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dcb · 04-18-2008, 10:53 AM

I don't use the clutch on the motorcycle to upshift, except to get going. It is smoother that way when done right, basically a quick forward twist of the wrist to slacken the drivetrain and a lift of the toe at almost the same time, takes maybe 1/10th of a second before I'm back on the gas.

Occasionally I do it it a car, not usually though, seems to take to long and my momentum gets wasted. I know the big rig drivers dont use the clutch to shift.

04-18-2008, 10:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
dcb needs more cowbell Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ÿ Posts: 5,038 pimp mobile - '81 suzuki gs 250 t 90 day: 96.29 mpg (US) schnitzel - '01 Volkswagen Golf TDI 90 day: 53.56 mpg (US) Thanks: 158 Thanked 269 Times in 212 Posts	I don't use the clutch on the motorcycle to upshift, except to get going. It is smoother that way when done right, basically a quick forward twist of the wrist to slacken the drivetrain and a lift of the toe at almost the same time, takes maybe 1/10th of a second before I'm back on the gas. Occasionally I do it it a car, not usually though, seems to take to long and my momentum gets wasted. I know the big rig drivers dont use the clutch to shift. __________________ WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!!!