Q&A for How to Use the Clutch on a Motocross Bike

Yes, but when you start to slow down, rapidly lay off the gas and pull in the clutch to avoid stalling.

You should pull in your clutch and shift to a lower gear, and make the turn while slowly accelerating.

Never use the clutch while driving. Doing so will damage the clutch and decrease the life of the engine.

Try putting the tips of your toes on the ground when stopping or just stop riding.

This is something you should never do. It does your clutch no favors. A clutch should be completely engaged only at start off or while changing gears.

No. Use your brake. The clutch is used for shifting, not stopping. The clutch can wear if you don’t use it correctly.

It could be that you are dumping the clutch. When the clutch comes in contact with the engagement mechanism it puts too much strain on the engine and it dies. Let off the clutch easy and apply equal throttle, you should be doing it in one fluid motion.

You can use the brakes without the clutch, the clutch is only needed in starting off and completely stopping without stalling the bike.

Yes, but don't always keep on pressing the clutch, as this can cause stalling or even stopping.

Use the clutch at the end of the brake sequence to keep the bike running. It is a necessity if you want to make fast turns.

Yes, you can keep driving, but you'll have lots of torque and throttle response with little speed, and your RPMs will start getting pretty high, which means you'll need to shift to second gear, and to do so you need to pull in the clutch while simultaneously letting off the gas completely and shifting up with the shifter which will pass through N (neutral) and be in second gear. It is the only time and place you can can go through a gear and not use it (N), with the rest of the gears you won't pass though them and hit the gear after.

How the clutch works is to add power to an engine and shifting gears. Start the engine by pressing on the engine's kill switch then pull in the clutch at the press the engine start. Make sure to shift into first gear then very slowly let out the clutch until you fell the bike moving, the clutch only needs to be half way to reach the friction zone.