Gear change clonk 1st to 2nd!

[Blunet600]

I assumed it was just one of those things that it clonks all the time from 1st to 2nd, until my friend showed me that he can change every single gear without making a single clonk, clink anything!
Do others find it hard to change from 1st to 2nd without the clonk noise or is it just me?
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Honda - Power of Dreams - NSR 125R - Hornet 600

[The Artist]

Different bikes clunk differently.

Most I have had between 1st and 2nd have a larger clunk than other gears but on my current bike I can if I am careful make a 1st-2nd change without noise. Some bikes just do it because you have to go past neutral.

[Ingah]

Not suprised to see you've got a Honda - been told they clunk there the most (certainly both mine do!)

However, i did find with me good old CG125 that it doesn't always clunk, and it happened less when it had warmed up.

[Noxious89123]

Neutral into 1st is best described as dropping a brick into a bucket

Never noticed 1st into 2nd being clunk. Whats your chain tension like? It can have an effect on gear shifts.
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[davthegreat]

i have a clonk going down from 2nd to 1st on my little senda

[bEN_]

The R6 is great for it.
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[Carl_steveo]

Neutral into first sounds like you just dropped the bike, first into second makes a clunk/clonk/dink on my nsr aswell mate i just assumed it was ordinary.
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[Hutchysrs50]

i find it depends on the gear change befor hand, if i lightly flicked it up a gear, when i go back down, it will make abit of a clunk noice
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Gilera SC 125 - Current

[garth]

Nope none of my bikes do, or have done. It's technique, you don't just stamp the bugger in, you've got to feel it.
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[Thom]

The yamaha's i know of are absolute cunts for it. My diversion is terrible.
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Previous Bikes: 1990 Honda NSR125 'Rothmans' (The smoking one), 1990 Suzuki GS500e 'Caf? fighter' (The loud one), 1987 Kawasaki GPX400r (The quick one), 1997 XJ600s Diversion (The reliable one), 2000 Kawasaki ER-5 (The spontaneously combustive one)

[Blunet600]

My nsr was fine with it, i didnt use to have clunks. Now i have a Hornet 600 it clonks loads from 1st to 2nd and always from neutral to first but i figure the downchange cant be helped when it clonks but going from 1st to 2nd can be helped and its bugging me that i dont have the 'technique' to do it without making such a noise.
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Honda - Power of Dreams - NSR 125R - Hornet 600

[Raf]

My Nsr 125 never really clunked but my cbr 600 is insanely clunkey! You can hear the gear change over the sound of the engine even at high revs. I've noticed that it only really does it if you don't properly release the throttle before changing or if your hard/fast with the clutch. I can drive it without making it clunk but i quite enjoy fast gear changes so the gear clunk can't really be avoided.
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CBR1100xx - BMW K1100 - BMW K100 - Triumph Sprint ST 955i - Suzuki GSX-R 600 - Suzuki DR 350 - Yamaha XV 750 - Honda CBR 600 FM - Yamaha XT 600 - Yamaha Rs 200 - Honda NSR 125

[The Disapproving Brit]

Mine has moods. For most of my commuting, its sweet as a nut. If the suns shining and I'm going for a bimble, it has a definite 'pulling' clunk from neutral to first, like it wants to get going. When its pissing down, it has an entirely different clunk which can best be described as the same tone a woman uses when you ask her whats wrong and she replies "Nothing!"
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[Welshd1k]

alot of bikes will . my ns does and my mates nsr was quite clunky. on the zxr it was clunky ish but i lined teh arms up on the selector and its less clonkey
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[Nipedley]

My Honda CG likewise has an almighty clunk going from neutral -> 1st, other than that I've not noticed anything significant in gearbox 'clunk' noises.