Riding A Motorcycle?

Question

How Do You Know What Gear You're In When you Shift

Answer 1

If you lose count, shift to the next appropriate gear.

If it's imperative that you know what gear you're in - while riding at speed, continuously up shift and count, then down shift back into the gear you started count.

If coming to a stop, continuously down shift until it will shift no more.

Answer 2

You count at first, unless you get one with an indicator on the dash. After a while you just know.You get used to it.

Answer 3

If your bikes has a gear indicator, that will tell you what gear you're in.  Otherwise, you have to keep a mental count.  Almost all bikes will have a green neutral light, though.

Answer 4

Like everyone else is saying you just know.  Count em and keep track, but when you get used to your bike you know when youre doing a certain speed on a certain incline what the engine should feel like in 4th/5th.  It isnt going to hurt the bike to try to shift up from your highest gear, and when you roll up to a stop, click it down an extra time, and if it doesnt shift, you must be in first, so give yourself a half click into Neutral.  Especially important on the heavy clutch of a Harley

Answer 5

You keep a metal count.

But it really doesn't matter.  If while riding, the RPM is too high, just shift up (and vice versa).

Good Luck...

Answer 6

keep count yourself or install a digital gear indicator yourself. depending on the model of bike you should be able to install one fairly easily

Answer 7

On most bikes the first time down is 1st gear, each time up is second, then third etc. If you have an old shadow you'll see a light go on when in OD which is 5th or 6th. Also a light comes on in neutral.

Answer 8

You just keep a mental count.  I lose the count sometimes, but it's really just a matter of shifting up or down when the engine RPM demands it.

Some bikes have a digital gear indicator.