1 tip to make your motorcycle shifts quicker & smoother
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2019
- This week we look at a simple tip to make your motorcycle shift smoother and quicker. Have you ever heard someone say their motorcycle had a clunky transmission? It may not be the transmission it may be how you are shifting through the gears.
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I own a XSR900 and when Im shifting up i can hear a "Clunk"; is this normal? anything to worry about? Hope you can help me
Wow--beginner here---one of the best tips ever--thank you very much!!! 💜💙💚💛🧡❤
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3 days ago i went down for my first time trying to switch lanes. i didnt see him, he was in my blind spot tho i turned my head. went down, lost consciousness , big bad bruise on my right knee but still alive. watching the video and seying Kevin stoping at the end asking the guy if he is alright i remember that another rider stopped and asked me the same. feel so good when you see other riders caringabout you. cheers !
I was two years into riding and took a left turn in sundown at a yellow light at normal speed and missed a patch of wet leaves bunched in the middle of the intersection - didn't even react to it (which is the best way to handle it) but it was so thick and wet that my rear wheel slid out and I coasted sideways (thank you denim) into the railroad tracks 30 feet ahead of me. Outside of an adrenaline rush, I was ok, but within 2 minutes a good old boy with a pickup pulled over (a rider himself), helped lift my bike into the back, and we left it at his house until I could come get it the next day. This is one hell of a community!
@@cebrady so, yellow light at sundown, def. picked up a little more speed than if u had stopped. Not judging I promise. Then, maybe because of your extra speed trying to get out of the way of the intersection, you didnt throttle off and just coast thru the leaves..power to the rear wheel caused the spin. Man, just going around my gf car in my driveway, I pull over in the yard w out throttling off, it spun, scared me. My bike is 700 pds, 1312cc. Whew! Glad ur ok brother
General, man glad ur fine..
I always try to avoid freeways , for that reason, and others. I gotta 700 pd bike too. 1312 cc, made for the interstate. But great backroads are always available. I try not to ever ride in a hurry. Not judging at all. I know there are dangers and obstacles any and every where we ride on 2 gyroscopes. Animals, deer etc, idk. I just prefer cruising around at 40-45 mph... Of course I'll turn it up on occasion on the freeway or boulevard. But mainly just to get to my next backroad. Lol. Ride safe bro
@@johncoe6304 My dude, your judgement is warranted and it's correct. I think every single piece of the breakdown you said is right. It's made me a better rider now - You don't rush though situations you don't have total control over (like this one). Ride safe!
This video literally transformed my shifting. I’m still a new rider (6 months in) and found myself inconsistent with smooth shifting and it was eroding my self confidence. After practicing this technique today, I was blown away! The shifts are butter smooth now! At one point, I had to check my gauge cluster to see if it shifted because of how smooth it was. Thanks for the insanely helpful information!
I read this is bad for the transmission
I'm surprised so many motorcyclists don't know this trick already; I've done this all my life. Only for upshifts tho as you can gauge the toe pressure on the boot top, but not so much with the sole
Heel -toe shifter makes this tricky in boots. Lots of premature shifts
Not fully depressing the clutch will it damage the engine or the clutch?
@@jimmycohan6990 probably not. motorcycle clutches are wet ie. bathed in oil. They don't burn up like car clutches
@@jimmycohan6990 Nope. Half the time I don't even use the clutch, using this technique.
I have been using your advice for two weeks now and I am so much smoother with gear changes. London riding is so much safer and enjoyable with this technique. Thanks Kevin, your education has helped me enormously for my first year riding.
Lol, like the new ending to the clip! Thanks for the tip. For sure will give this a try, looking forward to it.
Brilliant, learning so much. Thank you. Love the extra clip at the end.
Thanks for the video, Kevin. I'm gonna try this technique today.
Good tip, I hope to remember it the next time I ride!
Thanks! 👍
Did this for the first time this weekend...worked a treat, thank you 🙏
I just started riding and I’m in love bought my first bike not to long ago (maybe 4 months) and honestly when I got it it was a piece of s*** still kinda a piece of $*** but I built it and it runs now! Needless to say Ive broken down multiple times and I’m just happy at the decision I’ve made and I can’t wait for it to warm up outside. Can’t explain the joy and freedom of the ride and I have so much respect for all you vets out there that have been doing it for years! Salute and ride safe!
great Vid! i use this all the time, it will feel strange at first but it will become second nature after a few rides
Well spoken. Technique works exactly as explained. Thank you for the tip .
New to riding this clip made my riding so much better!!! Awesome channel!
Love that stopping to check fellow rider is good and safe! respect!
Hey Kevin, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. Before I even got on a bike i would watch your videos over and over!
You are the best!
