Latest craze in the village

[edwinchester]

Last year I mentioned that a 'fashion accessory' amongst the locals was a transparent red headlamp cover which made bikes appear to be going away from you when in fact they were approaching!

I have noticed another craze catching on just lately backed up with a chat I had with a local mechanic. Seems it is the height of cool on semi-automatic scooters to disengage the clutch by stamping on the gear lever and revving through to valve bounce!

The local mechanic told me he has had three topend rebuilds just this last week due to this practise!

[Daffy D]

I like that one

Should get a few idiots off the road without endangering anyone else

[Garry]

I've seen one kid doing this awhile back, but he wasn't redlining it and brought the engine to a higher rpm for a race launch. Light pressure on the gear lever for the clutch to engage and a controlled release just like a normal manual cable release. He launched really well. Go to a race track and watch the guys on the auto-scooters, as they will embarrass the bigger bikes off of the line (yes I know that they are lighter) and yes the street isn't the race track. I'm just talking about the application

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Edited March 24, 2014 by Garry

[JonnyF]

^ Yeah they also do it to get the front wheel in the air. Disengage the clutch, bring the revs up and then release. I must admit to having done this a few times play riding on the trails on my KSR. No need to bounce it off the rev limiter though.

[ll2]

they are young.

live them alone!

it is still better then doing drugs at home.

Edited March 24, 2014 by ll2

[mania]

Of course I do not redline our wave 125i but I always use this clutch technique

to match revs when downshifting

Much smoother of course than just jabbing a lower gear clutch-less.

[transam]

Of course I do not redline our wave 125i but I always use this clutch technique

to match revs when downshifting

Much smoother of course than just jabbing a lower gear clutch-less.

Think you need a real bike.................

[Garry]

Of course I do not redline our wave 125i but I always use this clutch technique

to match revs when downshifting

Much smoother of course than just jabbing a lower gear clutch-less.

Think you need a real bike.................

I have a Honda Sonic 125, does that count?

oh yeah, it is parked beside my 999S

[transam]

Of course I do not redline our wave 125i but I always use this clutch technique

to match revs when downshifting

Much smoother of course than just jabbing a lower gear clutch-less.

Think you need a real bike.................

I have a Honda Sonic 125, does that count?

oh yeah, it is parked beside my 999S

Hmmmmmmmm, eeeeeeeeeeeeeer, noooooooooooo

[mania]

Of course I do not redline our wave 125i but I always use this clutch technique

to match revs when downshifting

Much smoother of course than just jabbing a lower gear clutch-less.

Think you need a real bike.................

umm yeah we have a few...

How does that change the fact that a downshift

on any motorized vehicle can be made smoother by matching rpm

to some degree?

Edited March 24, 2014 by mania

[edwinchester]

I've seen one kid doing this awhile back, but he wasn't redlining it and brought the engine to a higher rpm for a race launch. Light pressure on the gear lever for the clutch to engage and a controlled release just like a normal manual cable release. He launched really well. Go to a race track and watch the guys on the auto-scooters, as they will embarrass the bigger bikes off of the line (yes I know that they are lighter) and yes the street isn't the race track. I'm just talking about the application

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Yes I used to do the same thing 40 years ago when I snuck my mums Honda stepthru out for an illicit ride.

What these guys are doing though is riding along, maybe 50 or 60 kph, declutching and then revving the tits off it for 10 seconds whilst coasting along.

Good way to impress the telegraph posts I suppose.

[edwinchester]

they are young.

live them alone!

it is still better then doing drugs at home.

I know, I was young and stupid once too. Just wish they'd pick somewhere quieter than the center of the village to blow up the engines.

[ll2]

Of course I do not redline our wave 125i but I always use this clutch technique

to match revs when downshifting

Much smoother of course than just jabbing a lower gear clutch-less.

same here!

[edwinchester]

As an update.....one of the main 'perps' has just blown up his fourth engine since March doing this.

Just goes to show my old mum was right when she said "you can't teach pork".

[billd766]

My Honda CB400 is red lined at 12,500 rpm.

Sometimes I play with these sort of children when they are revving the guts out by coming alongside the, tooting the horn, smiling and then drop down to second and wave goodbye.

I don't do it that often but it do bring a smile to an old mans face.

[billd766]

I saw a new one yesterday.

A cloud of young kids on scooters and the one at the front, a lone rider, was taking a selfie.