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The picture here is the reverse cam. The neutral safety switch sits right over it. It’s held in by two Philips screws circled in yellow. The red circle is the spring loaded contact on the reverse cam. The back side of neutral safety switch has two copper circles under it. That tab on the reverse cam touches the copper circles turning the neutral light on (green wire) and the reverse light (red wire) that’s all done by shifting which happens when you shift gears that shaft rotates and turns the cam into position. So I’m thinking that that shaft is not rotating.

My guess is that shaft on the reverse cam is broken leaving the neutral light on. If I’m correct that means the engine gets split. I would start by locating that light green wire over that bevel gear cover and unplug it. If the neutral light goes off then the problem is under that cover. When your ready to pull that cover let me know I will walk you through it.

Here are some pics of what you may be looking for. Fist pic is the cover, second is the cover off and the neutral safety switch covering the cam and shaft. Third pic is the actual cam and the lock out lever.

Hey Richard, welcome to Quadcrazy. What year is the bike? That lock out knob, when you turn it, is there spring loaded pressure that returns it back? On the left side of the engine where the shifter is there is the reverse cam lock out that the cable leads to. Follow that down and see if anything is jamming it up the cable. If not the problem may be under that cover where the actual reverse cam is. But I don’t know the year and some vary. The cover that houses that part is called the bevel gear cover. It’s a bi*** to get off but doable. Unfortunately the engine bolts all need to come off and the left foot rest as well. Its possible the spring is bad or worse the shaft inside is broke. But before you get into all that do some simple testing first and go through all the gears etc and see if anything else is not right.