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Originally Posted by lauriecherie
Thanks for the advice. I've driven a standard once (and by once, i mean for one day!), but of course, I don't remember. I tried doing it again but no luck. I can listen to my bike and pretty much tell when I need to shift up. It's the down shifting into first that jerks a little. But it's good to hear that it can develop over time with some practice. My fiance says I can rev up on the throttle a little and then shift. So I can try that. And I can def look up in my manual. Didn't think of that.
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Someone might have covered this already, but pretty much no matter what you do the bike will tend to jerk if you downshift to 1st gear while moving. Like a stick-shift car, you generally don't shift down to 1st until you have come to a stop.