thank you for your tips. I'll try it on my bike. btw, using Pulsar from Oct 2003 - now discover 30.000km??
wow, its amazing. I use it from July, 15th 2008. Till now, I've over 16.000km. --- In [email protected], Glifford Menezes <gliff...@...> wrote: > > Welcome to the Forum Bam! > > aguscity <agusc...@...> wrote: > > > > i'm really really sure that the gear goes to netral not because my > > foot pushing it. > > > > My Oct 2003 Pulsar 180 DTS-i has covered 30,000 km and I have very > rarely come across false neutrals. If you bike is newer than that, I > am sure the gearbox would be better built to avoid even those. > > The trick to avoid a false neutral is to shift properly and > completely. You have to get the "feel" of gear slotting in correctly > before you let go of the clutch and your foot off the lever. The > times when I have faced a false neutral... has always been when I half > heartedly shifted. > > The trick of doing it right is to do it firmly (not harshly) and > positively. You will understand how the gear falls in by the feedback > on your toes. I also suggest shifting only using your toes (not heel) > because I guess the toes are more sensitive to movement. I can only > assume this as I have a toe only shifter and hence know to use only > that! Learn to do that and you will almost never have false neutrals > again. > > > The accident happen when I ride in an ascend road, I'm using 1st gear > > that time, but, suddently, the gear becoming netral. N then the bike > > is going to retreat until finally fall. > > What were you doing all this while when the bike slowed down? > Couldn't you brake (after holding in the clutch) and stop in time or > atleast change the gear in time. Why did you fall? > > > (maybe because my 60kg body > > can not restrain the 145kg pulsar + my wife + 2child + 42Ltrbox + > > fully side bag). > > > > Now that's a big load! And I thought we Indians load our bikes a lot! > Don't you have police restrictions against overloading? > > > > thanks god there's no serrious injury to me, my family n my lovely > > pulsar. Only my wife got a little knee injury. > > > > Beloved Pulsar before everyone else 'eh! Wife included ;) > > > > Btw, after using pulsar 4 about 16.000km, the last 2 days, I feel so > > afraid for using pulsar (I ride pulsar for about 80-100km a day) > > because the false netral is happen n happen again. > > > > If it is a serious issue, get the gearbox checked at a service > station. Something must have got misaligned inside! > > > the last time I change my olie (I try to use GULF) is last 2 week, I > > just use it about 900km > > > > Doubt it could be oil related. Unless you used non specification oil. > What is the grade of oil did you put in, not the brand! > > Cheers, > > Glifford. >
