One of my racing buddies only used the clutch lever when coming off the starting line.Learning to shift without using the clutch helps a lot when the cable decides to break .
After the green flag dropped he never touched the lever again till he pulled in after race. I up-shift without using the clutch most of the time but after about ~two tries of downshifting without using the clutch I gave up on that idea.
@Heartbroken Twins... V-Twins in particular vibrate in such a way that nuts and bolts get loose a lot more often than in-line fours and even single cylinder machines.
One often neglected but important part of a full service (V-Twins more than others) are checking chassis fasteners. Side stand mounting brackets like to try and fall off V-Twin's too. It would be good to check every chassis bolt / nut you can find.
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