XmisterIS Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Hi all; I found this website: http://www.datacraftsystems.co.uk/techn ... index.html and it contains some really good info! I was not taught much of this stuff at all leading up to my test! It is scary to think that I now have a full motorbike licence but I, and presumably many others, were taught about a half of what's on that website (e.g. the cheerily-named "decapitation zone"!!! Nice ...) Quote
Korben Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Got this site book marked at home on my laptop and I think it's been mentioned a few times on here, but always good to introduce it to the newer members.Nice one!! Quote
boot Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Great! Plenty of very useful/insightful stuff on here.Could someone please advise on clutchless gear change? Is this for real? It is suggested here that it is less wearing to change gear without using your clutch. Would this apply for both wet and dry clutch? Quote
XmisterIS Posted October 21, 2008 Author Posted October 21, 2008 I read that and thought "No! Clutchless gear change? If I tried that on my car I would get nothing but an awful grinding noise!".Anyway, I went out and tried it on the bike and I found that if the revs are just right (between 4000 and 5000 on my bike), the clutch pops up effortlessly and the gear slips right in, with no throttle blip required! Cool! If the revs are too high, the clutch foot-lever refuses to move and I have to change gear using my hand as usual.The only trouble I've found is that because I ride a 125, 5000 revs in each gear is not actually very fast ... so I can use the clutchless gearchange, but I only accelerate as fast as a normal car if I do - so the clutchless change is no good when I am ragging the f*** out of it to get gone at traffic lights! Quote
rennie Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 you can change gear without the clutch on most bikes!a lot of people don't use clutch going up the gears, 2 to 3, 3 to 4 etc. Quote
Comrade Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 i must be missing summit, i select every link but nothing , just tracking systems come up Quote
caretaker Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 i must be missing summit, i select every link but nothing , just tracking systems come up Same here Quote
whitedevil Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 The link is 3 years old, the site probably died. Quote
Bogof Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 The link is 3 years old, the site probably died. Works perfectly here Quote
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