Great information. Tried it and it's smooth easy shifting. Thanks bro🤙🏽
Very helpful as always. Well delivered and explained. I’m a new rider and this exactly what I needed to practice smooth shifts.
Cannot wait to try it out
Hi Kevin, excellent video and information! I'll start using this technique today!
Very simple concept, cant wait to get out and try it!
Nice! I'm going to do this system my next ride. Appreciate the energy you put into your channel.
Hey Kev - Thanks for this video. I'm on a 42 year old BMW Airhead which definitely has a 'feel' to how you shift on it. I've read enough on how people are pre-loading and half-shifting, but your video made it visually clear how this can work across many different types of motorcycles. Safe rides to you, thanks for your insight and experience, and I hope you a good one!
Nicely explained. Humble gentleman
I do this already but never really thought about it. It’s great that you can analyze and explain these processes! I have friends interested in riding and want to help them learn so hearing you explain things like this is great. Thanks!
Thank you Kevin,excellent video. Ride safe brother.
Hey Kevin. Thank you for the info on this video. I’ve been using the preloading the shifter tip and wow man! What a difference it’s made on the smoothness of the transmission shifting on my bike and love the fact that this also, as a bonus, took care of the annoyingly embarrassing false neutral rev-bomb. Thanks again man. I really appreciate it.
I have tried this technique over the weekend and it works! Huge difference!!!!! Thank you!!!!
Thank you, this seems very important for when you're going up a steep hill and don't want to loose momentum/RPMs
Great video, and really good camera angles. Thank you!
Dude, I have learned a lot from your videos.... This is by far the coolest thing I have learned. Thank you so much! Tried it out today while I was filming my motovlog.. Worked great, just need to keep doing it so muscle memory will take over!
Great tip! Thanks Kevin!
Very cool. I have never tried this but I will now. Thank you Kevin. I love the on-the-road multi-cam view. It's very helpful.
Tried this today and it’s a beautiful thing. Thank you sir!
Thanks for the great video! I tried this technique yesterday and it made my shifting much smoother and faster. Definitely a safety tip.
Can’t wait to try this tomorrow
Tried this out on my way in to work this morning and by gum, it works! Makes it easier to shift with a lot less effort. Thanks for the great content! :)
Just tried it today, it feels like you're using an automatic transmission, awesome video.
I learn something every time I come here. Thanks Kevin.
Newish rider, just got my 2016 Yamaha, watched this video and man I cannot stress how helpful it was. Thanks so much for the great tips! Excited to sub and watch the rest of your vids
Great camera positioning and your simple explanation once again makes it crystal clear, even for the novice.
Thank you for caring about new riders. I like learning from your great videos. And thank you for all of your personal time and $ invested here!
Good tip I didn’t know about preloading the shift lever. Also lols at the ending. You’re the man Kevin.
Absolute genius! Saw the video and went right out and tried it and what a difference. I'm a relatively new rider, so thank you so much for your outstanding content Kevin. I need all the strategies I could use for riding in the Northern Virginia/DC area. It's a mad house over here.
Trying to get back into riding after over 20 years. This is a great video, very well done with the stop-action detail that I've never seen in other training videos. I'll be back here often, thank you. Also thank you for full safety gear (I'm a trauma doc!).
Watched video this morning, then headed out for a few hours on the bike. What a difference! So much smoother..Thanks, Kevin!
I found this by myself and even if it is not always working but 90% of the times is very efective! Thank you for the videos you make!
Kevin, thanks for all the informative tips! I'm a 2nd season rider and moved up from a street 750 into a 2019 Street Bob. It is much more clunky on the shifting. I'm still learning a lot about the does and don'ts of riding. This video is helpful to me. I didn't realize that you dont need to hold in the clutch all the way in order to shift gears. I'm definitely going to try this the next time I'm on the Bob. Thanks again!
New rider here. Thank you for the videos they help a lot.
Just got home. Great tip for smoother shift. Works like a charm. Thank you!
@McRider thanks for the tip great video. I will try that next time I get on the road 👍
the split screen really added to your verbal instruction on the pre-load and clutch and throttle, well done, it really helped explaining it.. thank you for a great video, once again i learnt something new, this pre-load, i will try it first time i ride again, currently raining this week..i'm a cager in a car this week haha. see you all on the road.
Tucker Latham in my opinion it’s cuz others aren’t devoted as much as he is.
Thanks for the tip...Ill try it out immediately. This is probably the little thing I was missing.
Will definitely try this next time I ride. Thank you!
Great video. I watched this and I couldn't wait to try this preloading technique. It works great. No more losing some speed with gear changes. I was happy with the smooth changes and better acceleration. I subscribed because of this video and I will be watching many more. Thanks for sharing your videos!
