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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 09:41 PM
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when you pull up to a red light at an intersection, do you put your bike in neutral or sit there with your clutch pulled in?
 
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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 09:45 PM
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Clutch pulled, in gear, and monitoring mirrors ... today, some A$....le just about rear-ended me, if it would have been in neutral, I'd have been in bad shape.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 09:46 PM
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Usually stay in gear
 
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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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In gear. Good driving would almost dictate that as the rider above noted, to take evasive action.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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Clutch pulled, in gear, and monitoring mirrors
Me too.
But I'll put it in neutral if I'm boxed in with a car behind me already stopped sometimes.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 09:59 PM
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Usually in gear, unless light is taking forever, then may stick in neutral, which almost always makes the light turn green soon as I lay my hand off the clutch.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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Usually in gear but at a traffic light if the cars behind me are stopped and it's a long light, i'll put it in neutral.
 
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It depends on how long I have been traveling. When my hands are asleep, it is a good time to shake em out but even then I am watching what is going on around me.
 
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In gear, ready to go if needed.
 
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