OK, here is the situation.

Waiting at a red light in 5pm traffic, first in line, I stall my bike just before the light turns green.  This results in a slower than normal response to the light change, of course.  A sedan 90 degrees to my right notices that I'm a little slow off the line and procedes a bit into the intersection to make a right on red in front of me, apparently has second thoughts as I begin to move, and starts stopping and starting erratically, trying to decide what to do.

My decision: I'm already moving into the intersection, so jamming on the breaks is no good as I will almost certainly be rear-ended.  I have room in my lane to get by the sedan and an unpopulated oncoming turn lane for an escape route to the left, so I decide to go for it and get out of this dangerous situation.  I wind up my engine to leave no doubt in the sedan driver's mind that I am indeed claiming the right-of-way.  I then feather the clutch out to zip past him and get the H*LL out of that intersection.

My mistake: "feather" is the operative word.  What I did was more like dumping it at 10krpm in 2nd gear.  As I pass in front of the sedan my front wheel lifts OFF THE GROUND!  So now I feel like a complete squid.  Everybody in that intersection probably thinks I'm a complete squid, and I'm wondering if I need to ground myself for a few days until I get my throttle hand back under control.

One of the things I love about the SV is that power-wheelies don't happen.  In over three years of riding I have NEVER gotten a wheel up, and I have used my right wrist to squirt out of more than one sticky situation.  I genuinely surprised/scared myself... so much that I turned off onto the next sideroad and rode out of view before stopping to collect my nerves.  Considering the circumstances, I think I calculated the right plan, but I didn't execute well and it has me a little ticked off at myself.

Thanks for listening.  I feel a little better already.

I have done similar. I just wanted to pull away from the lights fast but reved the bike too much and the wheel poped right up. Felt kinda cool but it's not something I want to do too often incase I crash.

You did allright.  Reving the motor to unmistakenly make your presence, intentions and power known; you probably looked more like a pro to these cage-driving lemmings.

I have never understood the feathering or dumping the clutch. I have never needed to do that to get sufficient power. Especially first gear. What I can suggest if you accidently pulled hard on the throttle is keep a 'wrist down' grip, that way there are no suprises when cracking the throttle.

  -Anti 

Quote from: vtlion on August 05, 2006, 03:40:52 AM
OK, here is the situation.

Waiting at a red light in 5pm traffic, first in line, I stall my bike just before the light turns green.  This results in a slower than normal response to the light change, of course.  A sedan 90 degrees to my right notices that I'm a little slow off the line and procedes a bit into the intersection to make a right on red in front of me, apparently has second thoughts as I begin to move, and starts stopping and starting erratically, trying to decide what to do.

My decision: I'm already moving into the intersection, so jamming on the breaks is no good as I will almost certainly be rear-ended.  I have room in my lane to get by the sedan and an unpopulated oncoming turn lane for an escape route to the left, so I decide to go for it and get out of this dangerous situation.  I wind up my engine to leave no doubt in the sedan driver's mind that I am indeed claiming the right-of-way.  I then feather the clutch out to zip past him and get the H*LL out of that intersection.

My mistake: "feather" is the operative word.  What I did was more like dumping it at 10krpm in 2nd gear.  As I pass in front of the sedan my front wheel lifts OFF THE GROUND!  So now I feel like a complete squid.  Everybody in that intersection probably thinks I'm a complete squid, and I'm wondering if I need to ground myself for a few days until I get my throttle hand back under control.

One of the things I love about the SV is that power-wheelies don't happen.  In over three years of riding I have NEVER gotten a wheel up, and I have used my right wrist to squirt out of more than one sticky situation.  I genuinely surprised/scared myself... so much that I turned off onto the next sideroad and rode out of view before stopping to collect my nerves.  Considering the circumstances, I think I calculated the right plan, but I didn't execute well and it has me a little ticked off at myself.

Thanks for listening.  I feel a little better already.

From squid to calamari = how you would of felt if you were still in first gear.   

Quote from: vtlion on August 05, 2006, 03:40:52 AM
......I have used my right wrist to squirt out of more than one sticky situation.

Classic 

Quote from: LPC2104 on August 06, 2006, 05:41:43 AM

Quote from: vtlion on August 05, 2006, 03:40:52 AM
......I have used my right wrist to squirt out of more than one sticky situation.

Classic 

busted 

just be glad u wasn't on a supersport, if you had of, you more than likely wud have looped it an got ran over by the car.  ive seen this happen first hand, its very easy to do considering the power those things have

Quote from: jordanearl on August 06, 2006, 10:06:18 AM
just be glad u wasn't on a supersport, if you had of, you more than likely wud have looped it an got ran over by the car.  ive seen this happen first hand, its very easy to do considering the power those things have

Agreed.  I rode an R6 for a season and I decided to trade it on the SV because it was just too peaky for my taste.  I have not doubt now that it was the right thing to do for me.  I nearly learned the hard way though that my bike is still wheelie-capable with a little bit of clutch work.