KTM

no what you was saying is that it does'nt do no damage

 

I wont do any damage. As long as you are not caining the fuck out of it. If you are just riding around at abuot 30-40 at not too high revs it won't.

 

well if your riding around at around 30-40 then why not use it

 

If you don't have to use it, then why use it?

 

if your trying to go fast and get fastest possible gear changes then i can see why your not going to use the clutch but if your just going with the traffic why do it?

 

Yeah but if you was going as fast as possible trying to get the fastest possible gear change then I would use the clutch... Otherwise you are going to get a nice gearbox...

 

but the only benefit to not using the clutch is to get the quickest possible gearchange so if your going slow your not worried about changing gear quickly so you may aswell just use the clutch... to be honest you are going on like this but you obviously do not know what your talking about.

 

Well it aint gonna damage the gearbox at low speeds is what I am trying to get at. High speeds it will. Low speeds no.

Edit: I am talking about sport bikes e.g. R1, R6, Ninja etc when I say that not using the clutch at low speeds willl not damage the gearbox.
On MX bikes you dont neccesarily need to use the clutch when going fast.

 

but what is the point in shortening your gearbox life if you are just going along with the traffic, it does wear the gearbox at low speeds.

 

the damage is done when you are not smooth with the gear changes. the clutch is there for a reason, use it unless you are confident in changing without or good at rebuilding gearboxes.

i did 75 miles in the car the other day with no clutch, gearbox seems fine.

 

imp: someone with some scense

 

ALL bike gearboxes (with exception to old british and a few italian bikes) work the same way, no matter what the engine size, the reason off-road bikes are more suited to not using it is because there is a slight lack of grip betweent he wheel and the ground, therefore not stressing the gearbox as much.

race bikes dont use the clutch very often but they are losing gearbox life in the pursuit of faster laptimes, not really necessary on the road.

 

Well obviously if you slam it into gear without the clutch it will damage it. As Wobbly said it has to be a smooth change or the teeth will just grind.

 

i managed 4 months without a clutch cable on my derbi, just a case of being careful.

 

Whoh... how did you pull away?

Edit: With great difficulty I'm imagining :rofl:

 

bump started it and jumped on, or started it in neutral, rolled downa hill and knocked it into gear

 

u bump started your bike everytime you came to a stop? FOR FOUR MONTHS?





unk:

 

nock it into neutral when you stop...

why the hell would you turn it off every time, get off at traffic lights, run along and bump start it :msn1:

 

I rest my case