I use the friction zone in parking lot and slow speed situations.

 

Anybody ever do any "Trials riding"? Best example of useing the friction zone you'll ever see.

Best wishes....Tim(HT)

 

All the time. On a congested, stop and go highway commute, I am able to keep my feet on the pegs rather than having to duck walk all the time.

 

In my earlier post talking about a lot of kids learning to ride on dirt bikes. My first bike was a '76 Yamaha Trials 80. Wish I still had it. Trials bikes back then actually looked like motorcycles. Trials bikes these days are definitely sports specific.

 

YES THEY ARE!...I watched a rider take her trials...what-ever up 3 flights of stairs w/ a landing mid-point on each, turn around, and come back down without a foot on the ground once!!

WOW! that impressed the he!! out of me!

Best wishes....Tim(HT)

 

The trick is not getting lost in the first place so there is no need to turn around.

Michael

 

This whole "friction zone" thing with a video for instruction? WTF?

I guess maybe for beginners, but if when you learned how to drive a stick shift when you were a little kid, you likely have been doing that your entire life, but nobody told you there was a name for it.

I suppose, most kids today learn to drive an automatic so shifting at first seems foriegn.

 

Hasn't seemed to effect my clutch yet. I practice slow speed maneuvers almost every time I go out for a ride and have 20,000 miles on the bike and haven't had any problems with the clutch. It's the funniest part of the ride.