No, the MTX-75 does have a first gear synchro and a reverse gear synchro.

Sounds to me like you are also in need of bleeding your hydraulic clutch. See the post in the forum called "Testing the Clutch" or something like that. There is a good write-up in there on it.
Chances are you clutch isn't fully disengaging right now.


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