Total Motorcycle Community Forums

JWF505 wrote:

JWF505 wrote: ya, not the best starter bike but hey, if you can learn on that then you should be ok. As for slow clutch, man, you got a proformance bike, give it some juice and go, with a bike like that i would say you could almost, ALMOST, just drop the clutch and it would catch, but just give it a decent 5-7rpm and let the clutch go a little quicker, thats how i take off faster, just keep working.

5-7 rpm and release the clutch? hmmm... i'll try this next time i go to the under-used parking lot near here. although i'll just go w/ 5 rpm.

thanks

ya every bike is different, my 5-7rpm is my normal release range, 5 or so for normal, 7 and sometimes higher for a quicker start

JWF

DON'T do the 5k rpm then release the clutch thing. I let my son's friend ride my busa the other day and that is exactly what he began to do, I had to stop him before he released the clutch. I don't know about a 1000, but do that on a busa and you're in for a real surprise.

ok, got it.

thank you very much for the warning.

whew!

i'll just stick to my 1-2rpm take offs.

Relsek wrote:

JWF505 wrote:

JWF505 wrote: ya, not the best starter bike but hey, if you can learn on that then you should be ok. As for slow clutch, man, you got a proformance bike, give it some juice and go, with a bike like that i would say you could almost, ALMOST, just drop the clutch and it would catch, but just give it a decent 5-7rpm and let the clutch go a little quicker, thats how i take off faster, just keep working.

5-7 rpm and release the clutch? hmmm... i'll try this next time i go to the under-used parking lot near here. although i'll just go w/ 5 rpm.

thanks

ya every bike is different, my 5-7rpm is my normal release range, 5 or so for normal, 7 and sometimes higher for a quicker start

JWF

DON'T do the 5k rpm then release the clutch thing. I let my son's friend ride my busa the other day and that is exactly what he began to do, I had to stop him before he released the clutch. I don't know about a 1000, but do that on a busa and you're in for a real surprise.

ya i could see where that might be a problem. On a small bike like mine 5k is a quick jump but manageable, on a Busa and probabaly his 1000 as well it may be to much. My mistake





JWF

no problem

no harm done

i just finished reading the whole superbikeschool site...

man! it sounds like such a great idea... but damn! it will be a while before i can save up for the 2 day camp.

Easiest way to learn faster starts is to gradually increase the RPM and just do start after start.

Most guys who drag race street bikes tend to launch with a fair bit of RPMs but feather the clutch most of the way through first gear. This keeps the front wheel down but gets the bike moving fast.

the trick to fast starts is to learn EXACTLY where your friction zone starts and get to that spot as fast as possible then feather the clutch the rest of the way out. Only way to do this is to practice gentle starts

JWF505 wrote:

Relsek wrote:

JWF505 wrote:

JWF505 wrote: ya, not the best starter bike but hey, if you can learn on that then you should be ok. As for slow clutch, man, you got a proformance bike, give it some juice and go, with a bike like that i would say you could almost, ALMOST, just drop the clutch and it would catch, but just give it a decent 5-7rpm and let the clutch go a little quicker, thats how i take off faster, just keep working.

5-7 rpm and release the clutch? hmmm... i'll try this next time i go to the under-used parking lot near here. although i'll just go w/ 5 rpm.

thanks

ya every bike is different, my 5-7rpm is my normal release range, 5 or so for normal, 7 and sometimes higher for a quicker start

JWF

DON'T do the 5k rpm then release the clutch thing. I let my son's friend ride my busa the other day and that is exactly what he began to do, I had to stop him before he released the clutch. I don't know about a 1000, but do that on a busa and you're in for a real surprise.

ya i could see where that might be a problem. On a small bike like mine 5k is a quick jump but manageable, on a Busa and probabaly his 1000 as well it may be to much. My mistake





JWF

I guess we all tend to think that most bikes are like ours so we give advise based on what we do. I know if I rode my wife's ninja 250 every day I'd have probably given the same.

Kevin