"Back in the day" when I was a lot younger I would take my bike to the dragstrip on street night. It was an absolute blast! I learned from racers a whole lot better than I will ever be on the basics of properly launching a motorcycle. It was a huge help when I started racing. It took a while to get the "feel" of the clutch and I don't always nail it but, when I do it's pretty dang cool to be able to get out front and not get caught up in the traffic jam at T1. I am very aggressive with my launch. The front wheel will "float" about 6 inches off the ground all the way through 1st gear on a perfect holeshot. I will hold around 8k rpm right before start and when the lights go out I will snap the throttle wide open and engage the cutch just enough to get the front wheel starting to wheelie. "Feathering" the clutch to control how much the bike wheelies is definitely not easy to learn. The clutch needs to be changed out about every season but it's worth it for me. Great video, thanks for sharing and keep yourself safe! 😃👍❤🏍🏁 Randy
Thanks brother!! Yea it's a whole game on its own. To some that I've spoken to its been a challenge. Even great riders struggle with this.. you are absolute right, it's takes a while to get the feeling right. But man it's a blast when u do get it right. Thanks for sharing that bro!!.
What do you do with your feet? Both feet on the ground or just 1? Do you jam your claves back along your footpegs so you can release the clutch slightly and hold the bike from rolling forward with your legs so youre already "engaged" for a smoother launch? (something i was told by Alex Dumas back at Fast)
Hey brother!!! I'm more comfortable with 1 foot on the ground. I've never tried it that way to be honest.. that makes sense though. It's more of a muscle memory for me at this point as to where I release the clutch and how much throttle to give at the same time. With Alex, he's at a much different level. So likely a better way in the long run. I can see that as a steeper learning curve, That's another variable to the mix. U got the clutch, throttle, now rear brake. 3 different variables. At this point I just try to keep it simple to 2 variables clutch and throttle. I'm sure at some point l may have to adapt that into my riding.
"Back in the day" when I was a lot younger I would take my
bike to the dragstrip on street night. It was an absolute blast!
I learned from racers a whole lot better than I will ever be on
the basics of properly launching a motorcycle. It was a huge
help when I started racing. It took a while to get the "feel" of
the clutch and I don't always nail it but, when I do it's pretty
dang cool to be able to get out front and not get caught up in
the traffic jam at T1. I am very aggressive with my launch. The
front wheel will "float" about 6 inches off the ground all the way
through 1st gear on a perfect holeshot. I will hold around 8k rpm
right before start and when the lights go out I will snap the throttle
wide open and engage the cutch just enough to get the front wheel
starting to wheelie. "Feathering" the clutch to control how much the
bike wheelies is definitely not easy to learn. The clutch needs to be
changed out about every season but it's worth it for me.
Great video, thanks for sharing and keep yourself safe! 😃👍❤🏍🏁
Randy
Thanks brother!! Yea it's a whole game on its own. To some that I've spoken to its been a challenge. Even great riders struggle with this.. you are absolute right, it's takes a while to get the feeling right. But man it's a blast when u do get it right. Thanks for sharing that bro!!.
@@BAF-Racing 😎👊
Some solid starts! Stoked to see how you do this season brother
Thanks bro!!! Hopefully 2024 sees more improvements!
You got it brother, time for some back to back podiums! @@BAF-Racing
What do you do with your feet? Both feet on the ground or just 1? Do you jam your claves back along your footpegs so you can release the clutch slightly and hold the bike from rolling forward with your legs so youre already "engaged" for a smoother launch? (something i was told by Alex Dumas back at Fast)
Hey brother!!!
I'm more comfortable with 1 foot on the ground.
I've never tried it that way to be honest.. that makes sense though.
It's more of a muscle memory for me at this point as to where I release the clutch and how much throttle to give at the same time.
With Alex, he's at a much different level. So likely a better way in the long run.
I can see that as a steeper learning curve, That's another variable to the mix. U got the clutch, throttle, now rear brake. 3 different variables.
At this point I just try to keep it simple to 2 variables clutch and throttle.
I'm sure at some point l may have to adapt that into my riding.
Great video, very entertaining. Keep up the good work
🤜🤛 Thanks for watching!! appreciate it!