HAHAHAHAHHA... now you know that factory options fail!!! hahahahahahah

 

I’ve had three bikes with hill hold. Never even tried it on the 2020, started using it on the ‘22, and the ‘24 police bike has hill hold in neutral.

I like that feature and use it once or twice a ride. Would I go to lengths to add the neutral feature if it didn’t come with it. Maybe.

 

I live in the foot hills in SC. Many many times I wish I had it for neutral. I will be getting it installed

 

I use to live there when my ‘85 was new. You’ll enjoy the feature.

 

To be serious though, I find I use the hands free feature quite often when say waiting for a light while sitting on a grade.

 

👆 This is why all bikes should have it

 

I almost NEVER put my UL in neutral unless I'm dismounting while the engine is running. As others have said, there's no reason to unless you can't hold the clutch lever. My clutch happens to be of the Hydraulic type and I find it easy to pull and stay pulled while either holding the front or rear brake at the same time.

I can't imagine being on such a steep incline that holding the clutch and one of the brakes would be just fine.

My car has a "hill hold feature" and I've only used it once when I first bought the car to see what its all about....and never since. It's definitely NOT a feature I would pay extra for (IMHO).

 

Bad idea to always hold the clutch all the time every time. You have the potential to wear it out sooner than normal. No different than keeping your foot on the clutch in a car wears out the pilot bearing. Keeps unneeded pressure on it constantly

 

I had it done and am glad I did. I use it at least once on just about every ride, fiddling around with gloves on a sloped parking space, stopped at my mailbox, etc. It was worth the less than $100 for the part, installation and flash.

 

Here’s why I like neutral hill hold. At a stop, I might need to blow my nose, or forgot to take my readers out of my shirt pocket and put them away, or decided it’s getting hot and I want to change gloves, or take off/put on a jacket.

Us old guys do all this crap routinely.