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Old 04-18-2010, 10:24 PM   #6
Kai-028
 
Drives: '02 Yamaha V-Star
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: FL
Posts: 22
I've been teaching my gf how to ride a motorcycle, and what really helped her was learning how it all works, and learning to use the friction zone to get moving. She's gotten pretty good with it, although she chokes up when she thinks I'm watching her. But V6, V8, V-twin, a manual is a manual and every vehicle will be a little different. I know when I first started riding my bike I had to adjust myself to the location of the friction zone in the lever, and it was the same way in my mom's truck. Just find the friction zone, and practice with it, once you get the hang of the clutch it all becomes second nature and you barely realize you shift...

...but be careful when you get back into an automatic... When I do I tend to leave the car in drive when I shut it off, but you may mistakenly hit the wrong pedal looking for the clutch.
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