Dippers

Hi there. I think it worked!! Was able to get on gear shifting up and down ok but it does require a lot of mental effort at the moment. The problem is trying to get the muscle memory now and get it on a subconscious level - I suppose like doing the same thing with a car. Managed to get up to third gear (and accidentally to forth which was a bit embarrassing as I’m not sure what happened there)! Anyway, I’m going nowhere but going around the block for the time being until I have this perfected! You guys have been brilliant! Thanks

Hi all. I really appreciate all your help. I’m due for a practice ride on Sunday morning where I will practice this a bit more. Let’s see what happens!!! I’ll report back

Again. I really appreciate all your help. I haven’t had a chance to practice has had quite a late night yesterday at work! I’ll try again very shortly and see what I can achieve. I have a feeling it’s because I wasn’t using my foot position incorrectly. It could be because of the boots, but I’m not sure. But more than likely it’s my inexperience talking! I’ll let you know how it goes

Hi there. I really appreciate your help. Thank you. It makes more sense now!! Feel rather daft but I suppose that’s how you learn! I’ll have another practice run shortly and will report back how well it went Again, thank you for your help!!

hi there. Thanks for the reply. I've done a little bit of research on this on YouTube. I think it might be the positioning of my foot on the peg itself. I've been putting my heel on there, and it looks like what I should be doing is putting the ball of my foot on it. My instructor never taught me about that! It's probably the reason why I'm struggling to upshift. Is this the right way to do it? It will probably explain quite a bit if it is!

Hi all. Just joined and have been having quite a look around and it looks like quite a friendly community. Thank you for this, I really have learnt quite a bit here already. A bit about me ... Passed my CBT in December last year. Then did a gear conversion in January 25 and then decided to buy a CB125F (geared). Omg am I struggling with it, so I was really hoping that I can tap into someones thoughts here. I also tried to look this up on here to avoid asking repeated questions, so please do forgive me if I am asking a daft question as I still am unsure of the answer. It would be really helpful to get the opinion of more experienced users. When gear changing, my boots are struggling to get under the gear lever. I can just about move my big toe under and even that is a big stuggle with the boots. Would it be possible to ask how the foot should be placed when upshifting. I mean are all the toes under the lever or is it just part of the foot? It that is the case, then the lever I have is way too low and probably will need adjusting. I don’t have any issue in downshifting, but upshifting is really difficult. Really appreciate your thoughts. Thank you all. Dip x