Look Ma, no Clutch!

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  • MartyA
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Jul 2002
    • 2148
    • NW PA

    #1

    Look Ma, no Clutch!

    2006 FJR1300AE no clutch lever!




    What the heck do you do with your left hand???
    Marty in NW PA
    Gone - 1978E - one of the first XS11 made
    Gone - 2007A FJR - the only year of Dark Red Metallic
    This IS my happy face.
  • chevy45412001
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Mar 2003
    • 1412
    • Jacksonville Florida

    #2
    ?

    yamaha chip control shifting????????? man take all the fun outa ridin....
    1982 XJ 1100
    going strong after 60,000 miles

    The new and not yet improved TRIXY
    now in the stable. 1982 xj11, 18,000miles

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    • randy
      XS-XJ Guru
      • Dec 2003
      • 4521

      #3
      Next they'll put the throttle on the right footpeg! Jeeeez!

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      • petejw
        XS-XJ Guru
        • May 2005
        • 2269
        • sydney australia

        #4
        how weird would that be,
        ud keep going 4 a clutch and thered b
        nothing there to grab.
        nice bike tho.


        pete
        pete


        new owner of
        08 gen2 hayabusa


        former owner
        1981 xs1100 RH (aus) (5N5)
        zrx carbs
        18mm float height
        145 main jets
        38 pilots
        slide needle shimmed .5mm washer
        fitted with v/stax and uni pod filters

        [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pA8dwxmAVA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/url]

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        • MartyA
          XS-XJ Guru
          • Jul 2002
          • 2148
          • NW PA

          #5
          You ever drive a cage with a clutch, then one day drive an automatic? First stop light you almost put your left foot throught the floorboard.

          How weird would that be? Grab the clutch lever and snap a tendon in your hand or somethng.

          FJR is prolly my next bike, maybe this summer.
          Marty in NW PA
          Gone - 1978E - one of the first XS11 made
          Gone - 2007A FJR - the only year of Dark Red Metallic
          This IS my happy face.

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          • Street_Rat78
            XStremely XSive
            • Sep 2005
            • 253
            • Columbia, SC

            #6
            Originally posted by Marty
            You ever drive a cage with a clutch, then one day drive an automatic? First stop light you almost put your left foot throught the floorboard.
            I usually wind up putting both feet on the brake pedal in SWMBO's car ... which causes me to stop on a dime when I didn't need to.
            ~ Street Rat ~

            Mitch
            '78 XS1100 "My Mistress"

            Knowledge is Experience. Everything else is just Information

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            • Czekus21
              XS-XJ Guru
              • May 2004
              • 1068
              • Keosauqua (Southeast) Iowa

              #7
              Gotta front brake lever though. Just reach across the bars.
              S.R.Czekus

              1-Project SG (Ugly Rat Bike)(URB)
              1-big XS patch
              1-small XS/XJ patch
              1-XS/XJ owners pin.
              1-really cool XS/XJ owners sticker on my helmet.
              2-2005 XS rally T-shirts, (Bean Blossom, In)
              1-XVS1300C Yamaha Stryker Custom (Mosquito)
              1-VN900C Kawasaki Custom (Jelly Bean)

              Just do it !!!!!

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              • bandet01
                XSive Maximus
                • Aug 2005
                • 698
                • connersville indiana

                #8
                yeah that would take alittle time to get used to
                79 yamaha xs1100f standard
                best 1/4 mile 13.282@99.40

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                • BLUEJEEPLAB
                  XSive Maximus
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 703
                  • Miami Valley, Ohio

                  #9
                  That left side looks REAL nekkid. Just something satisfying about deft clutch work. I'll keep the XS.
                  Papa Gino

                  79 and something XS 1100 Special "Battle Cruiser"
                  78 XT 500 "Old Shaky"
                  02 Kawasaki Concours "Connie"

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