Front Brakes and Brake Fluid

[jonathan180iq]

Don't use first as an engine break. It's a small gear and you might slam it into gear too early one day when you're not thinking.

If you're going slow enough to turn or roll at all. You need to be in 2nd gear. Unless you are stopped and need to get started again, there is really no reason to use 1st.

From 5th down, feel free to engine brake all you want, granted that you don't shift into a lower gear too soon. Just don't do that with 1st.