iI got the recent 2006 gsxr 750, and got it up easy with power wheelie, as for clutch at 2nd gear, whats the usual rpm to go...~i do not want to flip my new babe~

 

Hi I'm a noob. I read the whole article and i'm going to apply it tonight...i did pop a wheelie before but w/o clutching it i wanna learn how to use the clutch...but anywho...I have a question when it comes to suspension... HARDER or SOFTER???? i'm a light guy i weight aroun 160 i dunno if it has anything to do with suspension setup...??

 

I have one question, i can power up the front in first gear but i run out of gear heaps fast and i have been trialling the clutch method which i think is much better, BUT when i pull in the clutch and get ready to dump it, do i have to give it full throttle and dump it at certain revs or can this be done at say half throttle because my bike just seems to jump a little and doesnt lift up.

 

Don't go full throttle PLEASE! especially if you're practicing first gear. I'm a noob as well, but don't go WOT. Build up the rpms until it lifts. First gear should lift very easily too. Second takes a lot mo throttle, but WOT i dont think.

 

dont dump the clutch man
slip it

 

Thanks for the advice, its hard to explain but i don't mean full revs i just mean throttle location, with the clutch in, i can take it to full revs with the throttle barely open but even if i drop it at 10000 it barely does anything because i havent got the throttle opened up. Where should i hold the throttle at, while i slip the clutch?

 

werd... if you dump that clutch wfo then be sure your filmin and post it on here

 

Try this out from a complete Stop. Accelerate in first gear slowly at first then roll on the throttle to about 3/4, should around 20mph and up while doing that jus one finger the clutch. You should get that wheel up jus by rolling more throttle with the clutch disengaged for that single second. Be prepared though. Like everyone says, first gear is touchy, that's why it doesn't require too much rpms to bring em up. If anything,i think it's your clutch method that might need work, not da rpms.

 

Thanks, i'll try again. damn bike is pretty heavy (206kg same as a busa)

 

sit as far back on that big ***** as you can

 

just stay at low to mid rpms and keep dumpin the clutch with more gas...and more gas....and your just slippin the clucth...start low and just keep practicing...when your clutching it to the point where you can't see over the bike your there...but take a long time to get there cause you'll still have a bike at the end....

 

I agree w/ f4rider, dump the clutch, maybe not in first on a big bore, but definetly second.

 

thanks bro, good tips

 

good stuff!

 

1st off, don't listen to any of the above people giving advice who have less than 5 posts and no avatar

2nd, maybe you need to re-read certain parts of the article again...you should be standing with left foot on the passenger peg, not sitting. and if you give a good bounce on the pegs when you clutch you shouldn't need to go full throttle, but 3/4 seems about right. you don't start to rev it until; a fraction of a second before you dump the clutch. use one finger and let it out as quick as possible. as a n00b you chop the throttle as soon as it jumps up, you'll get more accustomed to it and start rolling off the throttle slower, letting it come up higher, with time

stand, bounce and clutch, repeat...you'll get it

edited to add: the method zul8r is talking about, where your on the throttle before slipping the clutch, is really only good for high speed stuff, and it's much harder to get your launches really consistent. you'll never learn slow first gear wheelies like that. its better to concentrate on going 10-15mph, stand, pull the clutch in at idle, and bounce rev and clutch all at the same time

 

Ok, you right about the da kine, today's practice wasn't consistent at all cuz of the On/Cltch/On compared to the Off/rev/cltch, but i gotta ask, the ^^^^ bounce method is not for first gear right, maybe second?? Doesn't seem right to bounce 1st? it gets up real easy as is.

 

yes, definately bounce in first gear. if you bounce you don't have to use near as much clutch or rev and it comes up way smoother. it gets the bike going up instead of shooting forward.

 

i'll try em. thanks for da info, out to ride now...

 

i don't think no one could had explained this any better

 

wow