...is starting up from a traffic light or stop sign while turning left.
Say I pull up to a stop sign or a red light (especially when I'm first in line). I'm still having some coordination issues getting the rig moving, releasing the clutch while pulling hard to turn left and rolling on the throttle while pushing that handle bar out...and then getting the bike into second gear, sometimes before the turn is fully executed.
If I'm second in line or more, I find I have plenty of straight line rolling space to get into gear, sometimes even second gear, before I get to turning; but when I'm first off the line, I'm doing this herky-jerky thing that looks like I've never ridden/driven a clutch before.
Any pointers?
yep there's a trick to it & you'll get it in the end the problem is every thing you do in that moment has the oposite effect that you want you want to move forward so you open the tap & the bike moves of & the chair tries to stay where it is so the bike tries to turn towards the chair thus putting more weight on your arms just as your trying to control clutch & throttle until you get the ballance right try to take off the power as soon as the rig is moving this will tend to reverse the trend & the chair will swing around the bike helping you round the corner. hope that makes sense remember , practice practice practice.
Hey Hyster: I too encountered similar problems the 1st few months. Experience does help you learn to manage that situation -- I recall practicing such maneuver in a parking lot: pull the left bar while feathering the clutch and pushing the right bar while rolling back the throttle. However, I sound like a broken record as I've said this before, but the best change I've thusfar made to the '02 883 Sportster tug is reducing the gearing by changing the front pulley from the stock 27 tooth to an aftermarket 26 tooth, thus lowering the gearing by alomost 4%. Now the clutch is not so sensitive and requires less feathering, and the bike is happier -- particularly 1st & 5th gears; 2nd gear is also better for the neighborhood streets.
Lee
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Try approaching the red light at an angle. Rather than stopping perpendicular to the cross street, stop about 20 or 30 degrees into the turn. I've found that this helps a lot.
If saddle time doesn't cure it, think raked triple trees.
Lonnie
