I've never ridden a motorcycle / driven a manual car, and i've got a few questions. I'm going to take an MSF course before I get my license, so don't be all noob.1) When stopped, is it ok to leave the clutch in and be in 1st gear or must you shift to neutral to not burn out the clutch?2) In an automatic car, I can be at a stop sign in drive with just the brake pushed in. I'm guessing you can't do that with manual in 1st?3) I've heard that when shiftings from N to 1st, you have to let out the clutch slowly, so how slow does this have to be compared to just dropping the clutch?Finally, what can I do to amuse myself before I can get my license? (I'm 15). I'm totally obsessed with motorcycles and I can't wait any longer!!Thanks!
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1. Yes perfectly alright. 2. No, you must either be in neutral or have the clutch engaged 3. Not super slow, you only need to follow that rule when downshifting, and taking off from a dead stop.
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1) the clutch will definitly not burn out when the clucth is in it will not move no matter if ur in gear or not. soo stop in what ever gear u like and pull in the clutch and it will continue to run and ur clutch will be just fine!!! just shift down to first when u want to go soo it dosent bog and quit 2)in a manual car u have to push in the brake and the clutch dosent matter what gear ur in in a car or bike but again shift to first or secound when starting to accelerate again to keep from bogging these are the same for a dirt bike and a street bike. 3)no u heard that when u want to start driving in first u let the clutch out slowly and u do until ur confortable with it listen to the bike if it sounds like the engine is screaming DONT LET THE CLUTCH OUT but idle it calmly and keep the gas kinda coming in short little flicks of the throttle until u start giting speed up then u can just drive but always keep ur hand on the clutch. finally iam 17 and iam totally obssed with motorcycles i have a old kx 80 a 125 dr-z(my old bikes) 2 DR-Z 400's a 2004 GSXR 1000 limited edition and my pride and joy an RM-z 250 2006 which i race Hope this helped. Good luck with the bike ( oh in the meantime play some drums there soo much fun)
1. When stopped it's okay to leave it in first gear, it's actually what your supposed to do, if someone were to come up and was about to rear end you and your in first you can give it gas and get out of the way. 2. If you want to stay in first at a light you have to keep the clutch pulled in, if you let the clutch out you'll learch forward and the bike will die. 3. As for letting the clutch out you have to do it slowly or you'll pop the clutch and the front wheel may come up on you if you have a powerful bike. All bikes are different so any time you ride a new bike learn where the clutch engages before you ride. By engages I mean slowly let out the clutch, when the bike slowly starts moving forward thats where it engages. A few other things, I had a hard time when first riding understanding how the gears were set up. I thought 5 gears meant 5 different levels like on a car your stick goes to five different areas. With a bike its more like a wratchet, when you kick up and down gears the pedal stays in the same place it just clicks into different gears. Only other thing I can say is be safe. I kind of don't think someone 16 shoudl be riding a bike honestly. When your 16 your just learning the rules of the road and how to drive so adding a motorcycle into that combination could make things trickier. Plus most 16 years olds will have at least some kind of minor accident or slip up and in a car if you hit a curb or make a small mistake no big deal but on a bike it could kill you. Be careful and have fun.
