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So I've been trying to ride with the one finger on the brake and one or 2 on the clutch.
I however am having difficulty with the clutch lever squishing my knuckle!! Quite frankly it hurts when I get excited and yank in the clutch too hard. Right now I have my levers rolled down just a touch so they are in the plane of my arms going down to the bars. Is that correct? I am going to install an AVS lever to see if the different shape will help. Ideas? Besides cutting of the finger in question. |
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I ride with my index figer on the front brake and clutch lever at ALLLLLLLLLLL times. I very rarely ever use 2 fingers.
I dunno if it's right just the way my father taught me since I rode 50's. I know a lot of people who use their middle finger, but I dunno I just don't feel comfortable like that, plus I have really big hands. I run my leavers lower than most, considering I ride really far upfront over the top of the bike, I dunno, it's all preference. I would say my levers are pretty comparable to K-Dubs. The Asian Sensation |
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 I guess I just lied. Now that I think about it.... I don't even really use the clutch on a 450 at all really. Only when I'm coming into corners, to counter-act the engine braking and to carry more corner speed do I use the clutch.. Then I set up drop into the saddle and explode out.  The Asian Sensation |
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Hi there, I found a way around that, move lever up the bar, if that doesn`t feel wright custum bend the lever so your fingers don`t get pinched.
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those sunline arc levers(Vince) have the easiest pull and bend and all the features the ASV have. i had the asv and they looked cool but were horible for everything else
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I use my middle finger only, and I set my clutch up so that you don't have to take it all the way to the bar (or your fingers.)
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Thank you all for the ideas! I'll try them this weekend. Won't have my new lever till Monday.
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I usually crash in the first corner and snap my front brake lever in half, then run in too deep in the second corner, fall over and bust off my clutch lever, so lever position never really seems to be an issue... maybe I should get a recluse clutch and set up my bike brakeless (speedway style) before my next moto...
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Brett looking at the camera in that picture... never seen it before
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That's because yer riding with him in pro-class. We spectators see it a boat-load. I only wish I could do it too. |
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I have always been a 125/250f rider its all I can hold onto so I tend to ride towards the back of the bike so my clutch lever is pointed up high and used as my second throttle then I pull it in to coast through the corners and the front bake doesnt really matter since I never use it I dont know how I just drag the rear break around the track the whole time never gripping the bike with my legs or weighting the outside peg and generaly jumping front
wheel high.. I have really good natural goon rider style! I try but its to many things to do at one time but I never could play the drums either.. Im a pretty good dancer and a hell of a singer! lol |
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Don't forget the "Elbows Down" technique... Thats how I roll!  |
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Don't forget (or get passed up) there's a handle-bar/throttle-hand position too. It's not a "twist" but-more-like-a-coax of the throttle. Arms up and wrists exaggerated forward. You should be seat forward (big time) and rolling any corner exit. Prep for corner exit is a key. Need proof...any ole fart can huck a monster double, just show me the same fart railing a monster corner.
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Wrong old wise one....I don't believe many of the ole farts can huck the monster double....call it getting wiser with age, but the old pucker factor comes into play....and most of us realize that we have to work on Monday.....so the monster double is just a vision of times long gone ..... |
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Racing these days is much like driving with my 16 year old. If the seat doesn't have any little volcanoes from my butt puckering together it was a good ride.
------------------------------------ If you wanna live life on your own terms you Gotta be willing to - CRASH AND BURN! ... |
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