First ride

irishbiker · Post by **irishbiker** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:51 pm

Just got the beasht home and taken her for her maiden voyage under my command. Wow what a bute, handles really well, got her up to 85 on some straight stretches and she loves it. Only problem wasgetting back into first, was having to juggle a lot with the friction zone to get her back in. Apart from that i am enthralled and looking forward to many rides in the future.

Thanks to everyone here who helped me with sound advice.

Post by **boxermania** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:30 am

Congrats on your new bike. Remember that practice makes perfect and by all means ride safely.

Post by **Biff's R** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:54 am

+1 on what Boxermania said.

Sometimes at stoplights I have to roll forward and back just a little to change gears.

KeithC · Post by **KeithC** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:45 am

Irishbiker,

I've found that when shifting from neutral to 1st, with the bike stopped, I usually have to roll the bike backward by just a small amount (a couple of inches) to get it to go into gear. My impression is that this is fairly normal. I love the R, but the transmission, IMO, is a little weird (this issue and the klunky shifting). But my understanding is that the transmission is also very durable, so I can live with the minor shifting annoyances.

Keith

allanj255 · Post by **allanj255** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:23 pm

Snap. Need to roll forward a little too to get first when stopped at junctions etc. But what the he*l it's a great bike and part of the character of riding a R

Post by **MartinW** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:35 pm

Try letting the clutch lever out a little while applying downward pressure on the gear selector.

I find that 1st gear selects everytime this way and without the embarrassing agricultural clang that used to acccompany first gear selection.

chris · Post by **chris** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:27 pm

I blip the throttle with the bike out of gear, seems to work.

Congrats on the new bike!