It won't go into the next gear, unless you do some matching with the throttle.
It will just grind. They teach you that in truck driving school.

Thank you for sharing your opinion. Posting in threads that you deem stupid says a lot about yourself.

 

The clutch on my bike has served me well, I think I'll keep on using it!

Paul in Colorado

 

Sounds like a Technic for the limp wristed.

 

I can do it, but don't make a habit of it.

 

"kind of hard to get it into neutral without a clutch ........ duh"

I dare say not. nothing to grind there! Revs are low, no problemo

I started the stupid thread! I know fo sho!

I'm just testing you guys,

I've been ridin and wurkin on my scoots since 76'

Good Times! (-:

 

Good point about trucks. Most drivers upshift and downshift without the clutch by adjusting the rpm 300-400 rpms and they shift nice and smooth. The downside is that
the sliding clutch and gear takes a beating in Eaton and Meritor transmissions and it is
not covered by warranty either. Just like on trucks, by pulling the top cover on trans the abuse of not using the clutch is easy to see, on Harleys it is esy to see by the wear on the drum.
I use my clutch, it works really smooth and I keep my cable lubed. That is just me though.

 

Can drive a cage all day only using the clutch to leave, never even thought of shifting the bike clutchless, I don't think I take my fingers off the clutch except in 5th and cruising, I think its a control thing

 

Bob, perhaps your metric junk was junk because of abuse? There was the time my clutch cable broke on my GL500 and I shifted without a clutch. I even had to find neutral before ZI stopped, kill the engine, and put it in gear and hit the starter button to take off when the light turned green. But even that, and the 25K miles I have put on iot since then have been trouble free.

Motorcycles, metric or Harley, will last longer and with fewer problems if you treat them better.

Ron

 

I have a Streetglide so I use the clutch 99% of the time. When I'm feeling crazy and want to get on it I don't. I don't think you are hurting anything by not using the clutch. I never use it when I'm driving my 18 wheeler except to start off.

 

i dont get on the clutch much and i dont brush my teeth after every meal.