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

[alantf]

Originally Posted by blaine

:??: You can go from 1st to 2nd with one push and 2nd to 1st with one push.The tricky part is finding neutral.It is much easier to find neutral by gently lifting up from 1st till the green neutral light comes on.It is very easy to bypass neutral & go into 2nd gear.

What I was actually getting at (and not explaining very well :blush: ) was that each gear is a click away from the next, but 1st to 2nd is click click. I still manage, occasionally, to go from 1st to neutral when I set off without having my mind 100% on it.

[Water Warrior 2]

Alantf, just chalk it up to a senior moment an keep smiling. :lol:

[Rookie Rider]

Lmao, WW

[Rookie Rider]

What i do when im in 1st is :: let off throttle, squeeze clutch, shift up once (2nd gear) give gas as i slowly let clutch out. Repeat for each up shift. The same for downshifting except push down on lever with foot. Hope this helps.

[Rookie Rider]

What i do when im in 1st is :: let off throttle, squeeze clutch, shift up once (2nd gear) give gas as i slowly let clutch out. Repeat for each up shift. The same for downshifting except push down on lever with foot. Hope this helps.

[Gz Rider]

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[Water Warrior 2]

GZ, well done and thoroughly explained.

[Rookie Rider]

I thought i explained it pretty thorough for a newbie :/

[5th_bike]

Originally Posted by 7653

Follow-up question for 5th bike: Your answer to this doesn't make sense to me. I thought I just got told by JWR (see his post above) that pushing the shift lever down ALWAYS puts your gear into first, even if it is from fifth gear. If this is true, then how is it possible to go from fifth gear to fourth, fourth to third?

Thanks.

Well others already answered your question I think - pulling in the clutch is one thing. Pulling in the clutch disengages the coupling between the engine and the wheel.

Shifting is another thing. Shifting selects another pair of cogwheels inside the gearbox such that the rpm ratio between the engine and the rear wheel changes. You shift one gear at a time ([1 to 2] and [2 to 1] via neutral being the exception). But you can hold in the clutch, and use your foot to shift up or down all 5 gears - you don't have to release the clutch and pull it back in to shift to the next gear.

That said - you can't switch from gear 5 to gear 3 with one movement of the foot. You need to push the shifter down twice for that.
So one push down with your left foot will only get you in first gear: a) from neutral b) from 2nd gear (whereas pushing down gently will get you in neutral from 2nd gear). You will learn by practicing this.

I hope this clears things up a bit.

[Gz Rider]

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