Power shifting

[omegajim]

I heard floating your crank was very bad.

funny, I've learned that you have to "float your crank" every once in awhile or you will just "lose it." Then you are headed to the garage for some serious "reworking of the heads" and nothing is ever quite the same again.

[JustinOhio]

Originally Posted by Dave Nadeau

DrGibson
Great artical.......Intresting enough I cut and paste the whole thing into Yahoo and got the same artical!!! Never ever done one that large before and I was surprised that it worked.

Why not just do one or two sentences????

[themeatmanlandry]

The article I referenced is in the April 2007 Sport Rider, Riding Skills Series. It's not online yet, but they do have another article that can be found at their website.

I still tend to think that clutchless chifting is most likely not going to ruin your transmission, based on everything I've read from credible sources.

I wish Blade would post his opinion.

[Clint]

I think that's true if you know how to do it without undue stress to the dogs.

[Rickster]

I still don't see the point, I mean, if your not on the race track, why would you want to?

[inspiron]

Because we can...?

[919Hooligan]

If your just plodding along and are very good at creating a situation where there is little to no load on the transmission then the wear on the transmission will be slight. However, it does increase wear, and the more load that is on the transmission the more wear it will cause.
Case in point: I used to own a mid eighties YZ125. When I bought it I got it cheap because it would not hold second gear. I talked to the guy who I bought it from and sure enough, he says "Yeah, I was pretty hard on it. I used to race my buddies and power shift it all the time." I said "You mean shifting without the clutch?" and he says "yeah, you know, I'd just stab it into the next gear so I'd shift faster than them."
Upon splitting the cases I found that not only were the edges of the second gear dogs severely rounded, but the corners of the slots they fit into were also rounded and very worn. Not only that, but the shift fork that slides the two together was also worn badly, worn flat in fact where there was supposed to be a raised portion toward the end.

The point is, I wish I had pictures of the whole mess for all you power shifters. I bet you'd never do it again.

[Rickster]

Originally Posted by inspiron

Because we can...?

Well this is disappointing.

What's up Jim?

You usually have a lot more to say on any topic you respond to.

When I saw you had responded, I was expecting to be enlightened.