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alright im scratching my head at this one. I have every gear except first and the shifter moves nice and free. Is it possible that someone messed with something on the inside or maybe destroyed the entire gear? I am new to motorcycles, I come from an automotive background but these things are a...

So I’m a new rider and bought the bike from someone second hand. It’s has been a great bike until now. Now I can’t get 1st or neutral and it will get stuck in 2nd gear. When stuck I found if you dump the clutch it will sometime let you go to 1st then have to shift up to 3rd without releasing the...

I bought a 02 Honda Shadow ACE 750 from a buddy and we replaced the clutch/brake cables. We did the clutch adjustment and have it sitting where it needs to be. When the bike isn’t running you can run through the gears, but once you start it it only shifts into first and I have to hit the kill...

I just bought my first bike, a 1984 VT700C for 70$. After cleaning the carbs and fixing some electrical problems it runs amazing. So I hopped on to drive it for the first time but nope. Went to shift into first first and all I get is a nasty grinding noise. For some reason the bike is acting...