| After you are familiar with the parts of the dirt bike, | | | | necessarily have to give it more gas when you shift to |
| how they work, and you have the proper equipment, | | | | a higher gear unless you want to gain more speed; or |
| it's time to start having a little fun. The next step would | | | | you shift too soon, thus your rpm's drop too low, |
| be to work on your turning and handling. Set up some | | | | therefore killing the engine. If you hear you engine |
| sort of a course for yourself to turn in between cones | | | | working hard you can shift to a higher gear and keep |
| and if you don't have cones, you can improvise and | | | | the same speed to save your engine and gas mileage. |
| use rocks or anything you have. The goal right now is | | | | When you want to go down gears, again all you do is |
| not to go through it as fast as you can, but to make | | | | push in the clutch, push down one gear and slowly let |
| sure you're in control, before you start going fast. | | | | out the clutch. If you let the clutch out too fast, first of |
| After you're able to get through the course faster and | | | | all it's not good on the transmission, secondly it will jerk |
| faster you'll probably be able to hear your engine | | | | the back backwards. This is also called downshifting |
| working pretty hard. That means you needs to switch | | | | and can be used as a form of breaking if your breaks |
| into a higher gear. When you're in neutral and you push | | | | go out or are bad. |
| down on the gear shift you'll be in 1st gear, now in | | | | With practice, like anything, shifting is going to be much |
| order to get to second gear you lift up the gear shift | | | | easier and more fluent. Again, a good way to know |
| twice to put you in second gear. The reason why you | | | | when to shift is not only listening to how hard your |
| lift up twice is because the gearing system is set up in | | | | engine is working, but you can also watch your rpm's |
| this order; 1st, N, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. So in order to go | | | | and know when to shift using that measure. |
| from 2nd to 3rd gear you only have to lift the gear | | | | After you're comfortable changing gears, using your |
| shirt up once, and the same when going from 3rd to | | | | breaks, and handling on a paved or dirt road, you can |
| 4th. | | | | try riding on a trail as they are a little more difficult and |
| Be sure before you change gears each time to push | | | | sometimes more fun than level ground. On a side note |
| in the clutch and gradually give it more gas as you let | | | | it's illegal to ride on a city public road or highway. Now |
| out the clutch. If you don't push in the clutch you're | | | | you know how to change gears on a dirt bike and the |
| probably not going to be able to shift and if you don't | | | | steps you need to take to get there. |
| give it a little more gas you might kill it. You don't | | | | |