New Honda CBF125. Few issues.

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Macwhite97

Macwhite97

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Afternoon All,

So I've gone and got myself my first motorbike! I've only had it a couple weeks now and I'm absolutely loving being apart of the biker community. So much easier getting around and I just find traffic fun now as I can just pass right by it.

However, I'm having an issue where the bike doesn't always want to go into gear properly. Sometimes it happens when I'm in neutral it wont kick down into 1st gear. (Releasing the clutch and pulling it back in fixes this). Also if I'm coming up to a junction in any gear higher than 3rd and I come down to 1st the bike refuses to go any lower than 2 and just stalls when I try pull away without an ungodly amount of revs. Should I be 'rolling down' the gears as I approach junctions?

Is it just something wrong with my technique which is causing this? I.e not working my way down the gears while I'm slowing down?

Cheers for any responses,
Mac
 
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Us biker aren't welcome 'round 'ere.

Suggest heading over to this section: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=124

Your problem could be because you're new. You'll get the hang of it. Remember, neutral is between 1st and 2nd, so does take some getting used to. It's a full bigger 'click' than the rest of the gears.
You should come up the junction and go down the gears on approach as you're slowing, it at the end of the day a sequential gearbox. For example: 3rd down to 2.5k rpm -> 2nd down the 2.5k rpm -> 1st
 
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First gear is generally a problem on most bikes, is your clutch adjusted correctly though?

When coming up to a junction get it into first with the bike rolling, my old CBR600RR didn't like going into 1st from 2nd from a standstill. The neutral thing give the bike a few inches back and forth and it'll pop in.

Brand new bike? may just need breaking in, the gears on my R6 (new) are still a little stiff after 400miles
 
You should be coming down the gears as you come to a stop. You would have been taught the double tap method for making sure you're in first gear at your cbt. Bikes aren't designed to block change through gears. Knowing what gear you're in and changing to comes with practise. There is no "fix" for this.

Edit:- you're supposed to go clutch out between second and first, no bike likes being forced through neutral especially 125s. My ybr 125 is the same, you literally can't do it. Bigger bikes tend to have less issues not getting caught in neutral though.
 
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