Help Understanding ATV Clutch And Gears Please Help
Jul 21, 2014 | 09:14 AM
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Help Understanding ATV Clutch And Gears Please Help
1.When I Turn On The Atv Do I Need To Hold the clutch?
2.Is it hard going from 1Gear to 2nd gear? (I feel like I will run into Neutral )
3. When I switch to 1st gear do I let the clutch slowly up but not all the way while I press gas ,or do I press gas and then slowly let the clutch up all the way slowly?
4.Do I have to hold the clutch before I use any of the two breaks? (hand break and foot break)
5.Say I was in 4th gear and I saw something like 15 yards away and I had to break, what will I have to down shift to 1st gear before I break?
PLEASE answer I'm getting a Yamaha raptor 700 and I would like to know.
2.Is it hard going from 1Gear to 2nd gear? (I feel like I will run into Neutral )
3. When I switch to 1st gear do I let the clutch slowly up but not all the way while I press gas ,or do I press gas and then slowly let the clutch up all the way slowly?
4.Do I have to hold the clutch before I use any of the two breaks? (hand break and foot break)
5.Say I was in 4th gear and I saw something like 15 yards away and I had to break, what will I have to down shift to 1st gear before I break?
PLEASE answer I'm getting a Yamaha raptor 700 and I would like to know.
Jul 21, 2014 | 09:43 AM
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Welcome to the forums. 
1. On most bikes you do if it is in gear. I've seen some that will start with the clutch out, but only in neutral. Either way, it's just a good safety idea to always hold the clutch in. Just in case the safety mechanism fails. It will lurch forward if you were able to start it while in gear and the clutch out.
2. It is possible to hit neutral, but just make sure you're lifting (on most bikes) the shifter up far enough and you'll be fine. You may not be comfortable with it now, but you will get the hang of it.
3. Not sure I'm following you on this. Do you mean when you start out in 1st gear? If so, it's kind of a timing thing that you'll get the hang of. If you're just learning, give it a little gas before letting slowly off the clutch. The key here being a little. Don't just punch it and let off the clutch. You'll be doing that after you get the hang of shifting later. You don't want to start out doing wheelies. Get the hang of just riding first.
4 and 5 kind of go together.
You don't have to use the clutch when you are just slowing down a bit. Unless the speed would make it so you're needing to be in a lower gear. As for shifting into 1st, I would recommend downshifting and also using the gears for breaking. If you're doing about 35 in 5th gear, just cruising along as see the need to slow down ahead, let off the gas and downshift. This way, if you suddenly need to accelerate, you're not in 1st gear when you need to be in 3rd. Trust me, you do not want to be doing 25mph, have the quad in 1st gear then hit the gas and let out the clutch.
Hopefully, you'll get a few more tips along the way from others. The best thing to do if you get the bike is to just take it slow and get the hang of it first. Even the experts crash. It's a constant learning process.
1. On most bikes you do if it is in gear. I've seen some that will start with the clutch out, but only in neutral. Either way, it's just a good safety idea to always hold the clutch in. Just in case the safety mechanism fails. It will lurch forward if you were able to start it while in gear and the clutch out.
2. It is possible to hit neutral, but just make sure you're lifting (on most bikes) the shifter up far enough and you'll be fine. You may not be comfortable with it now, but you will get the hang of it.
3. Not sure I'm following you on this. Do you mean when you start out in 1st gear? If so, it's kind of a timing thing that you'll get the hang of. If you're just learning, give it a little gas before letting slowly off the clutch. The key here being a little. Don't just punch it and let off the clutch. You'll be doing that after you get the hang of shifting later. You don't want to start out doing wheelies. Get the hang of just riding first.
4 and 5 kind of go together.
You don't have to use the clutch when you are just slowing down a bit. Unless the speed would make it so you're needing to be in a lower gear. As for shifting into 1st, I would recommend downshifting and also using the gears for breaking. If you're doing about 35 in 5th gear, just cruising along as see the need to slow down ahead, let off the gas and downshift. This way, if you suddenly need to accelerate, you're not in 1st gear when you need to be in 3rd. Trust me, you do not want to be doing 25mph, have the quad in 1st gear then hit the gas and let out the clutch.
Hopefully, you'll get a few more tips along the way from others. The best thing to do if you get the bike is to just take it slow and get the hang of it first. Even the experts crash. It's a constant learning process.
Jul 21, 2014 | 09:49 AM
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Welcome to the forums.
1. On most bikes you do if it is in gear. I've seen some that will start with the clutch out, but only in neutral. Either way, it's just a good safety idea to always hold the clutch in. Just in case the safety mechanism fails. It will lurch forward if you were able to start it while in gear and the clutch out.
2. It is possible to hit neutral, but just make sure you're lifting (on most bikes) the shifter up far enough and you'll be fine. You may not be comfortable with it now, but you will get the hang of it.
3. Not sure I'm following you on this. Do you mean when you start out in 1st gear? If so, it's kind of a timing thing that you'll get the hang of. If you're just learning, give it a little gas before letting slowly off the clutch. The key here being a little. Don't just punch it and let off the clutch. You'll be doing that after you get the hang of shifting later. You don't want to start out doing wheelies. Get the hang of just riding first.
