I like coasting with a extra large long tailed shirt untucked.
Brakes not needed, shirt unfurls into a full sail.
Over 60 mph you will need a toehold, lift get powerful.
May try this with a wind suit and tall apes one day...

 

I find it difficult to find neutral at speed. That and I just don't have any desire to coast with my engine off. Never know when you might need the engine.

All that clanking of gears when you shift down to neutral and again when you start the motor at speed and want to engage the correct gear.

You would think some folks who argue about downshifting and using the engine to brake would have a few comments about this one.

 

Yup. If your engine is not running, or even if you are not in gear while moving, then you are not in control of your bike. Period.

 

I swear I read or heard that you would have an oil lubrication problem if you coasted for any length of time. Don't remember if it pertained to jap bikes or Harleys - it was soooo looong ago. Because of that I just won't do it whether it's true or not.

 

Our H-D motors are oiled by a pump which gives sufficient pressure and volume at just above idle speeds.
The motor oil not only lubricates the moving parts ( reducing heat generated by friction) but carries heat away from the hottest parts of the motor to be dispersed to the air.

The primary and transmission each have fluid in them and are "splash oiled"- the moving parts fling oil around.

even with the clutch pulled in, the primary chain is moving in the case and slinging oil around

The tranny in N, the tranny shafts are also moving, the mainshaft driven by the drive belt.

and neither the primary or the tranny are under load at that time

oiling shouldn;t be a concern


mike

 

Amazing how many things you can hear when coasting down a hill with the motor off. Tire noise off the different road surfaces, your brakes engaging the pucks, the wind in your helmet, the sounds in the bushes around you. Pretty interesting stuff actually.

Can't imagine it hurting anything in the bike or transmission as everything is just free wheeling.

 

You'er all gonna die..................

 

It's funny, but I was just reading a book titled "The Motorcyclist's Legal Handbook"...2011 by Pat Hahn He wrote that while researching laws in every state, he encountered over 3 dozen times, a law on the books that coasting on a motorcycle was NOT allowed!!!!
Oh thank you government for writing such laws to protect us! I feel so much better now!

 

Also what we taught truck drivers.. (besides being illegal)

 

I remember when I first learned to drive a truck, 1951 M135 with 2spd automatic........heard stories of using mexican overdrive and then trying to go back in gear with the ensuing parts flying.