ive not owned my DS very long and i thought neutral was all the way down thats what the previous
owner told me . so when i just changed my clutch i found out it was one down and 4 up i never really \
noticed because i would never use 5 gear when the bike is in neutral i try to shift down and the shifter
dont even move down like it is trying to go in to 1st i geuss this hole time ive been launching it in 2nd
i didnt notice a problem because it would launch so hard , also one other thing my neutral light does not
work i dont know if this has anything to do with it or not

thanks any help would be greatly appreciated

 

Mine and another guyz bike around here had our neutral lights burnt out... its very annoyin not havin it when your so use to lookin at it to see it your in neutral when you pull the clutch

 

Will it shift into first with the motor off? Make sure your clutch is adjusted properly with enough slack in it. Are you sure you have the clutch plates in their proper order? Might be a shift fork problem but I would check all the obvious stuff first.

 

The neutral light could be a bad connection in the wiring. Check the wire connection on the right hand side of the sprocket. May also be a burned bulb.

 

no it wont shift into 1st with the motor off either
i had KBR in utah put the clutch in its working great i smoked the clutch when i put new 22 extreme paddles
on it might be the shift forks though , its wierd because it dont even try to go in

 

im not to worried about the light unless the switch could be holding it from going in to gear

 

Let me understand this more clearly. with the bike off shifting down several times on the the lever it stops going down and gets hard? When its in that position is the bike in gear? If you pull up on the lever slightly until you hear it click does it go into neutral? Does it shift normally from second to fifth (all up). and from fifth down to second but wont go into first? Have you tried getting into 5th and downshifting through all gears to first. They will all be down shifts. If it gets to second and comes up hard trying to go down to first I would guess a shift fork or drum possibly. Someone will chime in here with more info Im sure

 

when you try to shift from neutral down the shift lever dont even move like its trying to go in gear
it shifts from 2nd to 5th easy and smooth.
i have tryed shifting from 5th down but itll stop at neutral like neutral s all the way to the bottom

 

What year is your bike? Sounds like a shift fork or something. That sucks if thats the case cause your going to have to split the cases.

Anyone else gotta an idea about this? Help a new brotha out.

BTW Welcome to the forums

 

my bike is a 2000 it sounds like the shift fork is probably bent