I found it!

[motopat]

Originally Posted by simonjester

My speedometer quit working at 20 miles and the odometer followed at 30 miles, but at what I estimated to be 50 miles l changed the oil to conventional Valvoline 10w-40 4 stroke motorcycle oil, because I was not able to find neutral at all with the engine running and I figured it couldn't hurt to try.

The only way I could get it into neutral was with the engine off. I was getting false neutral indications too, which concerned me. I tried the light tap down from second. I tried everything. The oil change seems to have done the trick. I can actually find neutral relatively easily now. If I could get a working speedometer and odometer, I would be really satisfied with this bike.

Gerry at CSC told me to use an oil that states it's for use in motorcycles because other oils have more detergents in them that don't do the wet clutch any good. He suggested I use a 20-50 and I too found that Valvoline makes several different weights. Available at Walmart for less than $4 a qt.
The light tap approach that has been mentioned for finding neutral works well for me.