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3/7/2016 11:47pm
3/7/2016 11:47pm
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3/8/2016 2:34pm
First off the dude is obviously amazing on a bike, mad skills, but we all know he rarely has any fingers on his clutch. I've always not been able to comprehend how he gets away with it. I ride with two fingers on clutch 100% of the time (yes I know he's fast i'm not, who am i to give him advise blah blah...please don't turn this to a bash on me as to who am I to give advise). I would think two fingers (or 1) and a slip on the clutch as he rolled the throttle would have prevented that crash at Daytona through the whoops. So gnarly to be in that position and grab a hand full! Obviously its worked for him riding like that for years (for the most part) but for all of us normals I don't think it's a style to emulate. Yes this has been touched on in the Stewart update but not really talked about hence bringing it up again. Any other fast guys ride with no fingers on the clutch?
Nearly all of them these days. Fingers on the clutch is like a trademark of the 90's. Almost no pro's do it now.
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Once the bike goes to loop the rear tire is quickly off the ground. Couple that with his bike and body position and there wasn't anything he could have done to save that.
What happened right before the wall jump was the problem. He thought he could still jump to the first whoop after moving over diagonally between Roczen in front and Brayton on the left, but lost to much drive.
Too soon?.................................
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Pit Row
This thread is seriously stupid though. I did laugh at the picture....
http://www.racerxvt.com/article/gary-bailey-trackside---in-the-clutch
Before I start this analysis let me state it is not intended to rag on James Stewart. It is just an opportunity to analyze the riding of a top rider as a learning tool. If you can learn to ride better by relating to a rider you are already watching and if you can understand how arguably the fastest man on the planet, can be even faster and smoother, then certainly something here might help you no matter what your riding level is.
The fact is Stewart has always used very little clutch. I know you are thinking if you can go that fast without the clutch, then why do you need it? Let’s use a few Stewart instances to answer this question. I have thought for years that many of Stewart’s crashes were because he could not control the bike, not as a rider, but the power of the bike.
Crash One: The year Stewart went over the bars at Daytona going into a turn because he hit a braking bump, hit the gas, and got spit on the ground. Then just behind Stewart, I watched Reed hit the same kicker bump and make the corner. The big difference is that Reed had his finger on the clutch lever so he could better control the power and where the bike was going.
Crash Two: The battle between Carmichael and Stewart at High Point where James launched the bike off a jump and crashed again. There is no way to control the power when you don’t have control of the power.
Crash Three: Daytona crash this year. If Stewart had a finger on the clutch lever, he would have been able to pull it in a little and drop the front end so the bike would have set on the face of the jump. A little pull on the lever would let the wheel drop a little while keeping the rpm’s up.
Lesson learned here: Think of your clutch as a back up plan for when things go wrong or when you need to control your power. Without the clutch and knowing how to properly use it, you don’t have a back up plan or anything to go to when you are in trouble.
Who are these posers like Gary Bailey and Chad Reed stepping up saying JS7 doesnt know what hes doing? Maybe he wanted to crash!
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