Jerky on a 125

[Killer Rat]

No not cooking beef on the exhaust!

After 10000m in under a year, i've now progessed to kness out on corners and ranting the crappy engine of my cbf125 on every bend and straight.

Before i take my big test, i've tried to iron out my bad habits and learnt a few good points. Like the "limit of observation" etc. However, i still ride like a newbie around town in that the bike seems to jerk when i pull away or change gear.

What am i doing wrong?

[chris-red]

Get being smooth, be gentle with the throttle and clutch. Try doing slow speed manoeuvres, ride fast is piss, try slowing it down to a crawling pace.
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[lozzypop1]

As chris said, practice... If you can find a quiet car park or somesuch get doing those low-speed maneuvers until you are 100% confident at a walking pace.
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[Rogerborg]

Always worth lubing your clutch cable and the actuator arm on the clutch housing, just to rule out a mechanical contribution.
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[Steve H]

As lozzy and chris have mentioned, slow riding practice would be just the ticket and a car park or even big industrial estate is a great place to learn. Practising U-Turn's would be a good place to start to learn good clutch control or indeed a quiet road with a slight incline.
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[Hyaon]

Here was me thinking you were wanking on the bike...

On a serious note, Im still noobie, going for mod2 on 30th. I noticed during mod1 training if my hand was closer to the edge of the clutch on the right side, I would shoot forward quite often when releasing. I started putting my hand on the left side, pinky almost on the end and using those two smaller fingers for the delicate part of releasing the clutch. Might not be the same for you, but hey worth a try

and yes I sniggered at 'releasing'.

[skatefreak]

Hey,
Yeah as Hyaon says, the further out you are on the clutch the finer the control you will get (more movement, slightly lighter control) as its a lever lol.

Have just started my DAS, the clutch is "propper" and it goes from nout to all in about the width of a pound coin!

Takes some practice lol

All the best!

-Jvr

[Slacker24seve...]

Check the chain tension, if its too tight it can really jerk things about as I found when I first bought my bike. The previous owner had the chain much too tight, or he weighed next to nothing.

Oh and Biltong is better than jerky.

Mmmmmm.... biltong.
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[Killer Rat]

Thanks for the tips guys, i will try and move my fingers out further on the clutch to see if this improves my handling. It seems as though i release the clutch too soon around town causing me to pop the front wheel up a bit, i'm too old too wheelie i'll leave that to the cool kids.

[stonedrose81]

[quote="Slacker24seven"]Check the chain tension, if its too tight it can really jerk things about as I found when I first bought my bike. The previous owner had the chain much too tight, or he weighed next to nothing.

Oh and Biltong is better than jerky.

Mmmmmm.... biltong.[/quote]

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