Acceleration tips..

[Bike_craze1]

So yeah I'm not very good at pulling away, I normally pull away like a snail, any tips?
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[Ste]

Open the throttle more is the easiest way to go faster.

[steppen22]

On my ped, I can leave most traffic standing. It's very fast at being very slow though: the traffic often overtakes me before the end of the road is erached!

On my ybr125, I'm usually just poking ahead of other trafffic - but it's not a very powerful bike.

On smaller bikes, it's not just about opening the throttle further. As with all other aspects, you actually need some skill with a lighth bike (any idiot can ride a litre sports bike, and many do) Getting away from traffic if you're on a bike that does 50 in 1st is obviously easy. But on a 125, you need to combine quick shifting with swift throttle action.

On my ybr, opening the throttle tto get away would just mean I'm redlining. 1st is only good for 5-10mph, after all.

The secret is rapid gear shifting, practise that.
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[skiberd123]

with my cbr125 i tend to find releasing the clutch carefully helps and not going nuts with the throttle. i dont the bike will ever get a really fast start but its smooth at least

[Whosthedaddy]

[mr jamez]

On a small capacity bike you need to use lots of revs and feather the clutch. If you let the clutch out too fast it will bog down, if you dump it you might lift the front end. Let it out too slowly will see you sat there revving lots not going very fast!

Just a bit of practice until you can find the point where you are releasing the most amount of power with the clutch without upsetting the bike.
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[Danny77]

[Wise1]

Are you nervous of the bike?

Like most things dont push it a crowded road, find a quiet spot, and simply practice getting off that bit quicker than before.

Use higher revs whilst slipping the clutch a bit to get you away then all the way out.

May be a stupid question but it happens - are you sure your in 1st when you pull away?
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[chris-red]

Lots of revs slip the clutch lean forward job done.
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[iooi]

Let the gears do the work. Not need to wring the neck of the engine all the time.
No idea what your red line is, but there should be no need even on a 125 to hit it in every gear away from the lights.

As someone else said find a quiet piece of road and practise a few starts, you will soon find whats best for you.

Remember that every set of lights is not the start of a MotoGp. Reving your bike before setting off is a sure fire way to upset someone in a car enough for them to attempt to race you away from the lights.
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[Bike_craze1]

Yeah I am in 1st haha, and I just don't wanna let the clutch out to fast so the bike turns off.
Sorry if this is a stupid question but what does dumping the clutch mean?
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[iooi]

When you simply let go of the lever.

Its going to go one of 2 ways....
Either it stops the engine or a back flip
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[tutton]

Just hold steady revs, and dont be scared to whip the clutch out.
Unless your dumping it completely your very unlikely to be lifting the front up..
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[stevo as b4]

Careful clutch control is not required IMO on a 125cc 4 stroke bike. Just let it out quickly at about 1/2 the rev range, and then pin it to the stop in every gear. Don't waste too much time with:
a) Hitting the red line and or rev limiter,
b) slow gear changes,

If the engine makes peak power at say 9000rpm, then you don't want to be revving it much past this point before quickly snicking into the next gear and so on.

If you were trying to accelerate as fast as possible away from a start on a bike with 150bhp, then clutch control is a whole different issue indeed!

[stevo as b4]

Careful clutch control is not required IMO on a 125cc 4 stroke bike. Just let it out quickly at about 1/2 the rev range, and then pin it to the stop in every gear. Don't waste too much time with:
a) Hitting the red line and or rev limiter,
b) slow gear changes,

If the engine makes peak power at say 9000rpm, then you don't want to be revving it much past this point before quickly snicking into the next gear and so on.

If you were trying to accelerate as fast as possible away from a start on a bike with 150bhp, then clutch control is a whole different issue indeed!

[luke27]

[Bike_craze1]

How do you adjust it?
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[chris-red]

[luke27]