wow I hate hondas
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From: Clearwater, FL
While I think your title is overstating it a bit 
I've noticed the same thing. There's a "flutter" when you pass by neutral and if you think it's clicked into first and let go, VROOM. I just try and pay more attention to it, hasn't bothered me enough to really research it.
I've noticed the same thing. There's a "flutter" when you pass by neutral and if you think it's clicked into first and let go, VROOM. I just try and pay more attention to it, hasn't bothered me enough to really research it.
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If yu gunna hate on Honda for this issue , you might like to remember that near all Jap bikes suffer this issue to some degree ..
The false neutral issue is not restricted to Honda only ..
It is actually quite common to ALL bike's with a " one down and the rest up " shifter setup....
you are hitting neutral because that is where neutral lives ...
" between 1st and 2nd ...lol
As Elf said ... just practice making an extra effort to whack her up past the neutral position every time you take off ...
I find that it happens mostly to me when I am not paying too much attention to my shifting .....
being slack !! .
The false neutral issue is not restricted to Honda only ..
It is actually quite common to ALL bike's with a " one down and the rest up " shifter setup....
you are hitting neutral because that is where neutral lives ...
" between 1st and 2nd ...lol
As Elf said ... just practice making an extra effort to whack her up past the neutral position every time you take off ...
I find that it happens mostly to me when I am not paying too much attention to my shifting .....
being slack !! .
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From: Worcester,Ma
mine barely ever does that, usually tho i just clutch to take off, the synchro shift ability with the hurricane is nuts, i usually clutch on downshifts, but there was once when i was cut off the downshift was ahead of the clutch and i got away with it, so i dont know if the shift linkage can be adjusted, or just how you pull on the shifter?
used to have a 600r ninja....an 88....now that thing shifted horribly
used to have a 600r ninja....an 88....now that thing shifted horribly
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Yeah, try not to be so hard on Honda. When I got my F4i I had the same issue. It just took a few hundred miles of really paying attention to my shifting to develop a good feel for how hard to kick up the shifter and how far. And like mentioned before, it's not just a Honda specific problem. I've put about 12k miles on the bike since I got it and after the first thousand I've only missed a shift maybe 2-3 times since. Just give it some time bro.
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You think that's bad, go & test ride a Guzzi.
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I really hate this about hondas too.
My VFR, and my 900rr do/did it horribly.
at high RPM's it hurts your foot sometimes with how much it "flutters" from 1st to second.
I think honda is trying to tell us not to drag race our bikes.
My VFR, and my 900rr do/did it horribly.
at high RPM's it hurts your foot sometimes with how much it "flutters" from 1st to second.
I think honda is trying to tell us not to drag race our bikes.