HollyDolly

I'm a total newbie with some mechanical know how and I've just bought my first bike. I know most peoples opinion is avoid Chinese made but I've had no major issues with my wee bike so far. The only one thing I've found is it simply refuses to engage neutral - unless the engine is turned off when it seems to have no problem at all. When running it just skips through first to second and back to first no matter how gently or slowly you try to find neutral. It is a huge pain in the ass when your waiting at red light for some time and cant get your hand off the clutch because its still in driving gear - unless you turn it off get neutral and get it running again. I've read folk suggesting clutch cable adjustments which I'm going to try tonight but I wonder if I could do with a slightly longer cable - it tucks up the side of the tank rather snug and doesn't seem to have a whole lot of slack. Every other gear has no problem at all - jumps up and down them without issue. HELP!