How to ride the motorcycle

Moving Off

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  • Check that the side stand is up.
  • Pull in the clutch lever.
  • Shift into 1st gear.
  • Open the throttle a little, and start to let out the clutch lever very slowly.
  • As the clutch starts to engage, open the throttle a littlemore, giving the engine just enough fuel to keep it from stalling.
Moving Off

A. Shift Pedal

NOTE

  • The motorcycle is equipped with a side stand switch. This switch is designed so that the engine does not start if the transmission is in gear and the side stand is down.
  • When the headlight is on high beam, two headlight beams go on, and on low beam, the one side of the headlight goes on.

Test yourself

A quick Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R quiz: every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the manual page.