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Message started by rquarantello4232 on 11/07/12 at 10:23:52

Title: First Ride Update
Post by rquarantello4232 on 11/07/12 at 10:23:52

Got all the parts for my bike i purchased a few weeks ago. Put on new tail lights, new tire and tube, new oil, filter, and oil filter, new mirrors. Went just down the street for my first ride and I guess its ok. The bike is super loud and shifting up was fine but down shifting was super bumpy. I thought something was wrong until I remembered ive never ridden before and I am prolly just shifting wrong. While putting on my rear blinkers I checked them 4 times to make sure they were running correct. I put on my seat and check again and the left is fine, but the brake like flashes with the right blinker. Ridiculous, so I gotta do that again. I guess everything else is running fine. Going to motorcycle class next week and then I will prolly ride it to a local shop guy or someone who really knows what they are doing to give a final check through.

Title: Re: First Ride Update
Post by misterbbq on 11/07/12 at 10:46:07

by motorcycle class do you mean the msf class? highly recommended! and a ton of fun.

Title: Re: First Ride Update
Post by Arnold on 11/07/12 at 11:46:12

And now time to put it away for winter :)

Title: Re: First Ride Update
Post by 12Bravo on 11/07/12 at 14:25:58

7C697271717869786F1D0 wrote:

And now time to put it away for winter :)

Nawwwww, time to put more layers on and ride! :D

Title: Re: First Ride Update
Post by Arnold on 11/07/12 at 15:09:32

Nor'easter up in NY, that's it for me :(

Title: Re: First Ride Update
Post by stewmills on 11/07/12 at 19:20:03

595A5E4A594A455F4E4747441F1918192B0 wrote:

...and then I will prolly ride it to a local shop guy or someone who really knows what they are doing to give a final check through.

Be careful thinking that the local guy knows everything! I am a first time rider as of June-ish of this year and needed some things done on my bike. I paid the local dealer to change the jets because I was scared of tearing something up, which I now know is wayyyyy to easy....and I realized AFTER coming here that he was not the know it all he appeared to be and I ended up readjusting things behind him.

PLEASE, I BEG YOU check here first for advice and assistance before paying anyone to work on your bike and do it yourself if you are in any way handy with a wrench. You will learn something, have pride in having done it yourself, know it was done right, and save a lot of funds.

...and +1 on the MSF course. You will learn more than you think and I highly recommended.

Title: Re: First Ride Update
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/07/12 at 20:46:26

If youre going 50 miles per hour in 5th & drop into 4th, you need to get the engine turning as fast as if youre running 50 MPH in 4th before you just drop the clutch on it,Its okay if its not exact, its fine if its ( the RPM) low, but Not giving it some gas is a sure bet for sliding the rear tire one day when you really dodnt want to.,