How do i shift a dirt bike ?

Question

how do you know what gear you are in? where are all the gears locations? do you just pull up on the gear shifter to go up in gears and like wise to go down? how to shift in neutral? specifically for a honda xr 100

Answer 1

pull in clutch and the gears go 1 down the rest up. its likely to have 4.  neutral is between 1st and 2nd. kinda like a half click.

Answer 2

down 1 up 4

Answer 3

You can count and keep track of what gear you're in, but you don't have to pay attention to what gear you're in.

If the engine doesn't have enough power to move the bike, down-shift to a lower gear.

If the engine is reving wide open and you want to go faster, up-shift to a higher gear.

Same as a 10 speed bicycle.

Press the shift lever down to go into a lower gear 5-4-3-2-1

Lift the shift lever up to go into a higher gear 1-2-3-4-5

Pull in the clutch lever when shifting to another gear.

Start with the trani in neutral -

Press the shift lever down with your toe - the trani shifts to 1st gear - release pressure on the shift lever and it springs up to it's resting position, ready to be shifted again.

Lift the shift lever up with your toe - the trani goes through neutral and into 2nd gear - release pressure on the shift lever and it springs back to it's resting position, ready to be shifted again.

Lift up again 3rd - lift up again 4th - lift up again 5th.

Press down 4th - press down 3rd - press down 2nd - press down, the trani goes through neutral into 1st.

Neutral is between 1st & 2nd gear.

You can feel a slight indent with you toe.

If you stop pressing/lifting the shift lever when you feel the indent, the trani will stay in neutral.

OR you can continue applying pressure and shift through neutral -  down into 1st, or up into 2nd.