How to NOT Stall your Motorcycle! (learn the clutch)

Problems with stalling your bike? Watch this video!

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:29 Manual Transmission Explained
3:42 Starting Procedure
5:05 How to Stall the Bike
6:18 Slipping Practice
8:13 What to Do if You Stall
9:35 Kickstand Stall
11:47 Final Thoughts

[joshx]

I just failed my basic. I kept panicking on the bike and the clutch was the part that was making me the most anxious. Your timing is impeccable!

[langhamp]

Suzuki's autothrottle is a godsend to urban traffic riders. Every bike should have it.

[josiasaquino]

Yammie has been an amazing resource on my motorcycle journey that has abruptly came to an end. I’ve ridden Harley’s and a few others bike but I nade the horrible mistake of falling in love with the Hayabusa ! On Wednesday I went and get a gen 1 busa with 14k miles and pretty much stock . I rode it 15+ miles and absolutely loved it till tragedy happened . Minute before getting home I hit a pothole and full throttle I went. One the bike took off there was nothing I could do but hold on . I went straight into a tree and sustained the worst injuries of my life. I am alive and currently recovering in the hospital after multiple surgeries. To anyone that ride please use caution and learn and respect the machine because in a blinking of an eye your life can change. Those 30 mins of being a busa squid was amazing haha . Peace out everyone

[supabanks]

Just bought a 2010 600RR as my first bike. And driving it home on my first ride I literally lost count of how many times I stalled 😂😖 the tip of using 2 fingers definitely helps out a lot for new riders!

[TheOldElement]

Thank you so much for this. I seen a ton of guys with the low rpm assist got my first bike yesterday and thought I was doing something wrong because I wasn’t giving it gas. 😅 needless to say watched this and doing figure eights now on a awesome spring day! 🎉🎉🎉

[oneofthoseweirdos]

This video is amazing. Thank you for the detailed instructions! I’m going to practice more on my brand new Yamaha tenere! I’ve been stalling it and this really brought my confidence back!

[purplex]

Great timing to have this be recommended on my feed, my uncle let me borrow his old naked 150 yamaha and learned a lot with it (which involved a lot of stalling and kickstarting)

[Jdye]

It's funny you just posted a video about this. I'm a noob and took my bike out on the road for the 1st time yesterday and stalled like 5 times. 😅 I took the MSF and passed but riding on the road is a lot different than riding in a parking lot.

[kloc]

Yam i like watching people learn the clutch ✨👍

[gadiaor]

Yammie I've been watching your videos for a few weeks now when i decided to sign myself up for a MSF course. I'm in Louisiana and i did my MSF through Harley Davidson instead of through a State Course. What really impressed me is that they offer a Jumpstart program at HD. Just a bike on a dyno to learn how to work the clutch and gear shift and get familiar with the controls. Just took the MSF course ober the weekend and after receiving my certificate i went to the dmv and got my endorsement on the license. Thanks for all the knowledge and tips before I took it. You really helped a brother out.

[ilpinguino]

That low rpm assist really rocks, I got a V-Strom 650 that has it as well.

Been riding for 12 years now, it's still useful and makes for way more comfortable stop and go situations in city traffic 😊

[Asairus-San]

Thankfuly I passed the MSF last year on my first try without any prior knowledge on manual transmissions or clutch control. But I was deathly scared of upshifting the entire class.

[SCIFIguy]

I learned to drive on a standard truck, daily a 5 speed jeep and feel extremely confident driving a stick. I just got a bike and it’s all new again. The hours I spent in my high school parking lot lurching and bouncing in that old beater are all coming back 7 years later. Maybe I’m just used to “dumping” the clutch since that’s normal for cages, but I just struggle with my bike. Probably oughta head down to a vacant lot and relive those memories then.

[jmcMateo]

I've stalled several times already but I'm getting better at it and finding neutral at lights. First time on a manual anything! it's so much fun changing through gears though.

[MiguelRPD]

Thank you yammie I'm over here with a new ninja 400 and ive stalled it twice now lol

[badcoyote]

getting this exact bike/color as my first bike, excited

[tayloraustin]

Went and looked at one of these 2 days before yall said it was the next giveaway! Got my entries in already I really like the gsx8r

[aidenthurman]

I learned how to ride on a bike that didn’t have the low rpm assist, but my best friend wouldn’t let me touch a street without being able to get going using only the clutch. It took hours practicing but most bikes will go without any throttle as long as you can control the clutch correctly. It’s not something that a beginner rider would be able to do though. It took me hours of practice to be able to confidently say I have clutch control mastered. I love this video for beginners though because of the way you explain the friction point

[michaelsloane]

This was a good video I have not road a clutch bike in over 20 yrs lol I threw my back out in 2001 and had to sell my bikes got back into riding in 2006 was not sure I could shift cause of nerve damage in my leg so I bought a 650 Suzuki scooter first then went to a 2007 and 2008 fjr1300 paddle shifter and road several honda DCT bikes I now have purchased my first clutch bike since 2000 a 2024 Kawaski Ninja 1000sx now I feel like I kinda have to learn riding again this should be fun lol thx for the video..

[dom]

When I was taught how to ride and how to drive a manual (the same person taught me), the emphasis was pushed from the clutch to the throttle. If you have better throttle control the clutch control is less of an issue. If you give the correct amount of throttle and don’t try to take off with weak revs, you pretty much cannot stall. People who have a really hard time with stalling even after having tried for a considerable amount of time are usually just having a hard time with the throttle and are simply driving too slow. We often teach to let the clutch out to the bite, then accelerate and clutch out all the way. In reality, doing both simulataneously is significantly smoother and it’s also how we “actually” do it once we learn how to ride at an intermediate level. Practicing clutch work at a dead stop with no revs “practicing the bite point” is the main lesson that causes people to stall. Because it teaches new riders to leave a standstill with no throttle.

New riders will stop stalling if we stop teaching them that leaving a standstill without any revs is an acceptable manuever