Haven´t ridden a motorbike for 30 years! How do the gears go nowadays on jap bikes, 1 up 4 down, or what?
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modern japanese SPORT bikes (honda,yamaha,suzuki and kawasaki) have it one down for the first gear and up for the rest (up to sixth gear) . Getting to neutral position is a bit tricky , from the first gear position, get it halfway up and you'll be in neutral position this configuration is common among Sport models. The earlier GENERAL UTILITY bikes have a different configuration, example the kawasaki CDI uses a rotary gear.. all going down N-1-2-3-4-5-N the Suzuki does'nt return to the N position though its all going down N-1-2-3-4-5 the same as Yamaha and honda models.
1 down the rest 5 usually up and on the left not the right hand side. sorry.
On five speed bikes nearly always 1 down and 4 up. Some modern bikes have 6 gears, so 1 down and 5 up.
Some Bikes are different.
The avatar you see
is an 01 Kawasaki
1 down 4 up
1 down 4 up
Welcome Back if your gonna start riding again. You gotta consider models with toe/heel shifting on tourers and cruisers with floorboards. It gets confusing at times when your heel does the work that your toe wants to do instead. Turn signals are on left (unlike H.D) It all comes back quick.
1 down 4 or 5 up for most Jap bikes. Some (eg some Enfields, not the more recent ones) still have right foot change, one up 3 down. Track bikes sometimes have the linkage reversed, so you get 1 up 3, 4, or 5 down.
To be honest 30 years is a big gap, have you considered taking a refresher course with a local motorcycle training school, motorcycles have moved on by a huge amount in the last 30 years. Good luck with whatever you decide and welcome back to biking.
Welcome back!
Mine were all 1 down, the rest up.
I always checked each before I rode it for the first time.
The only one I've had that didn't have the shift pattern marked on the case is the 2006 Harley-Davidson.
dont forget with the power in modern bikes its 1 down and whoa s'hit!
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