How to Shift Gears on a Motorcycle

A video topic I had requested by a viewer. I'm not really the best teacher, but I hope it helps many fo you watching and want to learn!

25 Responses to “How to Shift Gears on a Motorcycle”

1. Puttockc says:

   July 22, 2009 at 10:53 am

   where do you live? its gorgeous!
2. ZMagic97 says:

   July 22, 2009 at 10:56 am

   Goodyear, Arizona
3. Puttockc says:

   July 22, 2009 at 10:58 am

   it looks, awesome, I am looking up bikes because I plan to move to tampa (From up here in canada) because I have family there, and get a job down there (I’m a bartender) but with the economy i will go wherever the work is, maybe i will check out arizona
4. ZMagic97 says:

   July 22, 2009 at 4:56 pm

   Great riding weather all year here and no humidity.
5. pred123424 says:

   July 22, 2009 at 10:42 pm

   ok so u start off in neutral then u down shift to 1st. well u do that you hold down the clutch.
   then when your driving u shift to 2 3 4 5.
   when u stop you hold down the clutch and put it back down into first, then repeat the process? is that right?
6. caparzo2142 says:

   July 23, 2009 at 12:01 am

   Never take your hands of the handelbars XD
7. themanugafan1 says:

   July 24, 2009 at 10:29 pm

   Awesome video dude you did help
8. JERSEY142 says:

   July 28, 2009 at 9:43 pm

   Nice one man really helped my birthday is tomorrow and im getting my first bike so thanks mate for showing me that
9. ZMagic97 says:

   July 28, 2009 at 10:24 pm

   No prob!
10. KyleDeEspana says:

    July 29, 2009 at 12:44 am

    I rated this 5/5, not just for the helpfulness.
    But also for the hilarity .
11. melway1229 says:

    July 29, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    i gave this video 5 stars it helped me out alot. plus its hilarious lol
12. ThePinkBastard says:

    July 29, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    like the tire? or like good bye, i’ll never see you again, have a good year?
13. ZMagic97 says:

    July 30, 2009 at 1:44 am

    Like the tire.
14. ThePinkBastard says:

    July 30, 2009 at 3:14 am

    oh…
15. SoldierCyfix says:

    July 30, 2009 at 6:19 am

    i have failed MSF test twice because i cant gear shift
16. polishroxxor says:

    August 3, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    Is this one down, four up, or five up?
17. ZMagic97 says:

    August 3, 2009 at 11:46 pm

    One down five up.
18. markg813 says:

    August 4, 2009 at 1:23 am

    I take MSF course tomorrow. I never riden before but i watched enough videos to know what to do. My only question is if i can go into neutral from 2nd gear?
19. polishroxxor says:

    August 4, 2009 at 10:57 am

    Thought so, I just have a dirtbike, Yamaha TTR-125L.

    It’s a good bike, I wanna get better at riding, so I’m riding it more, one day, I don’t know what kind of bike I want, either a cruiser, or a sportbike…I’ve seen old Triumphs, and I really want one of those…but I’ll have to get a bit smarter mechanically before I do…time to go hang with my dad.
20. BIGRIGGER2015 says:

    August 4, 2009 at 7:24 pm

    i can’t wait to go to riding school. i want to ride so bad. thanx 4 the tpis.
21. ZMagic97 says:

    August 4, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    No prob!
22. BIGRIGGER2015 says:

    August 6, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    wut kinda bike do u have
23. SSJGohanMlm says:

    August 8, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    situational awareness
24. seansroom says:

    August 12, 2009 at 9:55 am

    what part of cali is that? looks nice. or arizona. i have no idea.
25. ZMagic97 says:

    August 12, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    Goodyear, Arizona