Learning to ride with gears

[mops]

yeach, i got a same bandit and i do find it a bit tricky at times...

power delivery is a bit skewed, and i tend to scrape my shoes on off-camber corners alot...

hill starting is tricky, i have to do it every day to get out of work's garage. the way i normally do it is I stand up and for a split of the second i'm holding the bike using just my body weight, while 1st is already on, just revup and release clutch with alot of slipping....

gear changing is tricky aswell.. on down shifts you need a right amount of blip, otherwise rear can lock up really easily... i always use clutch up or down shifts...

[Morcs]

Ive got round hill starts now, just sit with the clutch in, and foot on back brake, when you want to go, give it some revs (i do about 6k) and at the same time slip the clutch out and foot off the back brake.

The thing i hate most is stop start traffic on roads that you cant split. Drives me nuts. The scooter was so much better for round town!

[sinned]

Ive got round hill starts now, just sit with the clutch in, and foot on back brake, when you want to go, give it some revs (i do about 6k) and at the same time slip the clutch out and foot off the back brake.

The thing i hate most is stop start traffic on roads that you cant split. Drives me nuts. The scooter was so much better for round town!

Try an SV1000s in stop start - a real pain makes me appreciate the old SR250. But no I wouldn't go back.