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shifting with out cluching?

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turtle22:
so i find myself speed shifting ALOT(in non binding situations) on straightaways hills. i drive truck for a living and never use the cluch to shift that& i find myself liking the smothness i get out of speed shifting. so my question is , is this bad for the cluch? what are the side effects that i dont know about. i use the cluch to stop and start and feathering it in tough spots. and yes i go up and down gears. im very smooth when i do this. the bike does not learch or buck. let me know. i love my K5 and dont want to do it undo harm(i do enought harm riding it :-D )

jfabmotorsports.com:
Hey Turtle, You shift your truck, assuming its a semi type, without a clutch because it doesn't have synchronizers. The syncros job is to bring the clutch plates to the proper speed to allow a smooth shift. Autos and light trucks have them. If you never use your clutch on your kx ever again you will never wear the clutch out unless you have a Stewart engine that is capable of driving through the max clamping force of the clutch. almost every racer on smaller bike don't use the clutch to shift. It becomes a factor of pulling the bike out of gear not putting it back in. I never use the clutch to down shift.

Motorrad:
I have had to fix many motors (not mine) due to this...   Its HELL on shift dogs...

KTMEXC125:
what about the transmission? how hard would speed shifting be on the tranny? i recently broke the lever off my hydraulic clutch and part of the master cylinder on my ktm on a tiny slide out. i wanna keep riding until my new master cylinder comes in but i dont wanna hurt the transmission

martinfan30:
Over time, I think it really does wear out the dogs. I do it, but not all the time, and never under a load.

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