RE: Miscellaneous questions

[Challenger Timothy APK <Timothy.Challenger@xxxxxx>]

>> For the first mile or so, it's basically impossible for me to shift out
>> of first gear... after that, it's a little stiff, but OK.  Is this
>> just normal new bike stiffness?
>My Y2K bike did the same thing right out of the box, but after the first
>100 miles or so it went away. It'll still occassionally happen if it's
>been really cold out and I haven't ridden the bike in a couple of weeks,
>but it's pretty rare. In fact, I can only recall two instances of it
>happening outside the first 100 miles. (I have 3,300 miles on the bike
>now.)

Make sure the clutch is properly adjusted, it makes thing a lot worse if
it's only a little out.
Tim.


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