Motorcycle gear shifting.

[geckojohn]

Originally posted by: xEDIT409

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: bigshot how do you ride a crotch rocket...how does shifting work and how does the clutch work.

With any type of motorcycle you squeeze the lever on the left handgrip to engage the clutch. The gearshift lever is operated by the left foot. My Hayabusa, and a great many others are "one down, five up" which means that from the neutral position you push down one click to get in first. You then lift with your foot moving through neutral to second, then to third etc.

When you want to downshift, do you press the gearshift lever down? And on the HUD, does it tell you what gear you're in?

What's a HUD??

 

[K6]

Originally posted by: xEDIT409

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: bigshot
how do you ride a crotch rocket...how does shifting work and how does the clutch work.

With any type of motorcycle you squeeze the lever on the left handgrip to engage the clutch. The gearshift lever is operated by the left foot. My Hayabusa, and a great many others are "one down, five up" which means that from the neutral position you push down one click to get in first. You then lift with your foot moving through neutral to second, then to third etc.

When you want to downshift, do you press the gearshift lever down? And on the HUD, does it tell you what gear you're in?

On a normal bike for downshift just press down the gearshif lever.
(there are some race bike with inverted gearshift lever but are used only for racing not on the road)

I dont know what is a "HUD" but there is no need to know the "number" of the gear.
You can feel directly if the gear is too low or too high.

 

[KenGr]

Originally posted by: yamahaXS<br
I think of NO reasons to shift all the way down in preparation of stopping. What will happen when you pop the clutch in 1st when you are still doing 40 mph? ... you won't like that one bit......

Uhh... look at the other side of it. A lot of motorcycles don't like to be shifted unless they are moving. If you've ever found yourself stopped in third gear on a bike, you probably know what I'm talking about. You sit there like a fool and can't get it shifted into 1st. Shift down the same way you shift up - keeping it in the rpm band.