View Poll Results: In gear at light or neutral at light
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Poll Leave in first gear at light or neutral at light?
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I do this too. I also keep it in gear until I have a vehicle stopped behind me then neutral. If I didn't I would have a popeye sized left forearm on some of the rides through town.
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With the bike, I leave it in gear until a car pulls up behind me and stops, then it goes into neutral. For all you guys that leave it in gear for fear of being rear ended, are you constantly looking in your rear view mirrors and nowhere else, cause if you're not, what's the point. You'll be hit before you can do anything about it whether you're in gear or not.
Leaving the clutch pulled at a light causes more unnecessary wear on your throw out bearing and for the post above that says the bearings last longer than a clutch, do a search on throw out bearings.
Last edited by FDHOG; Aug 13, 2013 at 02:52 PM.
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From: Blue Ridge Mountains, NC
No brainer...leave it in gear and watch your mirrors in case some **** runs right up yer ****. You may have to make a quick getaway so leave yourself an escape route too.
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Been driving a stick for 40+ years, and yes I do put it in neutral at a light, and where are you gonna go, it's a red light.
With the bike, I leave it in gear until a car pulls up behind me and stops, then it goes into neutral. For all you guys that leave it in gear for fear of being rear ended, are you constantly looking in your rear view mirrors and nowhere else, cause if you're not, what's the point. You'll be hit before you can do anything about it whether you're in gear or not.
Leaving the clutch pulled at a light causes more unnecessary wear on your throw out bearing and for the post above that says the bearings last longer than a clutch, do a search on throw out bearings.
With the bike, I leave it in gear until a car pulls up behind me and stops, then it goes into neutral. For all you guys that leave it in gear for fear of being rear ended, are you constantly looking in your rear view mirrors and nowhere else, cause if you're not, what's the point. You'll be hit before you can do anything about it whether you're in gear or not.
Leaving the clutch pulled at a light causes more unnecessary wear on your throw out bearing and for the post above that says the bearings last longer than a clutch, do a search on throw out bearings.