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Originally Posted by Mad Mel
When you're missing neutral, is the bike shifting up to second, or sticking in first? Some bikes are easier to get into neutral by dropping down from second. It should have a neutral light on the instrument cluster (it's usually a bright green light), look for that before letting the clutch out.
Yeah, the stalling is the downside of smaller displacement bikes. No torque, so you gotta giver a little bit. Good in a way, teaches you good technique and keeps you from being sloppy. I've been riding a Bandit 1200 & 1250 for five years, and then bought a F800R a few months ago. I stall it every now and then (eg. this morning) because I'm not used to having to give it the throttle when taking off.
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Not sure if it is going into second or just staying in first, it is staying in a gear though. It has the neutral light but my instructor covered it up so I have to learn without it, which is fine. I'll try shifting up to second then tapping it into neutral, see if that helps. From the sound of the engine I think it is staying in first, but I'll find out today when I go back. I'll go early and just fool around and try and find neutral.