hunterfz6
Senior Member
I did this very thing once. I was turning of a highway, onto the street going into my neighborhood. I was at a stop waiting for my turn to turn right. While leaning into the turn, I pulled the clutch, engaged 1st gear and dumped the clutch in mid turn. Very scary skid for a few seconds, then I pulled in the clutch and regained control. That kind of stupid chit will get you killed. I have engine braked my bike from day 1. When I drive any manual vehicle, I always use gearing and braking to slow me down. It felt naturally on my fazer from the day I owned it. I know that in the abrupt and sudden emergency stopping, they say pull the clutch in all the way and just front/rear brake it, slow squeezing as you build up the pressure and leaning into the front tire. But normal stopping and going into turns, I hardly ever shift when I ride twisties.