Mattastic Trackday Trickster
Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Karma :
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Posted: 23:04 - 19 Apr 2004 Post subject: Clutch "slipping" |
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Call me thick if you want but what is meant by this term and how do you do it? ____________________ Too skint to buy a bike |
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Flip Super Spammer
Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Karma :
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Posted: 00:21 - 20 Apr 2004 Post subject: |
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To slip the clutch is to release the clutch lever slowly, so the bike has plenty of revs, therefore it can move.
Is this what you meant? |
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EuropeanNC30R... Gay Hairdresser
Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Karma :
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Posted: 02:00 - 20 Apr 2004 Post subject: |
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It's a technique for launching a bike hard off the line, or traffic lights . It's most effective on 2-strokes and bikes with a tall first gear.
If you let the clutch out straight away some bikes tend to 'bog down' and not accelerate quickly. If you get some revs in the engine then start feeding the clutch out you can regulate how fast and how much of the power comes in. Now instead of letting it straight out, you slowly feed it out from this point while applying more throttle to get the revs higher up the rev range (in the powerband) and therefore more acceleration.
Hope that makes some sense, I just re-read it and it confused me! |
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Ian (GPX) Brolly Dolly
Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Karma :
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