bdevries
Junior Member
Hey all,
I spent the winter reading motorcycle articles and browsing this forum. Today was the first day of my 'Canadian equivalent of the MSF course' course and a few things they mentioned surprised me.
They asked us to use all 4 fingers on the levers, that way if we ever had to squeeze the brake all the way in, we would be able to. But, the way I have my lever set up, I can't even squeeze it all the way in if I tried, so having fingers there doesn't affect that. I figured that having 2 fingers on the brakes/clutch would allow me to grip the bars better as well. Whats the consensus on this? I know these guys have experience etc, but there's always situation where professionals have different opinion.
I also asked about throttle blipping and they said they don't recommend it, which to me makes 0 sense. Why take the time to slip the clutch in slowly when you can quickly flick your right wrist and pretty well just dump the clutch out since the rpm's match? Also, lower chances of the rear tire locking up.
Thoughts?
I spent the winter reading motorcycle articles and browsing this forum. Today was the first day of my 'Canadian equivalent of the MSF course' course and a few things they mentioned surprised me.
They asked us to use all 4 fingers on the levers, that way if we ever had to squeeze the brake all the way in, we would be able to. But, the way I have my lever set up, I can't even squeeze it all the way in if I tried, so having fingers there doesn't affect that. I figured that having 2 fingers on the brakes/clutch would allow me to grip the bars better as well. Whats the consensus on this? I know these guys have experience etc, but there's always situation where professionals have different opinion.
I also asked about throttle blipping and they said they don't recommend it, which to me makes 0 sense. Why take the time to slip the clutch in slowly when you can quickly flick your right wrist and pretty well just dump the clutch out since the rpm's match? Also, lower chances of the rear tire locking up.
Thoughts?