I've heard from various sources that practicing starts on a motorcycle can make your auto starts faster...Is this true and why or why not (i.e., what about the two clutches makes it so)?

 

What in the world are you talking about?

 

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Z &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What in the world are you talking about? </TD></TR></TABLE>

I think he's asking if he practices on a motorcycle will it help him improve his car launches.


I hope he lauches the bike right into a ******* tree.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ReBornGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I think he's asking if he practices on a motorcycle will it help him improve his car launches.


I hope he lauches the bike right into a ******* tree. </TD></TR></TABLE>
How would one effect the other...i'm with everyone else in their confusion.

 

I'm not a street racer, and I'm not some dipshit teenager who's trying to launch his car off the line at stoplights here. I'm talking about wheel to wheel racing starts, like for Kart racing, etc...

What I'm talking about is certain motorcylce/racing enthusiasts who say they get better starts on Karts because they have better control over the clutch in low gear because of the motorcycle half of their enthusiasm. I don't know, since I don't have a bike.

it's a purely theoretical question that I was pondering...no need to flame just because you don't know the answer. I can see where the misunderstanding occurred, but please...give someone a little credit here.

Anyone have a real answer? Or maybe the whole thing is total bull given the response already?

 

im my experience (drag racing/street racing isnt my bag) it is quite a bit harder to launch a bike quickly than it is to launch a car quickly. the trick is with a high HP bike is to launch as hard as you can without huge wheelies or spinning up the rear tire. there are just more variables when launching a bike so good clutch/throttle control is key.

but if i was any good at launching a car, it might carry over to my bike too heh

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by radarbait &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no need to flame just because you don't know the answer. </TD></TR></TABLE>


It's hard to know the answer when we can't understand your ****** question.
And of course there is a need to flame.. incase you didn't know you are on hater-tech.com n00bie!!

 

So are you trying to compare a bike vs. a shifter kart with a hand clutch or a bike vs. a car with a foot clutch?

 

imo yes; practicing starts on a bike would help you in a kart. (if thats what you're asking)

you would learn to control the balance point on a bike, thus increasing your control given other applications

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGlovr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">imo yes; practicing starts on a bike would help you in a kart. (if thats what you're asking)

you would learn to control the balance point on a bike, thus increasing your control given other applications

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I don't see how given the differences (weight transfer, available traction, gearing, tire diameter, etc...) but maybe I am not understanding something? Maybe learing how to feather the clutch? Although karts just peal out, bikes land you flat on your back.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EKhatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I don't see how given the differences (weight transfer, available traction, gearing, tire diameter, etc...) but maybe I am not understanding something? Maybe learing how to feather the clutch? Although karts just peal out, bikes land you flat on your back. </TD></TR></TABLE>
honestly, me either. im just tryna help him understand

 

Maybe the correlation is that bikes and karts both have teeny little clutches. Unlike a car, which has a larger clutch and can be feathered more easily?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ross R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Maybe the correlation is that bikes and karts both have teeny little clutches. Unlike a car, which has a larger clutch and can be feathered more easily?</TD></TR></TABLE>

You are saying a car clutch can be featherd more easily? If so then I beg to differ. Maybe it's because I have been riding bikes for 20 years and only driving cars for 10 but it is completely the opposite for me.

 

i can feather a hand clutch better too, i just have more control over my hands than my feet.

i think is what he is saying tho is the travel on a automobile clutch has much more travel than a bike clutch so small inputs dont have as much of an effect in a car

 

in the words of Ghandi...

what the ****?

 

Lean forward more then dump the clutch!