To use a clutch?

[Midge]

I had a look round couldnt find a thread like this.

So my question is should i be using the clutch changing between gears?

Im riding a cbr250r.

[MotoGirl]

I had a look round couldnt find a thread like this.

So my question is should i be using the clutch changing between gears?

Im riding a cbr250r.

Your poll is kind of hard to answer. The "No it doesnt matter" option is close, but you'd only do cluthless upchanges going up a gear. It's common practice to use the clutch going down a gear.

[Black Bandit]

Here's a link:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=34427

[R1madness]

is it an automatic as well???

[jtzzr]

I use the clutch ,sometimes when changing up ,but usually when accelerating hard I don`t, but always on the down-change with a slight blip (depends on how many people are watching), then the blip is a bit longer. P.s Don`t blip on the down shift if you`re not clutching , it could do damage to your bike and you also look retarded ,Ive heard.

[Storm]

From what I understand if its reasonably modern, you can go up without, but you have to clutch down- or not, after all, its your bike

[Drew]

Hook up without the clutch if you're hammering it, otherwise use it. Always use it on the down shift. I sometimes dont on the down shift, but that's only when I'm sitting up no hands, (read, posing), slowing down for lights or summat, and those times it's just a wee bit of weight on the lever, and wait for it to mesh in by itself.

[hXc]

If you know what you're doing, you may need no clutch at all. I use a clutch going up from 1st, or down from 2nd, otherwise I hardly use it. Just know your bikes' revs etc and then you'll be sweet.

[jtzzr]

Actually there is a thread on this somewhere under clutchless shifting , would love to find it for you , but I`m too frikin lazy. Hope this helps.

[Mr. Peanut]

I don't use the clutch up or down if I'm going for it. Don't use it from 1st to 2nd either.

[xwhatsit]

Just match the gearbox speed to the engine speed and it's easy as pie. That's what the backing off of the throttle is on the upchange, if you preload the lever then pop the throttle off it'll just snick in by itself when the two speeds match up. Happens in a blink of an eye.

On downchanges, I think it's easier to stuff it up because it's harder to match the two speeds when you're decelerating. I think.

I use the clutch, just because I have an old bike and a lot of engine internals are probably fairly worn anyway, let alone with me mucking up clutchless shifts. I have tried it on occasion, mostly to drag off boy racers at the lights.

Up to you, really. The potential for damage if you fuck up the gearshift is higher than if you use the clutch. But if you do it with the correct technique, it's not really a problem as far as I know. Selector shafts would probably wear a little faster with the inevitable imprecise shifts.

[Drew]

I don't use the clutch up or down if I'm going for it. Don't use it from 1st to 2nd either.

I know of a couple spare gear boxes for an NSR, if yours doesn't blow up the way two smokes tend to, not using the clutch on the downshift might have you wanting a gearbox instead. Unless you get it spot on everytime, it bends selector rods.

[BarBender]

Yes and No.

[imdying]

Clutches are cheap, gearboxes are not. Your call.

[Motu]

You guys need to go for a drive in a 1968 Atkinson,with the Gardiner engine and David Brown 6 speed gearbox.You can't use the clutch past 2nd gear,as you have to shift your left leg to give room for the gearlever.All shifts up or down have to be made without the clutch.....it's a dog box same as your bike,and you will gain an understanding on how it works and what you need to do.It's easy to do on a bike when you can master one of those.I dunno,the yoof of today.....