Probably the dumbest ? yet.....but

WildManWiles · 08-23-2007, 04:17 PM

OK, before you start flamin on this new guy....I am already scheduled to take the MSF beginners come next spring. They are full up until then.... SO..

Heres the question:

I have heard a lot of people on here talking about "Slipping the clutch". Exactly what does that mean?

My take on that is to slowly let the clutch out, as to have the clutch basically give the power or not..... I am used to driving manuals in cars, so I am familiar with using a clutch, I just didnt know the terminalogy....

Please clear it up for me. Thanks

lemosley01 · 08-23-2007, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by WildManWiles

OK, before you start flamin on this new guy....I am already scheduled to take the MSF beginners come next spring. They are full up until then.... SO..

Heres the question:

I have heard a lot of people on here talking about "Slipping the clutch". Exactly what does that mean?

My take on that is to slowly let the clutch out, as to have the clutch basically give the power or not..... I am used to driving manuals in cars, so I am familiar with using a clutch, I just didnt know the terminalogy....

Please clear it up for me. Thanks

It's the same thing as in a car - when you get going you don't just pop the clutch - you ease out and as it starts to grab, you give more throttle while releasing the clutch.

Slipping a motorcycle clutch isn't as hard on it as in a car. I've never really thought about why, but I ASSume that it is because most bikes use wet clutches (clutch submerged in oil) and don't weigh much, whereas cars are dry clutch setups and weigh a bunch more for the power they put out.

It is possible to burn a clutch out on startup, but you have to hammer the crap out of it (ask Mat Mladin since he has always had a problem burning out clutches on the launch).

MwKid19 · 08-23-2007, 05:09 PM

Nice and easy with the clutch.

WildManWiles · 08-23-2007, 05:29 PM

Thanks for clearing that up guys... I was on the right track.

sqchram · 08-26-2007, 11:33 AM

Hows the riding season up in alaska?

Also is it true that prostitutes are $1000 an hour?

teamspeednautik · 08-26-2007, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sqchram

Also is it true that prostitutes are $1000 an hour?

WildManWiles · 08-27-2007, 09:17 PM

The riding season is only a couple of months, if you are lucky. But its gorgeous weather, 65-75.

Pro's here are definatly not $1K / hr.... You'd be lucky if you could find one with all of her teeth.. and not native.... (eskimo).... I mean, because thats what I have heard....

Fargin_Bastige · 08-27-2007, 09:21 PM

This is not a stupid question.

A stupid question would sound like " I'm mature, weightlift, was good at sports and weigh 250, is a Hayabusa a good starter bike?"

OLEDANO · 08-27-2007, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by WildManWiles

The riding season is only a couple of months, if you are lucky. But its gorgeous weather, 65-75.

Pro's here are definatly not $1K / hr.... You'd be lucky if you could find one with all of her teeth.. and not native.... (eskimo).... I mean, because thats what I have heard....

What else have you "heard"?