Joe Bonamassa

Coming in September, looking forward to it even if it is a Triumph on the cover.

When I was in college, there was a classmate with a Triumph who would start it by pushing it in low gear with the clutch pulled in. After he got it up to speed, he popped the clutch, and with throttle WO, the bike would pull him just like the picture above.

texasSlick said:

When I was in college, there was a classmate with a Triumph who would start it by pushing it in low gear with the clutch pulled in. After he got it up to speed, he popped the clutch, and with throttle WO, the bike would pull him just like the picture above.

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Bikes generally will not bump start in low gear. I've always (since trying 1st gear once at 9yo ) used 3rd or 4th...

Did the guy ever crash after? :mrgreen:

concours said:

texasSlick said:

When I was in college, there was a classmate with a Triumph who would start it by pushing it in low gear with the clutch pulled in. After he got it up to speed, he popped the clutch, and with throttle WO, the bike would pull him just like the picture above.

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Bikes generally will not bump start in low gear. I've always (since trying 1st gear once at 9yo ) used 3rd or 4th...

Did the guy ever crash after? :mrgreen:

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I can not swear that he bumped started it low, but I do swear that he and the bike looked just like the pic when the trumpet fired up with him hanging on the grips. I never saw him crash. He was the cat's meow of the college bikers.

Slick

texasSlick said:

concours said:

texasSlick said:

When I was in college, there was a classmate with a Triumph who would start it by pushing it in low gear with the clutch pulled in. After he got it up to speed, he popped the clutch, and with throttle WO, the bike would pull him just like the picture above.

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Bikes generally will not bump start in low gear. I've always (since trying 1st gear once at 9yo ) used 3rd or 4th...

Did the guy ever crash after? :mrgreen:

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I can not swear that he bumped started it low, but I do swear that he and the bike looked just like the pic when the trumpet fired up with him hanging on the grips. I never saw him crash. He was the cat's meow of the college bikers.

Slick

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Like the Dos Equis guy you say? :mrgreen:

I remember trying to bump start an old CZ , we just looked like , exactly what we were.....daft and skint!

That is how I too often had to start the P!! dragster with sticking clutch as it'd just smoke tire with front against a wall, so would run with it in N then hop on snicking 2nd and take off committed till fast enough tire got traction then nail it hoping it'd break free instead of leaping forward in the tight and twisted suburban streets of old Tallahassee Florida. It always did thank goodness. My first ever Norton ride had it wheelie-ing very unexpectedly down hill with me hanging onto bars like a flag in the wind with its race seat flipped up in my face. Used up another cat life that day and imprinted Norton into my being permanently even if never on another Norton.