| Re: Heel & Toe |
Subject: Re: Heel & Toe by CentralCoaster on 2009/4/21 17:26:14 I believe a perfect clutchless shift won't wear anything out. Both shafts will be moving the same speed and obviously not transmitting any power while engaging. Using the clutch just throws more variables in there that can increase the shift time or allow the vehicle to slow down too much. When you blip the throttle and tap it into gear exactly when there's slack in the transmission, you would never know its shifting other than the changing engine noise. The problem is that the perfect shift can't be done every time. And when you screw it up, you put enough wear on the system to make up for the last 50 shifts you did successfully. That's the only reason I use the clutch on the bike now. For awhile I was never using the clutch on upshifts or downshifts, but after it popping out of gear a few times, I decided to do it only on occasion. Stabbing the clutch only reduces wear on an imperfect shift. |
