Subject: Re: 1st Ride!
Author: AJ Huff
Date: Mar 9, 2005, 11:58 AM
Post ID: 1718517760
| Hi AJ, Congratulations! You'll have many more fun rides to come, I'm sure. 1st gear will come with practice. You do need it and I use it every time I start off (I think most loopers do?). When my Dad taught me to ride on an old Honda CB125, he had me do hundreds of starts. That is the real key to riding a motorcycle. It is so much easier once you get going, but the slow stuff is where a person's skills either shine or not. It is also where a lot of tip overs happen. So, find an empty parking lot once the weather get's better and spend a saturday morning doing slow stuff. |
Ok then, practice, practice, practice. Iced covered grass may have had
something to do with 2nd being so much easier also.
| The standard shift pattern since the mid 70's has been 1 down and the rest up. When you have a heel-toe shifter, this means that you press the toe end down to down-shift and press the heel end down to up-shift. It does take some getting used to. |
I see. It would seem natural to me that you would toe forward to make the
bike go faster and the then heel back to make the bike go slower, thus toe
shift up, heel shift down. Then again, what do I know! I've never
understood automotive engineers. I guess motorcycle engineers are equally
baffling to me.
Thanks for the advice.
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AJ Huff
'71 Ambassador
Three Rivers, MI