Of course you do....as soon as possible without stalling or jerking your bike. You ever hear of the expression "riding your clutch" ? If this was a car you would have burned out your clutch by now. Slow speeds feathering is one thing but holding it in throught the gears is nuts!!!!

 

Exactly...thread closed.

 

Ouch, alright. Is there any damage being done to the clutch if say I'm coasting to a light and instead of giving it a little constant gas just to get all the way up to the line/next car I just hold the clutch in completely and let it coast? No, right?

 

Went out for a quick ride. I can't see letting the clutch completely out by 5 mph unless before I even move I give such a big amount of throttle. I noticed and I tend to hold onto the clutch until about 10-15 mph. I'll still give it a try though, I just wanted to check it quick today.

 

Hey ripto.....from LI also,,,,,East Meadow here. When the weather gets better, lets meet up for a ride.

 

I actually grew up in good old East Meadow....right off Prospect Ave

 

Maybe you could teach me a few pointers lol

 

Lol .... Mables Bar? Port Jeff? 7-11 exit 68? Greenport?

 

Any place is good for me really. I'm at my dad's in Sound Beach during school and out in Cutchogue during the summer.

 

I am at idle and when the lite turns green as soon as I hit the friction point I start advancing the throttle. You may be reving the engine more than you need to and that will cause you to slip the clutch more than necessary. So the feeling you want to have is the clutch goes out and the throttle advances at the same time. Idealy your rpms should never go up then down. Just a steady going up. Your clutch should be fully out by the time your legs come off the ground and on to the pegs. These bikes have a lot more low end torgue than you think and really kind of hard to kill off the line even at idle. It's one smooth continuous motion. The clutch goes out and the throttle comes on in one smooth motion. If you rev the engine then start releasing the clutch you're doing it wrong.