Shifting Issue While stopped

GravelHatesMe · 07-05-2008, 11:34 AM

I've just noticed that I can't shift more than 1 gear at a time when my bike is still. I couldn't shift all the way down without either rolling the bike after each shift or letting the clutch into the friction zone after each shift. I can hit the shifter as many times as i want but it will only shift 1 gear at a time with out working the clutch or rolling it a bit. Any ideas?

Works perfectly while moving, even slow speeds, but at a stop it won't.

jim schmidt · 07-05-2008, 11:39 AM

This is the nature of sequential shifters. You can let out the clutch a little or roll forward a little. But -- while they might or might not shift -- they don't work well at a standstill.

GravelHatesMe · 07-05-2008, 11:41 AM

I've always been in first before a stop until yesterday and just noticed it. I wasn't sure if it was normal or not.

snakesht · 07-05-2008, 12:17 PM

Yeah, it's been that way with just about every bike I've ridden. I usually do what Jim said, and ease out on the clutch a little bit and that normally does the trick. But it is best to be in neutral or first before you stop rolling.

kevin_stevens · 07-05-2008, 01:06 PM

Plus, your Kawasaki will only upshift from first to neutral at a stop. That's a Kawasaki-specific feature.

KeS

SundayDriver · 07-05-2008, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevin_stevens

Plus, your Kawasaki will only upshift from first to neutral at a stop. That's a Kawasaki-specific feature.

KeS

I've downshifted into neutral a few times. I wasn't expecting it and revved quite a bit, but I've done it. I can never do it when i'm trying to do it though.

WAD · 07-05-2008, 06:46 PM

I can downshift into neutral easily. It just takes a light "tap" from second gear and you can get it into neutral.

kevin_stevens · 07-05-2008, 06:53 PM

Yes. That's not what I said, though.

keS

Scootimus · 07-06-2008, 08:26 AM

Every bike I've ridden, street and dirt, wouldn't shift more than 1 gear without rocking it or releasing the clutch a little. Just a part of bikes!

brandon2286 · 07-06-2008, 09:38 AM

yeah and i would think it would also prevent you from having it in the wrong gear and try to take off and stall

rigeld · 07-06-2008, 10:06 AM

Not really -- if you're in 4th, and stop with it in 4th, you have to rock it to get it down to 1st.

brandon2286 · 07-06-2008, 02:35 PM

i meant if you are already in 1st