One or two fingers?

[Bandit9]

Originally Posted by eviljim

I am trying to improve my riding, so I a practicing the double blip to get over loges etc. I am finding that if if use two fingers on the clutch then I don't hold the bars at I would like, but if use one my arm gets tired. What do you all do? One or two?

You hold on with your knees squeezing the bike, not with your hands.

I use one finger on both clutch and brake and keep that finger touching the levers at all times. Ready to use at any moment. I think a lot of people don't realize how little you have to move the lever to accomplish the job. They over pull the lever, thus using up strength.

[zeuszuki]

Make sure your lever height is set right as well. You would be surprised how quickly fatigue sets in if they are not right .

[Garytee]

2 fingers on clutch & index finger only on the brake for me. More habit than anything else really.


2004 EC 200

[bazzagas]

Index finger on the clutch at all times and either 1 or 2 on the brake depending on how hard I need to apply them. As another member said, adjust your levers correctly, it will make a big difference.

[Caravan Monster]

Originally Posted by eviljim

I am trying to improve my riding, so I a practicing the double blip to get over loges etc. I am finding that if if use two fingers on the clutch then I don't hold the bars at I would like, but if use one my arm gets tired. What do you all do? One or two?

Do you need the clutch for double blip ? Throttle, approach speed and weight transfer should be enough to get over most logs. Difficult bit is timing the second blip right. One finger on the clutch when I expect to use it.

[Jakobi]

Minimum of one finger on the clutch always.

Anyone who hops a log without a finger or two covering it is just waiting to throw it away. When things go pear shaped its usually the clutch that stops all that engergy from driving the bike away from you.

[sevenfourate]

Originally Posted by Jakobi

Minimum of one finger on the clutch always.

Anyone who hops a log without a finger or two covering it is just waiting to throw it away. When things go pear shaped its usually the clutch that stops all that engergy from driving the bike away from you.

Thats infornative for me at least ! Another tip for the memory banks........

For what its worth (And harking back to years of freestyle BMX - and using stubby DiaCompe 2-finger levers ive always ridden motorbikes with 2-fingers on each lever.

[motopsycho87]

Always put your levers parallel with the ground, never lower, you will get terrible pump.

Try this, twist your wrist down so your thumb tried to contact the underside of your forearm, now clench a fist.
Now bend your hand back and do the same.

And the answer to the question, start with 1, then 2... any more and you shouldn't be riding her.

[eviljim]

Originally Posted by motopsycho87

Always put your levers parallel with the ground, never lower, you will get terrible pump.

No way! My levers are set to my arms. I don't get pump I am quite light on the bars. But I am so out of shape, if I am using one finger all the time my arm does get tired.

Anyway, I seem to use a mix of two and one. I need to get fitter.

[motopsycho87]

Originally Posted by Caravan Monster

Do you need the clutch for double blip ? Throttle, approach speed and weight transfer should be enough to get over most logs. Difficult bit is timing the second blip right. One finger on the clutch when I expect to use it.

I personally think it depends on approach speed. If I am coming at it slowly then I will have to use the clutch to get the engine revs where I want them, but if approaching at speed not so much.