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Old 01-15-2014, 07:34 PM   #7
Water Warrior 2
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Squamish B.C Canada
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I agree with what Qasual and Alantf said. Probably not a real problem with a little adjustment and TLC. Most newer riders aren't used to hearing a single cylinder idling at a proper speed and think it is too fast. Remember you have one little piston that only fires every 4th stroke and needs to keep the mass of moving parts to not loose their momentum.
I noticed with the bikes we had that the idle would affect the first shift into gear. Too slow of an idle and the tranny parts are not spinning fast enough to "Snick" into gear smoothly. The GZ has a smooth tranny for a budget/price point bike.
Have you ever heard a H-D crash into gear? Sure, we all have at some point. It is designed that way and part of the H-D mystique. 90% of all Japanese bikes are smooth as glass. One exception is the Honda Rebel 250 with it's pain in the butt 1st gear. Honda has never fixed it from what I have read and Lynda hated the Rebel she had during her training. She really appreciated her GZ after the Rebel.
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