search of a problem".
I remember Royal Enfield had one on their Interceptor somewhere around '69 or '70. In the entire history of motorcycling no other manufacturer has seen it as a big issue, until now.
If we dont have to spend time searching for neutral at a stoplight, what then are we going to do? Sit there self-consciously trying to look cool and sucking in our guts while waiting for the light to change?
Some transmissions are easy and some are less so. Mine has never been an issue, and I dont think I've ever looked at the gear indicator except when I'm accelerating onto the highway and I try to hit 7th! 
Edited by Tarpits99 2010-08-11 9:16 PM
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Iron Butt
Posts: 802
| My 1973 Kawasaki Z1 had a similar feature. As long as the bike wasn't moving and you moved the shift lever from first toward second it would only go to neutral. Very convenient!
Marc |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 742
North Orange County CA | I stand corrected, must have been a 70's thing. Like disco. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 74
MN. | Tarpits99 - 2010-08-11 8:50 PM
The new "neutral finder" transmission seems to me like a "solution in search of a problem".
I remember Royal Enfield had one on their Interceptor somewhere around '69 or '70. In the entire history of motorcycling no other manufacturer has seen it as a big issue, until now.
If we dont have to spend time searching for neutral at a stoplight, what then are we going to do? Sit there self-consciously trying to look cool and sucking in our guts while waiting for the light to change?
Some transmissions are easy and some are less so. Mine has never been an issue, and I dont think I've ever looked at the gear indicator except when I'm accelerating onto the highway and I try to hit 7th!
1. Kawasaki has a positive neutral finder on many of their bikes, and it's great. My 104 TCD is a bear to find neutral.
2. I just spilled my damn coffee laughing at your second point, about sucking in our guts at a light!!!
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Cruiser
Posts: 77
Virginia Beach, Virginia | Finding neutral while sitting in gravel, two up, is always a complicated maneuver, especially with a broken shifter side pinky toe! |
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2011 Victory