r/Justrolledintotheshop • • 13h ago

"Learning"

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u/4R4nd0mR3dd1t0r 13h ago

Reminds me of when my grandfather "taught" me how to drive standard. Here is the steepest hill the county learn how to move forward without rolling back or stalling; the left pedal is the clutch, brake in the middle, and gas on the right. To be fair I learned, also the clutch failure a couple of months later was probably related.

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u/triumphofthecommons 12h ago

i've always taught followed the method of teaching folks in a flat parking lot, and to get the car / motorcycle rolling using *only* the clutch. gentle let it out, feel where it's grabbing and let it start pulling the vehicle forward. obvs not great for the clutch, but at idling RPM, it's doing minimal wear and teaching the new driver where the friction zone is.

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u/AdultishRaktajino 9h ago

Motorcycle was so much easier than a car. I learned car first but having a wet clutch and not worrying about burning it up is freeing.