Friction Zone - I keep stalling

[LovelyLisa]

Hello.
I have a new 2008 GS500F Suzuki.
I have passed my skills test and am preparing for the road test.
I headed to the nearest parking lot to work on my skills.
I keep stalling when trying to start out of first.
The friction zone seems very small compared to the bikes in my training... which I never stalled.

Any tips for me? Is it just practise? Will the friction zone increase with riding?

Thank you.

[That_Hornet]

Friction zones ?


If your stalling out of 1st, bump the revs a bit higher by like 1k or so, and gently let out the clutch. Im afraid it pratice make perfect.

[LovelyLisa]

The place on the clutch where the bike starts to pull. As you start to release the clutch, the point where the connection will begin to engage before being fully released.

You know.

[That_Hornet]

ah................ the bite point

Yea just keep the revs higher. It wont stall.

Remember dont just dump it at 12k, you'll probally end up on your ass blaming me. Let it out slow.

[LovelyLisa]

back to the fricken parking lot

thank you.

[yen_powell]

It may just be that the clutch cable is badly adjusted. This will put the biting point in a different place to where it should be.

I suspect that it is biting sooner than you expect so the adjuster on the lever needs to be undone until there is a few millimeters play at the lever end before the cable starts to move. Your bike's handbook will have a picture showing you what I mean and how to adjust it.
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[Frost]

I suspect that on the training bike you just let the lever out slowly and you were fine. But on a new bike with a better clutch you will want to let the clutch out untill you get a tiny bit of movement, then leave the lever in that position untill you pick up some speed, rather than constantly letting it out.

[LovelyLisa]

RTFM

[strag]

Adjust the clutch (at the lever) till it suits your style.
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[Paulington]

As has been said, bump the revs up a little bit and you should pull away lovely.

You'll get used to it in the end!
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[2Hondas]

I had the same problem when I first moved onto a bigger bike.

I was taught during the CBT to apply the rear brake a leeetle bit when pulling away, which was fine. However it turns out the rear brake on the training school's bike was useless so I was pressing down on it more that would be needed on a bike where the brake was adjusted properly.
When i moved onto a bike where the rear brake worked properly, I was pressing it far too much, probably more than would be needed when actually riding. So I was trying to ride forwards whilst forcing my rear wheel to not move = Stall.

Also, more revs and feed it out sloooowwwwww and smooooooooth.
You'll get there
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