Problems shifting into 1st gear

[dentheman]

HA HA I was going to correct him, buy now I CAN'T REMEBER WHAT IT IS CALLED. OH, lever.

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by Pete7874

LOL... you can tell that I'm used to driving manual cars, but not bikes.

In school, we never used anything higher than 2nd gear, so 1st was always just one click away.

And I'm just too used to driving cars where I can shift directly from 5th to 1st after I stop. Old habits die hard.

Do hate to sound like a recording but learn to match your gears/speed even in a cage when coming to a stop...now back to your regular programing.
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[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by Pete7874

I guess I have to practice getting on the clutch pedal sooner and downshifting sooner.

By all means, you need to match the gear you are in to the speed you are going; same as shifting up to get going ..........only in reverse, coming back down.

[ncff07]

They do teach you to gradually shift to a lower gear while slowing down in the BRC classes. Ive still got the MSF book in a pdf file and pulled it up so get what it said exactly which is this:

"Shifting to a lower gear: This is done to match the engine speed with road speed or to have more power to accelerate. Be sure the motorcycle's speed is low enough for the next lower gear so as not to overrev the engine."

[alantf]

Originally Posted by dentheman

To the left of the gas pedal. :roll:

Nope - that's the brake on an automatic. It's to the left of the brake in a manual. :twisted: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by alantf

Nope - that's the brake on an automatic. It's to the left of the brake in a manual. :twisted: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

dentheman has an automatic mind. I am sure many of our members have only driven auto cages and a clutch and gear changing on a bike is really a steep learning curve. Thankfully the vast majority of us survive the learning curve.