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?

  • b0thvar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    26 days ago

    When you shift are you moving the shifter like it owes you until it stops moving?

    On my old bike the transmission was kinda sloppy and I occasionally had a missed shift where it didn’t shift out of the current gear because I hadn’t moved the shifter far enough. I never accidentally shifted into neutral on that bike, it was almost impossible to put it into neutral.

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      26 days ago

      I guess I’m more sort of tilting my ankle from down to up so it doesn’t have much power behind it.

      I’ve also gotten a phantom shift where my dash just shows a “-“ instead of 2. What kind of bike was it?

      • b0thvar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        26 days ago

        Tilting your ankle sounds right, that’s what I do. Just tilt firmly until the shifter stops moving, release your foot, then release the clutch and ease back on the throttle.

        I’ve never had a bike that told me what gear it is in, the old bike was a 1997 Suzuki Katana.