Thank you! This helped me understand a lot better. I’m an 11 year old girl, and im pretty tall for my age, but since I’m so young I have to drive a polaris 90 (its automatic). But my parents have been looking into some 350 raptors, and they have clutches. I have no idea how to ride a clutch, but thanks to this video, I understand a lot better and I have been practicing on my older brothers raptor 700!!
Best way is to hold the throttle till it hits the rev limiter, now kids remember its best to do this on pavement. Now after you’ve hit the rev limiter take your left hand that is on the clutch and just let it out completely. Just dump it. That’s the easiest way. 😂😂😂
I did this once when I was a stupid ass teenager and it was on a Honda trx450r, and what caused me to do it was my friends. They’d have to pay me 50 dollars each if I did it. So, it convinced me, and I did it, on pavement, leaned front first, full rev limiter, dumped the clutch, leaned back immediately and the fucking bike did a complete midair backflop, and me landing right on my back, and handlebars going right into my fucking ribs and the front bumper smashed into my face, ended up with a big ass bruise on both my eyeballs (idk how that happened) and a big ass bruise on my forehead, but no broken teeth, but my back and ribs hurt for several months... But, oh boy, I got total 350 dollars from it, which was hella worth it. The quad was fine though too. It was beat up already, which wasn’t a worry of ours and started right up. Luckily I was young and healed up, without back or rib problems down the road.. If I did this now, I would be in a fucking hospital the rest of my life.
Yamaha / Honda dude idk why you were smart enough not do it on pavement. I do it all the time on dirt and gravel, pavement would be a little interesting..
@B Breckner I highly recommend not to do it on pavement. The quad will gain hella traction on the pavement more than say dirt, and the quad will flip mid air and the bars will hit you in the rib. Like I said, I was a stupid ass teenager back then, and I knew it was not going to go well, but 350 dollars is 350 dollars. I didn’t give two fucks if I broke something. I just hoped I didn’t break anything, and prayed to Neptune that I would be fine.
Okay just answered my question just like a car you have to let off the thumb throttle when you shift. Not like cars with the flappy paddle gearbox behind the steering wheel where you can still have the pedal mash to the floor while pushing the plus button behind the steering wheel. Thank you for this as I'm going to pick up a new ATV tomorrow with a bed frame going to fix it but it is a manual. With the same one down four up I believe so basically you have to shift up twice to get the second gear duly noted thank you sir
This bike is heaven to young guys, like 16 up to 30. As an enduro rider, it's fun but when you get older. You will realize that an automatic ATV is a luxury and convenience and you can still go almost everywhere. So I stopped driving a clutch bike, it's a hassle now for me.lols My bike is in display mode, not driving it for 9 or 10 years now.lols My kids are all girls so not allowing them to drive dirt bikes, it's dangerous for them.
My only confusion is down shifting. Is it more of an experience thing? Just being able to know at which speed to shift down. And are you better off just holding the clutch the entire time you’re slowing down?
I'm thinking of buying a one to make street legal b/c it would save me money on gas in the summer months then i can drive my pickup in the winter months. I hope there's some helmets that can be worn with glasses on though.
Im buying this exact quad in a few months. Im new to quad biking so wasnt sure if the raptor was going to be too much power for me. Any advice would be much appreciated, they look quite easy to ride
Thanks for the vid. I definitely have a better understanding of how to shift now. I have a Suzuki ltz250 and might get a ltz400 that has a clutch. My 1 question is when your in neutral when you go into first you shift down than to get into second you shift all the way up? If your in 1st and want to get back into neutral you only go a half a shift up? Thanks.
Exactly but if ypu going from 1st or 2nd to neutral (specially in 2 wheel bike) dont yank throttle because it might launch you if you accidentaly floor it thinking its in neutral
Please guide me, my father, I have a 125 ATV. Why does it happen that when I want to go straight, the ATV actually goes sideways, as a result it hits a trash can. what should I do sir? Kindly ask for tips🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Weekly Gamer360 downshift whenever you will be slowing down in order to keep your RPMs up. When breaking, yes, pull the clutch all the way in. You also want to downshift as you are breaking.
Bob you could, but you don’t have to. I personally don’t. I don’t because when I downshift, it automatically slows me down. Holding the clutch and downshifting would let the bike run and once letting go, you will force your engine a lot depending on how fast you’re going and what gear you drop to. All in all, I would recommend just downshifting without the lever.
When you are in gear and you are holding clutch down when stoping do you have to slowly let go if the clutch then throttle just like your taking off with the quad?
Daniel Marchuk driving uphill is more about knowing what gear your bike should be in. Typically on a quad 2nd or 3rd gear will get you up any hill. However, say you are in third and you feel your rpms are dropping, drop into 2nd. They key is to keep your rpms up. Say you go to 2nd gear and your rpms are still low, you can also downshift, or learn to use the clutch. Whatever gear you’re in, you can pull your clutch in just a little and you will hear your rpms go up. Just remember not to pull it all the way in.
First gear would be down, which means you have to press down. Second gear would just be lifting you toe up to go to second. Btw sorry for my English lol
