Newbie - stopped on a hill

[proseuche]

aww. i feel your pain. got stuck on a steep hill for like 5 mins on my first solo ride. just idling there shitting my pants because i'd taken a wrong turn and there was a main road in front of me. had to do a tight u-turn hill start. all good. all about confidence and the foot brake.

[Kiri]

Hey - yeah we've all been there... learn learn learn.

2 things to work on here
1) Clutch control. practice this by finding a car park... ride off as normal, change up in to second gear then pull in the clutch and brake (DON'T change out of 2nd).

Now put on some more revs, and ease the cltch out till it starts to roll.... little by little... it's goin to be hard as first, but with some practice you'll get it, and contrary to popular belief it's not going to kill the clutch.

2) Easing away from a braked stop (i.e. uphill).

Foot brake on, no front brake. Power up, ease out the clutch and when you feel the bike want to start moving, lift off the foot brake... and you're away.

Getting the two synchronised is a bit of practice but you'll get there.
Good luck!
MDU

You're awesome!!!! I've been riding for 6 months and hill starts give me the s^&ts - that's the most straight forward advice I've heard, thanks