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I HAVE A 1998 KDX220R AND AFTER A LONG RIDE MY BIKE KEPT SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AND GOING INTO NEUTRAL IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT GEAR I AM IN.ANY SUGGESTIONS

Is it coming out of gear a while AFTER it engages or during or immediately after the attempted engagement?

imediatly after

Try an oil change. My street bike was sometimes poping out of second under power when I first got it. Changed the oil and it went away.

Definitely oil change, and check your clutch adj too, of course.

My 97 220 did the same thing. It had a spring broken one the shifting thingy!! Under and to the left of clutch assembly is a "change drum holder (Six sided star looking thing), it has a roller assembly(13236) held in to it by a spring. That spring is what had broke on mine. I found it at ron ayers using their microfiche. The spring part number is 92144. Hope that helps

My '02 had the same exact problem. It's incredibly frustrating to be in the middle of a hill climb, trying to grab more gears and it pops into neutral.

We tried changing the oil but it still didn't fix it. So we decided to split the cases and check the gears. As it turns out, my second gear was just slightly worn and some of the teeth were gouged a bit. Once we changed-out second gear and replaced the shiffting forks & springs- problem fixed.

My 04 is horrible about this. always has been. changing oil helps a bit, but compared to any other bike we've owned, it's a total nuisance. My kid envy's how easy it is to get in nuetral, I envy his positive gearbox.

I don't ever remember my 220 popping into neutral once in gear - I'll hit neutral on the way to 2nd now and then, but never just popping back into neutral.

I'll bet it's something you don't have to live with, i.e. a fix or an adjustment as suggested.