justin_o_guy2
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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If just moving inches doesn't do it, next time, try more, till you discover the least amount of effort required to accomplish the goal. That may change as the weather cools. I never had the problem, just fired up in neutral and dropped in first. Yeah, there was a bit of clash, but those gears are plenty tough. All they are fighting is their own momentum and the shear strength of the oil stuck in the clutch. If it's warmed up and you're sitting in neutral at a light and holding the clutch lever in, the gears can stop and it won't be easy to get in gear if they stop where they clash, just ease out to about where you would feel the clutch start to pull away from a stop, pull back in, drop in gear. I've run a bike through all the gears sitting still, just let out on the lever enough to just touch the beginning of the friction zone. I stalled in traffic in fifth gear, unfunny , stupid moment, but it can be done and quickly. The lever adjustment, lowering it, good plan, that should make getting second easier. A slightly bent rod will flex on down shift, a serious bend would lower the toe end of the lever and flex some both ways, but a vigorous shift action should get it in. I'd go ride it, like I was drag racing. I mean get after it. Run that dude up in first till the rate of acceleration starts to drop off a little, slap the gas off, grab the clutch and shift it like ya mean it. Might not drop the clutch lever and wring the gas full on, if you Didn't get the shift, don't wanna rap it out, but that Should work. Then play with it, learn the minimum effort. I've shifted to second without the clutch, it's too big of an RPM jump for me to master it and make it smooth, but second and up, the bike will shift, quickl, smoothly and without harm, upshifting and downshifting. It's just a matter of timing and technique. And sometimes, it's just gonna klunk a little dropping into first,
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