Neutral light on in all gears!

[Brian62]

Hi there, I had my bike in the shop fork a new fork seal today. Halfway home I noticed the neutral light started to show in all gears. Can anyone help? Ta

[husoi]

A sticky neutral switch?

Likely to need replacing 

[wastedyears1981]

Faulty/Dodgy/Filthy neutral switch.

 

Not sure if you would have the same problem, but my GSF600 Bandit neutral switch sits behind the front sprocket. This meant it got quite gunky from all the gubbings of my riding escapades.

 

I would get false neutrals all the time, and at one point stopped working completely. Just needed taking off and given a good clean with contact cleaner. Been spot on every since. 

 

[JRH]

22 hours ago, wastedyears1981 said:

Faulty/Dodgy/Filthy neutral switch.

 

Not sure if you would have the same problem, but my GSF600 Bandit neutral switch sits behind the front sprocket. This meant it got quite gunky from all the gubbings of my riding escapades.

 

I would get false neutrals all the time, and at one point stopped working completely. Just needed taking off and given a good clean with contact cleaner. Been spot on every since. 

 

Bandit 1250 has the same problem. Got fed up of cleaning it only for it to fail after a couple of hundred miles. Ended up getting a healtech gear indicator. That works fine every time.

[husoi]

Play attention that neutral switch is not to just look pretty with a green light. It will prevent the bike taking off with side stand on if you accidentally put a gear on

[wastedyears1981]

On 14/08/2024 at 13:40, husoi said:

Play attention that neutral switch is not to just look pretty with a green light. It will prevent the bike taking off with side stand on if you accidentally put a gear on

Becomes a pain when the neutral switch doesn't work too. I couldn't run bike in neutral when on side stand to warm up. Had to use center stand all the time.