No clutch lever? No shift lever? No footpeg? No problem.

[OreoGaborio]

1. Pick up your bike
2. Put it in 2nd gear by hand
3. Get on the thing
4. Push forward (it's not goin anywhere since the clutch is engaged)
5. Key the starter, start running & open the throttle
6. Ride it home (or back to the pits in my case)

Hell, if I could have done that with the bike in 4th gear, I probably woulda tried completing the race.

Discuss...

[Chippertheripper]

Duh.

[GMAN226]

I finished a rain race in 3rd gear a long time back.. had a clutch but no rear set or shifter.

If it rolls and doesn't leak and there are points to be had go for it.. haha

G-man

[SVRACER01]

crashed in the rain once, picked it up and finished 3rd. i had the shift lever but not the pedal. had to angle my foot on the lever to shift up and down

[OreoGaborio]

I finished a rain race in 3rd gear a long time back.. had a clutch but no rear set or shifter.

If it rolls and doesn't leak and there are points to be had go for it.. haha

G-man

Luckilly I've got enough of a buffer between me & the next guy that I'm still safe in the standings. Otherwise I'd be kickin myself right now.


Anyway.. the point of this thread, as obvious as it might be to some, is that bikes are still ridable with broken clutch levers or cables and shift mechanisms. Might help keep some street rider from getting stranded some day thinkin they're dead in the water.

[TTD]

Good advice Pete. Most dirt bikers know all the tricks (right smutty?) when you break a clutch

[csmutty]

Good advice Pete. Most dirt bikers know all the tricks (right smutty?) when you break a clutch

Thanks for the shout Tony...I'll post a pic just for you...

[PinHead]

I finished a rain race in 3rd gear a long time back.. had a clutch but no rear set or shifter.

If it rolls and doesn't leak and there are points to be had go for it.. haha

G-man

Haha! We tried 2nd gear first, didn't we?
I picked up a lot of bikes that day.

[roushxteam199]

on my cb i drove an hour with about inch of clutch lever shiifter bent and no peg. it made for a long ride home on the highway. Lucky it was highway so i didnt have to shift much and gotta love the hydraulic clutch

[CBR929RE]

wait, so let me get this straight you keep pushing the starter button so the starter is spinning as you're pushing the bike?

[CBR929RE]

Because the clutch is engaged and the transmission is in gear, the starter will propel the bike forward (hence the run part) until it starts.

exactly how I was thinking it worked. never heard of doing that or thought of it. pretty neat trick. hope I don't ever have to use it.

[GMAN226]

Haha! We tried 2nd gear first, didn't we?
I picked up a lot of bikes that day.

Yes we did.. third worked better.. think I finished 3rd in that race.. Gary Silva and I were half a track ahead of the world he crashed too

G-man

[Pigman]

Haha! We tried 2nd gear first, didn't we?
I picked up a lot of bikes that day.

Me Included......thanks to the Guys that helped me pick up what's was left of my Bike....

[ZX-12R]

Snapping a clutch cable in downtown Worcester is a real pain in the ass with all the traffic lights.

Red light!!!! Slow down... Slow down... Please please please find neutral!!! Click! Shit 2nd! KILL SWITCH!

Rinse and repeat.