While I’m practicing emergency braking, slow speed clutch control, and proper cornering technique, I will look forward to trying this smooth gear shifting...thanks again, really makes riding an even more interesting evolution, and safer!!
Going to try this. Thanks
Hey Kevin, I'm a new rider and had difficulty with shifting smoothly. After watching your video, my shifting has improved immensely. I still need more practice, on every aspect of riding as you remind us every week. Love your videos, so helpful, you're doing a great service. I will subscribe to your channel. Thank you so much.
Very high quality video. Many camera angles and very nice editing. The content is great + the editing and narration make it outstanding.
Good advice there, I have used this technique on my old BMW boxer which are known for their clunky gear change. Makes a big difference.
Wow! Incredible, cheers man! This has made a huge difference!
Saw this video 30 mins ago and just tried it now... Wow. Thanks for this info. Much, much smoother shifting. You got yourself a new subscriber 👍🏼
Looking forward to trying this out... great lesson, thanks.
Thanks Kevin, going to try that today.
Thanks! It makes my shifting to the nxt level
I tried this today and worked great! I’m a new rider so this video helped
Thank you very much for this piece of advice, take care!
I can relate to the doing it more with the up shifting. Thanks for showing it at the different angles too it helps. I never thought about trying it down shifting. Something else to practise. You're always learning on a bike like they say.
Makes all the difference in the world. Thank you !
Thanks for the shifting tip. Works beautifully on my Boulevard M50
Hi, Mike.....Remo here just got back on a bike after 35+ years really appreciate everything you put out on these videos. Really helps me get back into the swing of things. All the techniques I go out and practice. Cheers.
Back to riding after a 10 year hiatus. Watching vids to refresh my memory. You have the best MC videos on UA-cam.
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I have used this technique for some time now it really makes shifting smooth and easy.
I learned this last year, makes so much difference. I was at first a little dissapointed with the clunkyness of my xsr700 gearbox. With this method, it’s completely smooth and silent.
Its kind of a mix between a regular shift and a clutchless shift :)
Great videos will keep watching!
Thank you
Thanks for doing this video. I did this by accident a few times and was shocked how easy and quick it was to upshift. I stopped because I thought I was putting more wear and tear on components.
Nice useful tip. I enjoy a lot knowledge and experience you share with us. Thank you Kevin.
I picked this tip up from you quite a while back, made everything WAY smoother on the road. Thank you for that. Sean from Ireland. Cheers lad.
Absolutely amazing advice. 👏 Masive thanks.
EXCELLENT AND VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO, THANK YOU!! I’m singed up to be notified but I’ll be joining soon!! Thanks again!!
Great video and great camera angles!
Hi there Ken,thank you so much for that tip on shifting, I'm in my 2nd year this July with riding motorcycles & I'm ready for putting this shifting technique into practice, thanks again friend & Happy Riding 🙂🙂🙂
Can’t believe I’ve been watching so many videos and didn’t subscribe,just did! Love your videos how clear you explain,if there is a perfect motorcycle channel on UA-cam it’s definitely this one….man you are amazing
I've been using this tip even more and I have had to look down at the indicator to make sure I've shifted it's so smooth and quiet lol I love it
thanks. will try it today !
Exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks you.
Your technique just changed my riding experience. I been shifting the hard way for over 16 years. Thank you sharing this technique.
Great advice really appreciate it from a new rider
Thanks for that tip.
Agree, Much smoother
Hello Kevin I’m a knew rider and Patreon supporter. I bought a used Harley Davidson low rider, I rode it enough to feel Ike the bike was to small for me. So I traded it for a 2016 Road Glide. This bike is heavy and dropped it the first day at the gas pumps. Very embarrassing! Thanks to your videos Ive gotten a lot better and gained more confidence with practice in a parking lot as you suggested at slow speed turns and stopping. Thanks Kevin glad I found your channel and all the great info! Tony
Nice tips, sound logical so I will try this tomorrow.
Big help..I just got my bike the other day an am still learning to shift smooth on my 05 ninja ex250f. Thanks and ride safe yall.
I wasn't aware about this trick and now that I started doing this it helped me to shift through gears a lot more smoothly thank you.
I learn something new every day.
My Yamaha Road Star Silverado is super smooth compared to my older Honda Ace was but I’m betting this technique will make it even better! Thank you for all of your efforts!
This is an awesome tutorial. I just recently discovered this myself two days ago. By tucking my toe just underneath the shifter and moving my foot inwards towards the transmission I was able to shift smoother and yes it's quicker
Thanks Kevin, good stuff
Really appreciate your video's man. Excellent job.
I just tried as new rider (3 weeks in) and it made so much difference, thank you
Thank you this helped me so much!
Kool Kevin Thanks for the tip i rode yesterday on my Honda Fury Chopper with shaft-drive and it Worked, Thanks Kevin!!!!