Thread: Upshifting sticks
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Old August 7th, 2012, 12:53 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Minikin_Jo View Post
When I start to take off...the bike won't move. I will stomp, stomp, stomp to get into first and it won't take.
Don't do this. If you are forcing it, whether it's working or not, you can bend the shift forks. At that point it just goes downhill making shifting hard in all cases, and eventually transmission repair.
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