In a motorcycle, why is the neutral position typically above the first gear and below the second?

Question

In a motorcycle, why is the neutral position typically above the first gear and below the second?

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Answer 1

There is no neutral gear. Whenever you move from one gear to the next the gears disengage. That’s why you can sometimes get “false” neutrals when changing in higher gears

There’s a wee notch in the gear selector to interrupt the gearchange between 1st and 2nd