newbie rider here!!

[xtasy]

hi guys,

just got my hands on a new thumpstar today,im not familiar with the whole manual gears thing.Ok so heres my problem,it takes my ages to find gear 0 i then start up the bike but when i shift into another gear it stalls and turns off the engine then i would have to find gear 0 again which for some reason feels like it changes all the time.Can anyone tell me what im doing wrong?

 

[Sidney]

Are you squeezing in the clutch?

Gear 0 is nuetral by the way

 

[xtasy]

yup gear o is neutral which means the bike will roll normally right? and also where would the clutch b? does my bike even have a clutch? eBay Australia: NEW 2007 125cc PIT DIRT BIKE MOTOR TRAIL THUMPSTAR (item 170122661398, end time 19-Jun-07 20:30:00 AEST)

 

[xtasy]

does my bike even have a clutch? eBay Australia: NEW 2007 125cc PIT DIRT BIKE MOTOR TRAIL THUMPSTAR (item 170122661398, end time 19-Jun-07 20:30:00 AEST)

if so where issit?

 

[pegleg]

OMG....Yes it does

 

[jayden-pitbikez]

lmfao @ does it have a clutch

 

[eichkay]

Some of the china engines with a 1down3up trans can be pretty much imposible to get into N while the engine is running which the bike is stationary, i tended to find it easiest to get the N while rolling to a stop without even using the clutch ... But i never really used the clutch other than getting first gear moving then the rest of the up and down gear changes never used the clutch.

 

[andrewmitchell123]

lol at does it have a clutch

 

[pegleg]

hi guys,

just got my hands on a new thumpstar today,im not familiar with the whole manual gears thing.Ok so heres my problem,it takes my ages to find gear 0 i then start up the bike but when i shift into another gear it stalls and turns off the engine then i would have to find gear 0 again which for some reason feels like it changes all the time.Can anyone tell me what im doing wrong?

I think the easiest way to learn all this is for you to get a friend that knows how to ride a bike to show you the basics.

 

[Sidney]

Thats what I did. I went from practicing a few times on a TTR 90 to a Honda 110cc postie bike to an atomik 125cc

Then I got my bike!

 

[daniel40]

lol omg it has an engine