CW2's clutch lever position

Red141
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9/6/2020 4:52pm Edited Date/Time 9/6/2020 6:32pm
Watching episode 4 of the Bell Helmets CW2 video series I noticed the high clutch lever position as Webb goes out for a session. I thought it was a mistake and that he was going to smack it to a lower position.


Then watching him ride, the clutch lever was in the high position for the next few scenes.


Watching the later clips of him racing SX, his lever is back to the "normal" position. I wonder if that was a training exercise then. Anybody have any insight?

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FerCzD
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9/6/2020 4:59pm
Training motos without using clutch? Even if that's the case that's an odd placement
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langhammx
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Tomac should try that !’
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haydos25
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I tend to run my clutch lever high as well, not quite to that extreme but not far off.
I remember it being a fad a while back, Matt Moss used to run his levers pointing to the sky and the bars rolled back into his lap in around 2009, Shae Bentley was another one i think that had a similar set up.
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motomike894
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9/6/2020 6:03pm
It’s no clutch training, you see a lot of guys doing it on and off

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9/6/2020 6:09pm
haydos25 wrote:
I tend to run my clutch lever high as well, not quite to that extreme but not far off. I remember it being a fad a...
I tend to run my clutch lever high as well, not quite to that extreme but not far off.
I remember it being a fad a while back, Matt Moss used to run his levers pointing to the sky and the bars rolled back into his lap in around 2009, Shae Bentley was another one i think that had a similar set up.
That's one random thing that always stuck with me, I think it was either in RacerX or MXA, just a little blurb about Shae Bently running his levers way up high due to wrist injuries. First thing that popped into my head and saw you beat me to it.
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ML512
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9/6/2020 6:20pm
It’s a no clutch excercise. Cari from Grindstone would have Plessinger so it a ton as an amateur. I noticed when Plessinger got with Swanny, he was doing it with all his riders. Not sure if Swanny was doing it before or no, just how I noticed it.

Anyhow, when Coop was with Swanny it became something they would of every so often. I still see Swanny do it with all the Star pro and am riders. There’s also a few other trainers I’ve seen do it as well. I’ve also seen them commonly take the rear brake off at the same time. Leaving the riders to focus on roll speed, proper gear position (rather than clutch abuse) and how to maximize the front brake.
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ktmdan
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9/6/2020 6:32pm
I don’t think I could force myself to shift down without using the clutch. Maybe I’d do it with your bike..
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9/6/2020 6:41pm
ktmdan wrote:
I don’t think I could force myself to shift down without using the clutch. Maybe I’d do it with your bike..
That’s funny because I don’t use my clutch when shifting down. Only up.
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