new owner question

[rufus1138]

2014 696, 100 miles on the clock and im getting a vague neutral light....anyone else dealing with this, am I being too nit picky? don't want to hand a problem over to the wife next month when she gets her endorsement and stuff worked out, light will sometimes just not light at all till I test with the clutch, sometimes ive obviously just gone past it coming from second while approaching a light, a few times searching has caused me to grind first at 15-20mph, not a huge issue but frustrating for a bike with 100 miles. liveable if its no big deal, if anyone has been into a new tranny and can tell me if this is just "how its gonna be" id really feel relieved.

[red baron]

Probably just needs to be broken in.

Maybe just a position adjustment will help it.

It's under warranty, just roll in for service call if it is real concern.

And welcome to you both.

[rufus1138]

thanks man, didn't know if it was a pre-cursor to some kind of ducati nightmare story lol.

[red baron]

thanks man, didn't know if it was a pre-cursor to some kind of ducati nightmare story lol.

could be the return spring.


whats the first service at?  1000 miles?

[rufus1138]

600, im gonna mention it to them tonight when I swing by to get my paperwork that I left with them last week, all the owners manual junk and stuff. ill run it by the service department head who's a good friend of mine, if its no big deal to him ill just have them pay close attention to that area at the first service.

edit: everything else is cherry tho, motor has pepped up a bit from when I first picked it up, revs more freely, pulls a little harder, could be a density altitude change tho, once I know a bike really well I can feel density altitude changes, especially on carb'd machines

[red baron]

1000 before that first service is better.


600 should have been the first weekend.

[rufus1138]

lol it would have but we have a busy schedule and its been too cold/rainy for joy riding here in pcola, this weekend will see some miles stacked on for the sake of fun.

[Privateer]

at 73,000 miles my neutral light is just as flakey as it was at 6,000 when i bought it.

[DarkMonster620]

neutral light? neutral  light?







oooooooh, the green light in the dash . . . yes yes . . . shady as hell . . . new bike? even shadier !!!

[Rudemouthsky]

Mine always worked like a champ, in both 750 and 900 motors!

Must be a new F.I - ECU thang. The neutral light on the carby motors is a banjo bolt "sender" of sorts, with a wire from that to the dash.

[Two dogs]

Is it the light or is it hard to locate neutral ?
I know with my Missus 696  (@ 20,000 k's ) it is hard to get it into neutral while stationary.
It goes in easily while still moving as you pull up to a stop light,but hard to find when already stopped.

[Rudemouthsky]

It goes in easily while still moving as you pull up to a stop light,but hard to find when already stopped.

That's every bike I've ever owned.

[rufus1138]

Well the dealership knows about it and advised me that the first service will tell us more and that it's no concern at the moment, it will be monitored, from today's riding it seems better when I whip on her a little harder in general, stronger launches especially seem to put the tranny in a better 'mood' over all, went on a big loop around town with a couple short bursts on the highway interchanges, everything was dandy banged thru the box without fault, edged up on 100 for just a second or two, everything seems to be settling in excellently

[Curmudgeon]

That bike takes a good 1,500+ miles to loosen up.