[Backstop]

I tried searching around the forums to no avail.

I went and test rode a used Stryker today from a private seller. Loved the bike, but here is my concern.

2011 Styrker 1600 miles.

Problem: When the engine is running it will not shift from 1st to Neutral. clutch level pulled all the way back. The shifter refuses to budge. I put all my muscle behind it and no go.

However, I use the engine shut off switch and kill the engine = no problem. Shifts to neutral easily.

This is a major concern before I get in to negotiations on this bike.

Any feedback from the more knowledgeable than me crowd?

 

[stroguy]

Typical, took me nearly 2000 miles before mine broke in where I could do it almost every time. Have no fears it has happened to alot of us.

 

[mikoloe]

Don't do that! Drink some liquid courage then only shift to neutral when you are done riding!

 

[Backstop]

Don't do that! Drink some liquid courage then only shift to neutral when you are done riding!

I'd kind of like to be able to pull to the side of the road and stop without killing my engine. Ya know?

 

[Strykeback]

Got mine used with 1100 miles and never had that problem. Me personally I would call a dealer and ask them. Maybe check the oil, they can bit a clunky when the oil is low. Ask if he had the 600 mile service done.

 

[cambridge]

I have this problem. It refuses to go into N. I have to try a couple of dozen times. I just shut off my bike and then shift it to N, with no problem.

 

[SmokenJoe]

Mine pops right into "N". Try adjusting the cable pull. Even though the handle is pulled all the to grip, doesn't mean it's properly adjusted.

 

[sdsting]

1) Like Strykeback said, make sure it is topped off with oil. Even a ½ full window can cause difficult shifting on my bike.

2) Try letting the clutch out ½ way and then feeling for the shift as you pull it back in. You have to come to stop quickly without time to downshift, find yourself at a stoplight in 2nd or 3rd gear? It is very difficult to shift down through the gears to get to neutral at a dead stop, so you let the clutch out a bit, shift down a gear, and do this process again. Try this before stomping hard on the shift lever

 

[11Stryker]

Too much freeplay In Clutch lever!

 

[BOOLSHOT]

Is it going up into 2nd, and missing neutral? Sounds like you are saying it won't budge, so that makes it sound like it isn't moving. Is it stuck in first gear? I don't think that is normal.

 

[sonic635]

Had the same problem most of the summer would flip from first to second back to first and would never catch in neutral while the engine was running. Probably drove 6 or 7 thousand miles like this. Then in August, adjusted the free play in the clutch the problem went away. I can find neutral no problem now.

 

[ROADKILL]

You said when you shut the bike off it shifted into neutral OK...when you restarted and shifted into first did the bike lurch forward?

 

[11Stryker]

Had the same problem most of the summer would flip from first to second back to first and would never catch in neutral while the engine was running. Probably drove 6 or 7 thousand miles like this. Then in August, adjusted the free play in the clutch the problem went away. I can find neutral no problem now.

Thanks for backing me up Sonic. We have both fixed this reported problem by doing the same thing.

 

[Michigan Bill]

I finally got around to go for a ride this year and adjusted my clutch lever free travel. Finding neutral at a stop is easy now. I did set it a little wide at about .050" because that's where I like the engagement point.

 

[cambridge]

You said when you shut the bike off it shifted into neutral OK...when you restarted and shifted into first did the bike lurch forward?

In my case no. When the bike is shut off, neutral is easy to get into. When I start the bike its still in neutral. I always back my bike into the garage and do it with the engine shut off. So I put in to N to back it up. If the bike is running, it just seems to want to skip N, whether I shifting up or down.

 

[cambridge]

OK this sounds like my clutch lever as well. So where do you adjust/how. I know dumb question.

 

[11Stryker]

OK this sounds like my clutch lever as well. So where do you adjust/how. I know dumb question.

Right at the lever, There is a thumb screw you loosen then adjust cable stud in or out. Then retighten thumb screw. You will want some freeplay but not over 1/16". You can watch clutch release lever near rear engine cover on right side while you operate clutch lever on handle bars to make sure you have at least some freeplay.

 

[middleagecrisis]

Thanks for backing me up Sonic. We have both fixed this reported problem by doing the same thing.

Me three

 

[VTStryker]

If the problem is occuring when you're at a stop and you're trying to do this with your clutch engaged try rolling the bike forward or backward a little bit, that usually does the trick for me.

 

[Adrenaline Revolution]

If the problem is occuring when you're at a stop and you're trying to do this with your clutch engaged try rolling the bike roward of backward a little bit, that usually does the trick for me.

^^ This, Or shift to 2nd and ease it into Neutral.
Most bikes go easier from 2nd to N than 1st to N.