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Do you use your clutch to shift?
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<blockquote data-quote="milk" data-source="post: 15094" data-attributes="member: 25"><p>What's a clutch? <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/noidea.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":noidea:" title="Noidea :noidea:" data-shortname=":noidea:" /> </p><p></p><p>But seriously I always always always am feathering my clutch. Unless it's a open section or some quad trails where I can fly I have to to keep my bike from stalling out in the areas I ride/race. Feathering the clutch at the right time means the difference between having mad traction or spinning out in most cases too. I can think of one section on my practice loop in particular that if you're not working your clutch your not making it up the hill. The hill by itself isn't the challenge, it's the right hand turn over some logs and roots and rocks at the bottom and the roots and rocks in the middle followed by a hump a bit farther up with a sharp 90 to the right at the top followed by another longer but less as aggressive hill that gets ya <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" /> </p><p></p><p>As far as shifting goes I rarely use it to uoshift but always use it to down shift. I just feel downshifting is harder on the clutch. Upshifting at the right time, like stated above, is no worse in my mind than pulling the clutch itself. <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/noidea.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":noidea:" title="Noidea :noidea:" data-shortname=":noidea:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milk, post: 15094, member: 25"] What's a clutch? :noidea: But seriously I always always always am feathering my clutch. Unless it's a open section or some quad trails where I can fly I have to to keep my bike from stalling out in the areas I ride/race. Feathering the clutch at the right time means the difference between having mad traction or spinning out in most cases too. I can think of one section on my practice loop in particular that if you're not working your clutch your not making it up the hill. The hill by itself isn't the challenge, it's the right hand turn over some logs and roots and rocks at the bottom and the roots and rocks in the middle followed by a hump a bit farther up with a sharp 90 to the right at the top followed by another longer but less as aggressive hill that gets ya :thumb: As far as shifting goes I rarely use it to uoshift but always use it to down shift. I just feel downshifting is harder on the clutch. Upshifting at the right time, like stated above, is no worse in my mind than pulling the clutch itself. :noidea: [/QUOTE]
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