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Re: Bike Shutoff When Release Clutch?
Reply #30 - 09/09/16 at 10:09:44

The Harley Davidson Riders Edge Program is really terrific for learning to ride a motorcycle. For either the beginner or someone who has been off of 2 wheels for a number of years the program will sharpen your safety skills.

With Harley you will pay a little more, but in this case you will get your money's worth.

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Re: Bike Shutoff When Release Clutch?
Reply #31 - 09/10/16 at 22:00:47

cheapnewb24 wrote on 09/07/16 at 18:50:56:

So, you're worried about this, huh? Grin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbtNISzo6OM

Another tip... Keep your foot covering (not pressing) the rear brake. Pressing the rear brake may help save you from a bike back flip.

I ride most of the with my foot over the brake. Good for control in the twisties and emergencies. Be careful though...The rear tire locks easily, and skidding the rear tire can lead to a high-side crash. Just ask my sprained knee about how that works.

If you're gonna crash, learn when to let the bike crash. You can only fight it for so long before you risk serious injury. There's a split second where you have to make the decision to let the bike do what it wants. If you just calmly let the crash happen, you're less likely to hurt yourself. My mistake was fighting it. I stuck my foot out to hold the bike up. I should have known when it was time to fall down cleanly. Instead, I buckled my knee sideways and sprained it. It's been giving me trouble since.

IMO, cheapie's well intentioned "advice" should be taken with a pinch of salt and ideally seen as entertainment value only. He doesn't have the credentials to give advice on riding OR wrenching. covering the rear brake for emergencies? You're more likely to cause an emergency by stabbing the rear in panic. Front brake rules. Know when its time to drop it? Are you for real? No-one I know goes out riding, gets to a point where they decide "oh well I give up. I guess ill crash now". You keep on riding until you aren't anymore. Cheapies mistake wasn't trying to hold on too long, was getting into that fix in the first place. and ssh!t happens, but your better off staying upright. I'd choose the sprained ankle over a smashed collarbone or worse if I were in that pickle. Going down is the worst option. Last time I looked, Keith Code didn't advise dropping the bike...

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Re: Bike Shutoff When Release Clutch?
Reply #32 - 09/11/16 at 14:25:49

Gizzo has an appropriate perspective. In my MSF course, they never taught when to ditch or drop the bike. In fact, if you dropped the bike during my course, you failed immediately, period! IIRC, they taught that proper braking distribution is 80% front and 20% rear.

Also, the clutch is your friend most often in an emergency. Some situations are better served with just pulling the clutch in and letting the bike recover, and IF braking is needed you don't have the engine trying to drive the bike forward fighting the braking. Good riders know this, new riders need to learn it!

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Bike Shutoff When Release Clutch? Reply #33 - 09/11/16 at 16:30:52 Seriously, what's the point?
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2784	Re: Bike Shutoff When Release Clutch? Reply #34 - 09/12/16 at 05:37:46 I'm sensing a common theme that I see in a lot of threads on here. The OP=3 posts The rest of us=3 pages! lol Unless of course it's cheapnewb. The it's 3 post us and 3 pages him.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Bike Shutoff When Release Clutch? Reply #35 - 09/12/16 at 05:56:16 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/11/16 at 16:30:52: Seriously, what's the point? After so long, no updates, no Thanks, I tried that, No Nuthin..
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RaleighGuy Full Member Offline It's as easy as 3.14159265358979 Posts: 132 Raleigh, NC Gender:	Re: Bike Shutoff When Release Clutch? Reply #36 - 09/12/16 at 07:13:51 ZuluWhiskey??? Where are you?? Dinner's on the table, come home!!
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