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After reading this thread a while ago (the last posts are recent), I still hadn't attempted clutchless downshifting on the SV. But yesterday the clutch pushrod failed just as I pulled into my nephews football game, so I hit the kill switch and chugged to a stop in the grass beside the parking lot. I had planned on bump starting it when it was time to leave, then looked at the grass and decided to use it as my "clutch" when starting off. A little extra gas right after the click to first from neutral and I was in business with some wheelspin. Turns out the downshifts on the way home were sweet and easy as long as the transmission was unloaded. At stop signs I pulled onto grass or dirt on the shoulder and only stalled it once getting going again. With a little practice finding neutral cluchless I may even take a few more rides before I dig into it.
(PS: what's with the auto thread tag generator telling me I've tried to add too many tags? )