Hi, I went on a training course with the Brit police. They train in a place called Hendon. Clutch control was taught in the ways described above, cover the brake, slight increase of revs and shift down to reduce wheel lock. When they taught us to stop it was a bit like dancing. Right foot on floor select neutral. left foot on floor, Right foot covering break. Lights turn to amber. Right foot on floor select gear with left cover front break with fingers, carry out life savers then move off. They call it the Hendon shuffle. I can get away from the lights in about an hour and a half using this method LOL.:rockon:I'm with Sportrider, I downshift gear by gear, using my compression to slow me down, minimizing the use of my brakes. Since there are a lot of traffic lights here in Vegas, I am constantly downshifting and shifting back up again. It's nice to be in the right gear as I slow down when the light turns to green so I have the right torque to speed up again. I only down shift multiple times if I have to stop hard. I just have a bad habit to place my bike in neutral when I'm stopped at a red light. The reason is that I like to relax. But I know this is bad, you should always have it in gear just in case you need to move out of the way in a hurry. Funny thing, I was riding alongside a motorcycle cop one night, keeping up right alongside of him going 55 in a 45 leaving the rest of the traffic way behind. Anyway, at every intersection we came to a stop, he would kill his engine. When the light turned green, he would start it up again and go. Seemed kind of weird. I guess it gave him a better feel for him to notice if there were any traffic violations to be commited.
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