Why..........(general motorcycle gearing)

[Mr noOdles]

............. do motorcycle rear wheel lock up when you knock up or down a gear to many, is doesent happened for cars, but why bikes

has this happened to anyone b4

thks
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[Teaman]

yes the rear will lock up, and then gain grip unless its a shit tyre then it will take a while longer,,, bikes use engine braking,, cars dont as much , also you have more surface area on car tyres so the slip that you get with a bike which has bugger all surface area will.. simple,
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[owdamer]

when your bike slows the weight is also thrown forward, the rear suspension unloads & makes the rear easy to lock. try winding your rear preload right up & see how easy it is to lock the rear up.

[Mr noOdles]

thks mateS
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[Mr noOdles]

[owdamer]

A slipper clutch is a mechanical device that introduces clutch slip & prevents rear wheel lock up when banging down the gears. I'm not sure how it works exactly, but i'm sure YOU could look it up.

As I'm in a good mood i'll save you some time.
https://www.sigmaperformance.com/slipperclutch.html

[GearboxGeezer]

How I down shift ( Prevents rear wheel locking )

1. Brake
2. Pull in clutch
3. Go down one gear
4. Let out clutch
5. when revs get low again repeat process.

This is good i think because I used to lock wheels up alot, Example:
I come to a red traffic light, Pull in the clutch and put it into first ( but im still heading toward the traffic lights ) But all of a sudden, Its green! So I let go of the clutch and my rear wheel locks up big time.

[Dom_]

Drive at 80 in 5th gear in your car, drop it to 2nd and dump the clutch, should lock up for a bit then.

[Mr noOdles]

[BFG]

[Rookie]

Here's an opportunity.

So when blipping the throttle, what's the process behind it? Why does this stop the rear wheel locking up? I'm assuming the 'blipping' is going on whilst the clutch is in.

[mr.z]

(afaik this is how it goes, stop me if i'm talking shite)

Bliping the throttle raises the revs of the engine to closer match the speed of the rear wheel as you change down... so the closer they are the less chance of locking it.


The main thing is trying to keep the revs constant without dropping from say 5000 to 2000, because of the sudden change it overloads the tyres capacity for grip (becuase you might just as well be slamming on the brake) and locks up.


Bliping the throttle is easy enough to do (when your used to timeing it), it saves engine wear (droping 3000revs in a split second does it no good and places extra strain on components) and sounds cool

How to do it.. sure there better explainations but.. its giveing it a blip as the clutch is held in and released... when you've got it it'll be one fluid movement you wont even realise your doing half the time... (did i mention it sounds cool?)
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[Suzuki]

[Rookie]

I can visualise it now, and how it works. Cheers.