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[natemoen]

I do use it downshifting though.

Come on Greg, get with it, all the cool kids can downshift without the clutch!

[BA80]

Come on Greg, get with it, all the cool kids can downshift without the clutch!

Well, that explains it then. I ain't cool and I aint a kid.

[alaskey2]

You can shift without the clutch?!?

[jetmechmarty]

You can shift without the clutch?!?

Yes, but better if you don't.

[TopCatGr58]

Hey again,

What hasn't been told to you is that the CLUNKING into 1st is part of the wear that the dogs/slots get that can eventually lead to the dredded 1st and 2nd gear skip/failure. So..the techniques mentioned to reduce the clunk are also in helping to reduce the wear on the gears dogs/slots. See the tech tips/ repairs/ transmission for info about this malady and the work involved in fixing it.

The gears are not synchromesh type, and so you can cause damage to the dogs/slots when trying to shift without using the clutch IF you miss the rpm match and end up grinding them a bit, so that's why we don't really recommend shifting without the clutch, but knowing you could is helpful for that "IN CASE" where the clutch cable breaks!

T.C.

[XXV]

Thanks all! I just upgraded from a Honda CB400 and let me tell you... I am VERY happy I did. Can't wait to get the fairing off and feel the wind on my chest instead of just my head (I'm 6'4" so the windshield is juuuuust a little short) hoping to find wiring and headlight replacement ideas here.

As for CL, I bet you did. I picked it up in Joliet. It's gonna live in Chicago with me for what I hope will be a long time.

Hey, I'm also in Chicago and I just bought a '81 XS11. Where abouts are you? I'm in Bucktown. How cool it'd be to find another XS11 rider here! Here is my whip...

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-KcOWJvs9vvM/U03lvToxlBI/AAAAAAAACu4/H9LlMkb_1Cc/w924-h693-no/photo2.jpg

[BA80]

Good, then you're both close enough to make the rally in Michigan in August.

http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41730

I'll most likely be there.

[XXV]

Good, then you're both close enough to make the rally in Michigan in August.

http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41730

I'll most likely be there.

BA80... I put the rally on my calendar. Let's see what happens

[alaskey2]

I'm in Pilsen! How cool!!

Also, gonna try for that MI thing. It's pretty close to both my sister and I birthday. We both ride. She lives in MI so we never ride together.

[XXV]

I'm in Pilsen! How cool!!

Also, gonna try for that MI thing. It's pretty close to both my sister and I birthday. We both ride. She lives in MI so we never ride together.

ah nice! Yeah, I lived in Pilsen for 3 1/2 years, then moved to Logan, now living in Bucktown. We ought to meet up for a ride sometime.

[alaskey2]

Are you here as well?

[XXV]

Are you here as well?

ah yes....Chivinmoto. I was a while back, but after I sold my last bike in Chicago and was moto-less, I dropped out of that group. I'll rejoin now, since I have a bike again.