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I keep finding neutral (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world

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I go from stop to start in first gear. All is nice. I then shift up and my bike roars. This is because I’m in neutral instead of second gear.

Does anyone else struggle with this? I’m new. Any tips or is it just a matter of getting good?

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[–] phant@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My bike (dr650) will do this sometimes if I dont boot it up hard enough. It'll go into 2nd briefly and then drop back to neutral and I'll accidentally rev bomb 😅

Other commenter is correct. Just gotta kick it up hard enough. Some bikes are more prone to this than others.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

On some bikes, I got in the habit of lifting the pedal, and holding it up while releasing the clutch to keep it from slipping out of second.