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**Ahmadi6490** · June 16th, 12:13 AM

Well, today I rode my first quad...kinda kept it in 1st, then soon took it to 3rd. Isn't kinda hard when ur slowing down to down shift right? Anyways its was a Honda 400, yea..too big for first time. Anyways I was making a turn in 3rd and I slowed down a bit and I somehow got closedlined by a powerline across the face. Well, my braces cuz into my upper lip when burns whenever I eat. I have a half inch cut on the bridge of my nose, some small cuts on my forehead, and a rope/line burn on my left cheek. My whole face was numb, but after a couple of minutes I got some feeling.

But I thought it was kinda hard to downshift when ur in 6th and braking fast....shifting wasen't hard at all but you gotta shift the clutch and the other one by your foot at te same time...but I think i'll get the hang of it.

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**Pyropenguin** · June 16th, 12:41 AM

haha, that sounds like it hurt....

I learned to ride quads at the sand dunes. In the sand you can be pretty harsh on the clutch and it wont kill you, so it was wayyy easier to learn.

and by the way....

**bobide** · June 16th, 01:09 AM

gj on the quick ownage pic.

hmm that sucks, come on, it always gives a little feedback when u skip a gear.

***b2k guy*** · June 16th, 01:40 AM

just keep on.. befor long you wont even think about shifting....

**Ahmadi6490** · June 16th, 12:22 PM

Well, hopefully i'm getting a 250 this fall to start out on and put some wear on the clutch

But untill then I can only practice on my friends 80 bike and if we ever go back our to the farm lands..then those quads again.

**L1nUx_r0ot** · June 16th, 04:52 PM

who needs to break fast? I've only got front brakes at 60% on my quad.

**Disturbed** · June 16th, 07:29 PM

Doesnt look like you had a helmet on haha, that sucks man. The best way to learn how to drive manual cars is learning on quads or bikes. Thats how i learned, the first time i jumped in a manual car i could drive it better then any or my friends...i guess 3yrs of mx helpd some haha

**<YamahaRaptor>** · June 16th, 07:44 PM

Damn dude that really sucks, but at least you got to ride a quad. This topic reminds me of my riding area, because some adults put up thin but strong wire on the trails to cut people who ever rides the trails.

**Gangsta_Redneck** · June 16th, 07:52 PM

i was ridin my dirtbike and there was a cable across the trail no orange tap or nothin and i almost hit that *****
sucks man i got my dirtbike after we had a warrior 350n and i could get the clutch on the drtbike easy

**MuddinPede_98C** · June 17th, 04:16 PM

It used to be hard for me to ride bikes, but now, shifting is no thing. On my buddies KX-125 (or any bike for that matter) I can eat the hell outta the gears. I see alot of people that ride here that don't know how to ride. They'll go in to a corner in about fouth, coast through it, then shift down after the corner. I saw a dude riding a crotch rocket in the mountains one time, and I was behind him at a red light. He killed the bike 3 times before he got going.

***mtnbiker4life99*** · June 26th, 12:59 PM

i am confused. my friends yamaha blaster we just dump the clutch if we want to haul a wheelie or if we r on snow and its fine. also when downshifting on it you dont have to use the clutch

**Snip3r** · June 26th, 01:23 PM

Downshifting w/o the clutch is fine...and if you dont mind the extra wear on the clutch...not using it is fine, just make sure its wound out before you powershift it.