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Originally Posted by mrlmd1
If you should stop, say at a stop sign or at a light, you should be in first gear, clutch in (disengaged), so that if necessary you can make a quick getaway or move the bike if somebody is coming up on your rear end fast and is going to hit you (like they didn't see you sitting there while they were on their cell phone). Like ER said, it's easier to put it into first as you are slowly rolling along than it is to get it into gear after you have stopped. Get in the habit of leaving it in gear at a light or stop sign instead of looking for neutral.
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Yup, always be ready to get the heck outta there if need be. Strangely enough back in the early 80s the rider's course in Alberta taught newbies to put the trans in neutral at a stop. Yah right, a non-rider must have thought that up. Thankfully it got changed.