4 and 5 kind of go together.
You don't have to use the clutch when you are just slowing down a bit. Unless the speed would make it so you're needing to be in a lower gear. As for shifting into 1st, I would recommend downshifting and also using the gears for breaking. If you're doing about 35 in 5th gear, just cruising along as see the need to slow down ahead, let off the gas and downshift. This way, if you suddenly need to accelerate, you're not in 1st gear when you need to be in 3rd. Trust me, you do not want to be doing 25mph, have the quad in 1st gear then hit the gas and let out the clutch.
Hopefully, you'll get a few more tips along the way from others. The best thing to do if you get the bike is to just take it slow and get the hang of it first. Even the experts crash. It's a constant learning process.
1. On most bikes you do if it is in gear. I've seen some that will start with the clutch out, but only in neutral. Either way, it's just a good safety idea to always hold the clutch in. Just in case the safety mechanism fails. It will lurch forward if you were able to start it while in gear and the clutch out.
2. It is possible to hit neutral, but just make sure you're lifting (on most bikes) the shifter up far enough and you'll be fine. You may not be comfortable with it now, but you will get the hang of it.
3. Not sure I'm following you on this. Do you mean when you start out in 1st gear? If so, it's kind of a timing thing that you'll get the hang of. If you're just learning, give it a little gas before letting slowly off the clutch. The key here being a little. Don't just punch it and let off the clutch. You'll be doing that after you get the hang of shifting later. You don't want to start out doing wheelies. Get the hang of just riding first.
4 and 5 kind of go together.
You don't have to use the clutch when you are just slowing down a bit. Unless the speed would make it so you're needing to be in a lower gear. As for shifting into 1st, I would recommend downshifting and also using the gears for breaking. If you're doing about 35 in 5th gear, just cruising along as see the need to slow down ahead, let off the gas and downshift. This way, if you suddenly need to accelerate, you're not in 1st gear when you need to be in 3rd. Trust me, you do not want to be doing 25mph, have the quad in 1st gear then hit the gas and let out the clutch.
Hopefully, you'll get a few more tips along the way from others. The best thing to do if you get the bike is to just take it slow and get the hang of it first. Even the experts crash. It's a constant learning process.
Aug 26, 2014 | 07:16 PM
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Welcome to the forums.
1. On most bikes you do if it is in gear. I've seen some that will start with the clutch out, but only in neutral. Either way, it's just a good safety idea to always hold the clutch in. Just in case the safety mechanism fails. It will lurch forward if you were able to start it while in gear and the clutch out.
2. It is possible to hit neutral, but just make sure you're lifting (on most bikes) the shifter up far enough and you'll be fine. You may not be comfortable with it now, but you will get the hang of it.
3. Not sure I'm following you on this. Do you mean when you start out in 1st gear? If so, it's kind of a timing thing that you'll get the hang of. If you're just learning, give it a little gas before letting slowly off the clutch. The key here being a little. Don't just punch it and let off the clutch. You'll be doing that after you get the hang of shifting later. You don't want to start out doing wheelies. Get the hang of just riding first.
4 and 5 kind of go together.
You don't have to use the clutch when you are just slowing down a bit. Unless the speed would make it so you're needing to be in a lower gear. As for shifting into 1st, I would recommend downshifting and also using the gears for breaking. If you're doing about 35 in 5th gear, just cruising along as see the need to slow down ahead, let off the gas and downshift. This way, if you suddenly need to accelerate, you're not in 1st gear when you need to be in 3rd. Trust me, you do not want to be doing 25mph, have the quad in 1st gear then hit the gas and let out the clutch.
Hopefully, you'll get a few more tips along the way from others. The best thing to do if you get the bike is to just take it slow and get the hang of it first. Even the experts crash. It's a constant learning process.
1. On most bikes you do if it is in gear. I've seen some that will start with the clutch out, but only in neutral. Either way, it's just a good safety idea to always hold the clutch in. Just in case the safety mechanism fails. It will lurch forward if you were able to start it while in gear and the clutch out.
2. It is possible to hit neutral, but just make sure you're lifting (on most bikes) the shifter up far enough and you'll be fine. You may not be comfortable with it now, but you will get the hang of it.
3. Not sure I'm following you on this. Do you mean when you start out in 1st gear? If so, it's kind of a timing thing that you'll get the hang of. If you're just learning, give it a little gas before letting slowly off the clutch. The key here being a little. Don't just punch it and let off the clutch. You'll be doing that after you get the hang of shifting later. You don't want to start out doing wheelies. Get the hang of just riding first.
4 and 5 kind of go together.
You don't have to use the clutch when you are just slowing down a bit. Unless the speed would make it so you're needing to be in a lower gear. As for shifting into 1st, I would recommend downshifting and also using the gears for breaking. If you're doing about 35 in 5th gear, just cruising along as see the need to slow down ahead, let off the gas and downshift. This way, if you suddenly need to accelerate, you're not in 1st gear when you need to be in 3rd. Trust me, you do not want to be doing 25mph, have the quad in 1st gear then hit the gas and let out the clutch.
Hopefully, you'll get a few more tips along the way from others. The best thing to do if you get the bike is to just take it slow and get the hang of it first. Even the experts crash. It's a constant learning process.
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