Hi everyone
Sorry if this sounds like a daft question. My wife has started lessons for her part 2 on her own 125 bike and I'm going out with her to practice while we can.
I'm at pains not to teach her my bad habits and try to practice what she is being taught but one thing is puzzling me and I wondered if this is normal these days. On approach to junctions, give ways etc she has been told to drop through the gears and select 1st about 10ft from the give way line at the junction then slow ride up to the line. Myself I rarely use 1st other than to pull away and usually approach the last few feet from a junction in 2nd. If I need to stop I would stop in 2nd then select 1 st ready to pull away. (I realize some junctions, say , one at the top of a hill , this approach would be treat differently but in general would you stop in 2nd or crawl the line in first.) . 1st gear on EN125 is painfully low. Quite happy to be told I've got it wrong I just wondered if any instructors out there would care to comment.
Sorry if this sounds like a daft question. My wife has started lessons for her part 2 on her own 125 bike and I'm going out with her to practice while we can.
I'm at pains not to teach her my bad habits and try to practice what she is being taught but one thing is puzzling me and I wondered if this is normal these days. On approach to junctions, give ways etc she has been told to drop through the gears and select 1st about 10ft from the give way line at the junction then slow ride up to the line. Myself I rarely use 1st other than to pull away and usually approach the last few feet from a junction in 2nd. If I need to stop I would stop in 2nd then select 1 st ready to pull away. (I realize some junctions, say , one at the top of a hill , this approach would be treat differently but in general would you stop in 2nd or crawl the line in first.) . 1st gear on EN125 is painfully low. Quite happy to be told I've got it wrong I just wondered if any instructors out there would care to comment.