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[noggythenog]

I've seen some discussion on use of the clutch before and generally I've seen it advised to just pull it in. The reasoning behind this is that most of us are going to sort of panic and not think about it all fully and whilst the engine braking may help to start with, at lower speeds the engine braking force will be reversed as the engine starts to try and pull the bike forward before stalling. Obviously at higher speeds this makes less of a difference, but I still think it makes sense.

I really need to practice some of this myself as well

Did some skid pan training ages ago in a LGV & we were tought to push the clutch in when we broke traction......did figure of 8's on the trolley thingy & the instructor would wangle the box and oooft out the arse end would go & you had to learn to intuitively stick the clutch in.......cant remember why it helped but i am guessing now that because there was power still going in & youd only just tipped over the edge between grip & nowt so i think to break the link to the power was more likely to bring you back into thetracion zone......that's in my own noggy words of course :rolleyes .


But anyway...perhaps that is where the clutch also comes into it on bikes....i dunno really....i know bikes have greater engine braking so it may differ.


I just focus on the front brake only on the bike.....because it was mostly how i was tought (new school) & because i am tiny of brain & if i can manage to not grab a fist of front brake by only concentrating on front brake then jobs a good'n......failed once on the 600, locked up and managed to stay on....2nd time on 600 again i failed because i ran out of space and had to squeeze harder........have had a pretty extreme decelaration on the FZ1 & aced it......although admittedly i was already eying & aiming for a narrow channel between my way & oncoming traffic & thank foc i stopped before i needed it.


For me....focusing on clutch grabbing or back brake micro adjusting just isnt gonna be in the equation......hats off to the guys who can manage to do it.