Yamaha YZF R125 Struggling To Upshift?

[Untitled1995]

Think i have found the mysterious red lining issue i was having this week.

When up shifting sometimes the bike will red line after the clutch comes in when im going up the gears. I kind of noticed today that it wasn't going up the gears and needed a hell of a kick up to get it into gear.

Sometimes taking off from a stopped position coming from 1st to second gear the bike will shoot into neutral instead of second. This was only happening a few times a week but today on my ride back it happened about 4 times in less than 10 miles.

I have checked the oil and it appears to be full. I have also checked the coolant and it looks okay i think.

Is this the coolant? and if so does it look low?

https://postimg.org/image/h6fwu2y73/

Is there anything else i should check? Can low fuel cause this issue with the bike struggling to go into higher gears? because it definitely does need a refill of petrol

Could i be doing more damage riding the bike in this condition? was ment to be doing a 100 mile round trip tomorrow but not sure if that would be a bad idea now.

[notbike]

I dunno what's wrong but that's definitely not the coolant. Do not put coolant in the rear brake reservoir unless you want to have a bad day.

[Untitled1995]

[notbike]

Coolant on R125 is located under the right boomerang fairing in an odd shaped translucent bottle thing.

[Evil Hans]

[Untitled1995]

[notbike]

I have no idea honestly. I'd say check oil, check clutch before worrying about coolant. Coolants supposed to last fucktonnes of miles. Worth checking it if you haven't though.

[Untitled1995]

[Rogerborg]

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[Dave70]

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OP, kill yourself.
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[M.C]

Just checking, are you closing the throttle when you change gear? You will get neutral if you don't shift properly from 1st to 2nd (it's half a click up). I'd buy the manual for your bike unless you want to be another Arcane

[MarJay]

Nostalgia time. I haven't broken this link out in a good couple of years!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

OP. Read. Absorb. Then make friends with a tame motorcycle mechanic.
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[talkToTheHat]

The simple answer is not to use the clutch, on throttle and accelerating,put pressure on gear pedal with toe, momentarily and partially close throttle an reopen, gears will change as the geearbox is momentarily unloaded. Easy. but it only works if you're riding like you mean it. Not so hard on a 125. Also 1st -> 2nd probably won't work without the clutch.

Also, oil (with some engine oil, use the blue cap off a biro if you don't have an oil can) the rose joints and gear pedal linkage.

Failing that, remember to come completely off the throttle before you pull the clutch in, get the clutch all the way in, and let it out smoothly once you have completed the shift. It really does help.
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