Shifting Gears / Clutch / Transmission --- How to operate

[mole2]

Originally Posted by Gz Rider

Either way, he's gone.

All he wanted to know was how the transmission worked.

Not how the transmission worked but how to use it. Big difference. That, my friend, is where an instructor comes in.

[Gz Rider]

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[Water Warrior 2]

What makes 7653 different ? Probably nothing if you accept the fact that he didn't seem (to me) to be willing to listen as well as most newbies. He did ride a scooter prior and confessed to little or no mechanical knowledge. From there everything went downhill with a barage of riding, shifting, clutching, riding course suggestions and do/don't comments. Yes we may have treated him a little harshly but most us just want to keep newbies upright and alive. Let's hope he is safe and undamaged after his venture here. If/when he comes back he will still be welcome.

[Gz Rider]

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[Water Warrior 2]

[quote=Gz Rider]

Originally Posted by "Water Warrior":285gp7t6

What makes 7653 different ? Probably nothing if you accept the fact that he didn't seem (to me) to be willing to listen as well as most newbies.

What did he not listen to? Please give a specific quote.[/quote:285gp7t6]
Can't give you a specific quote. That was the impression I got. That is why I specified "to me" in my comment.

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[JWR]

Easy Rider, dat you??

[Water Warrior 2]

GZ rider. Not me. I wouldn't hold it against some one for riding a scooter. 2 wheels are 2 wheels. A scooter rider wanting to move up to a smaller bike is just a natural thing in most cases IMHO. Others get larger scooters with the convenience of no clutch to operate. There are almost as many scooters here as motorcycles. Most are decent just like bike riders. They are great commuters in a smaller community and ridden all year long in many cases.

[mrlmd1]

I was in no way trying to chase him off here. The impression I got was that he had a really bad lack of extremely basic knowledge by the type of questions he asked, and his persistence in trying to get them answered, and his seemingly poor grasp of what he was being told, that he would be much better off taking a course and reading those good books instead of getting told something on here he didn't understand and going on his bike out on the road to figure it out.
I was trying to save his ass, that of someone else he might hit, and his bike, and I said that a few times. I never did not offer to help him, I knew he would get better help elsewhere (with an MSF instructor), and I never felt that way about anyone else on here who asked a simple basic question. 7653 was very different and I hope he takes a course and then comes back. I don't think any of us who gave him that advice, as many times as he got it, has to defend themselves for telling him that. You want to teach him to ride by answering his questions on here, then you are the same fool he is to think he can learn to ride from asking you how do I shift, can I go from 1st to 5th or vice versa, etc. I can't do that from here. Now, if I saw him in person and spent one on one time with him, I'm sure I could do that. The MSF people can do it better.