05-28-2013, 02:11 PM
Very weird! I read this post yesterday and I had never heard of that happening before.
Fast forward to this afternoon on my CB750. I pulled up to a long light and after plenty of cars had stopped behind me, I decided to shift into neutral to give my clutch hand a rest. I shifted up, the neutral light came on and when I started to release the clutch lever, the bike started moving forward. Imagine my surprise! Just for fun I put the sidestand down and the bike kept running. It really thought it was in neutral.
One thing I can verify was that the false neutral was the result of a half-hearted attempt to shift up to neutral. I already had my foot on the ground and just picked it up quickly to make the shift. It didn't feel quite right, but since the neutral light came on i didn't give it a second thought.
So, I'll confirm it's possible to do this, but it's the first time it has happened to me and I've been riding that bike for 17 yrs. I think there may be a spot where the neutral light and safety switch are triggered, but the tranny did not quite make it out of 1st gear.
Fast forward to this afternoon on my CB750. I pulled up to a long light and after plenty of cars had stopped behind me, I decided to shift into neutral to give my clutch hand a rest. I shifted up, the neutral light came on and when I started to release the clutch lever, the bike started moving forward. Imagine my surprise! Just for fun I put the sidestand down and the bike kept running. It really thought it was in neutral.
One thing I can verify was that the false neutral was the result of a half-hearted attempt to shift up to neutral. I already had my foot on the ground and just picked it up quickly to make the shift. It didn't feel quite right, but since the neutral light came on i didn't give it a second thought.
So, I'll confirm it's possible to do this, but it's the first time it has happened to me and I've been riding that bike for 17 yrs. I think there may be a spot where the neutral light and safety switch are triggered, but the tranny did not quite make it out of 1st gear.