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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by motoguy128
If done correctly, the shifts ARE much quicker. But this is not a race car and not very well designed for this type of use. Even motorcycles which ARE designed for that purpose... will still wear out much faster without using a clutch. I wore out he tranny on my last motorcyle doing this repeatedly at he racetrack at 30,000 miles... which is equivalent to around 90000 miles in a car.
So there is some logic to shifting without the clutch. I don't understand why people that have a street setup would try it but at least there is a reason why its done. I'll stick with the clutch still.
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