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Author Topic: Who puts it in neutral  (Read 1252 times)
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« on: February 11, 2017, 06:43:56 PM »

Who puts it in neutral at traffic lights?
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2017, 07:03:44 PM »

3.  who puts it in neutral after 1- many cars have lined up fully stopped behind you (and you still have a long wait for a green).

I do.   

Sometimes I shut the bike off, especially in hot weather.
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2017, 07:22:36 PM »

3.  who puts it in neutral after 1- many cars have lined up fully stopped behind you (and you still have a long wait for a green).

I do.   

Sometimes I shut the bike off, especially in hot weather.

Same here except for the shutting off part  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2017, 07:32:36 PM »

Not unless there's enough cars behind me to absorb the impact of a rear ender.....generally, never.
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« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2017, 08:22:09 PM »

Always coolsmiley
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2017, 08:45:38 PM »

3.  who puts it in neutral after 1- many cars have lined up fully stopped behind you (and you still have a long wait for a green).

I do.   

Sometimes I shut the bike off, especially in hot weather.

Same here except for the shutting off part  Grin

Well Jack, I don't shut it off often, but there are a couple lights close to to my home where I can shut the bike off, leisurely put it on the stand, get off, walk to the trunk and open it up and have a cool drink of water, light a smoke, have a another cool drink or two, close the trunk, get back on, and still wait for the light.  I crap you not.  Timed quitting time traffic lights on the same Route 1 that runs from here all the way to someplace called Florida.  And I'm on a cross street, sometime after 4PM.  And by the time the light changes, there are say 20-30 cars lined up in each of two lanes waiting to go.  I love it here.   Grin  

In half this time, my radiator fan would be running.



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« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2017, 05:02:57 AM »

I will shift it into neutral, but first I'll look in the mirror and see what's coming up. I never hold the cluch in and wait for the light to turn green.
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« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2017, 06:30:25 AM »

According to the mc class we should have an "exit route planned" so for me I agree that when there is a  sufficient buffer behind us, going to neutral is OK. I prefer to have the bike in neutral and the clutch lever out. Same with both of our cars (manual)
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« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2017, 08:44:00 AM »

I wait for the car buffer before going neutral and giving the hands a break.

Most the time I forget that I'm still in gear and just stay there ready to go. I also like to keep my right foot on the brake so I can keep my right hand available.

All of these habits subject to change depending on the situation and the light.
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