Just introducing myself

Hello everyone,
My name is sterling. I'm from flagstaff, AZ
I ride, well I will ride when i finish fixing it, a 1980 KZ 750E. I'm new to riding and kawasakis but the more i learn about them the more i cant wait to ride. Ive gotten a lot of useful info from this site already but i finally decided i need to ask some questions to get all the info i need so hope ya'll can help. Im close to firing this thing up but i have one major concern, I can shift between 1st and nuetrel but not any high is this normal? I dont want to fire it up and lunch the tranny or somthing.
Thanks

Welcome to KZR Sterling,
Have you tried to rock the bike back and forth to get it to go into neutral? You have to be rolling to get it in to 2nd usually.

Welcome to KZR Sdecker, its not locked if you have shifted it in to or out of a gear or netural,so rocking it should help or tell you something, Kawickrice right sould be moving forward for second gear, good luck Duke

Welcome Sterling...you have encountered the famous 'Kawasaki positive neutral finder' which doesn't allow you to shift into second unless the bike is moving. This is normal.

Welcome, Sterling. Make yourself at home.

Oh yeah, we likey pics!

once you get the bike moving it will shift in to the higher gears

Well thats good to know i was worried i was gonna be in for a bigger project than i originally thought. Thanks for the info

i just got a 79,and was messing with it at the sellers house,and went through the same thing......once moving/driving it was fine though....welcome bro..................


sdecker wrote:

Well thats good to know i was worried i was gonna be in for a bigger project than i originally thought. Thanks for the info