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Every day when I’m waiting to pick up my daughter from school, I see a guy on a Suzuki sport bike leaving his apartment.
He always revs the bike pretty high and then used his clutch to ride through traffic.
I’m guessing that it gives him more control at slow speeds.
I was just wondering if there’s a term for this technique and if it’s common practice on a super sport.

Don't know what it's called but my instructor told me how to do it Constant revs,feather the clutch and back brake, slow speed control

Wouldn't that cause the clutch to wear prematurely?

Gurgus wrote:Wouldn't that cause the clutch to wear prematurely?

I don't think so...the clutch on a motorcycle is different than on a car; since it's bathed in oil, you can slip the clutch on a MC, where in a car you would be wearing the plates down.

I'm not a mechanic, though, so take that for what it's worth; it's just what I've been told over the last couple of years by bikers who (I think) understand how everything on bikes work...

Well, it'd wear it more than necessary if it's how I'm picturing Flipper's description. Personally I'd just fully engage the clutch and keep the RPMs low. Don't know why you'd do it the other way around other than to take off quickly once traffic cleared?

Oh, and Flipper, feathering the clutch...
Wrider

Wrider wrote:Don't know why you'd do it the other way around other than to take off quickly once traffic cleared?

Or to make a lot of racket and draw attention to yourself.

Thanks everyone.

I don't think the guy is doing it for attention because he does it every day.
I have never seen him not do it.
Also, when he rides past me, I never see his brake light on.

Maybe he learned to control the bike this way and it's a bad habit.
Maybe he likes how it sounds.
Maybe the bike has a stalling problem at low rpms.
Or maybe this is some advanced technique that I don't know about yet.

If there is no name for this, I say we come up with a term for it.

I suggest Rev Clutching.

Any other suggestions?

My guess is a cold engine. If it hasn't had a chance to warm up, it's more likely to stumble at lower rpms. My cold blooded bike is like that on cold mornings. If I don't have a lot of choke on, I've got to keep the rpms up a bit when adding power.

There is a good possibility hat the choke/cold start keeps the engine at 3~4,000 rpm. If its fuel injected he probably has no choice
PJ

Of maybe he's a Squid!