Last week I went dirt biking out at my dad's place in Montana. He has a bunch of awesome bikes and a kickass place to ride right across the street from his house. There was miles and miles of trails with hills you can't even walk up and some extremely technical trails aswell.

Most of you guys tell people to first learn wheelie's on a dirt bike which I guess is good for becoming familiar with the power and how the bike reacts, but I found it much much harder to ride them out and be consistant due to the wheel slippage and the large amount of suspension travel.

In any case, I had a blast. I rode a KTM 380 MXC most of the time. It was really fun and had a good bit of power but felt like a mountain bike compared to my 954. I could actually pick it up and walk with it! He also has a Yamaha WR400 and a YZ426. The WR had a slipper clutch on it which almost seems like cheating its so easy. For any of you that ride dirt bikes, I'd definitely reccomend getting one. It basically has all the advantages of an automatic without any of the drawbacks. You can stop the bike in gear w/o clutchin and take off just by hitting the gas. It was also nice to use the rear brake as much as i wanted without pulling the clutch in or stalling. It also made regular clutch use so easy it was a joke!! I could pull in the clutch with my pinky finger if I wanted to. It definitely took away a lot of the fatigue associated with riding in general.

Does anyone have a slipper clutch on their street bike? How do you like it? What are the main advantages on the street?

Dirt bikes do rock! They make you a better street rider for sure. Much easier to get used to the bike moving around under you on the dirt.

That 380 must have been fun! That's a big ass two stroke.

The clutch set up is not a slipper, but an auto clutch. The slipper is for allowing slip when downshifting on the track/road to not lock the rear. The auto is for dirt bikes and like you said, it works the clutch for you. They are centrifical I think and engage with revs. Pretty slick. A lot of dirt guys swear by them. Rekluse is a big name.

I've heard of them clutches for t6he dirbikes. cool shit right there.
unfortunately a "slipper clutch" on a sportbike doesn't operate the same.
from what I understand the sportbike slipper clutch disengages the clutch on decelration to produce little or no engine braking

Got any pics of Montana?

Sounds like a BLAST!!!
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I love my CRF250X , old man bike, electric start, kickstand and its razor thin. I traded a DRZ400 in because I was sick of trying to get the fat drz off me when I crashed in the woods, the CRF is like you said, nimble as a mountain bike.

Oh, Where are the pics?????

old man bike

EASY NOW!!!!



but then again... I think the 954 is a perfect old man bike!
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