Unfortunately, I have to do this regularly. Crawling speeds for a few km at a time on occasion.
What I was taught to do in my training was to clutch-throttle (no more than 1500 rpm) and ride the clutch, and to keep head and eyes up. RPM should be steady. A slight dab or drag on the rear brake also helps stabilize the bike. This process works like a charm. Naturally, the clutch takes the abuse, but I was told that they are designed to deal with this. The longest I've owned a bike was 4 years, and 40,000 km, and the clutch was still good when I sold it.
Anyway, this technique works for me on my Speedmaster, and every other bike I've had for very slow paced walking speeds. And, yeah, you get a bit of a workout doing this.
My wife and I practice slow speed crawling (among other techniques) in a large parking lot and we use the painted lines to ride on. My wife can run over 100 metres at a slow crawl and not waver off the painted (4" wide) line. I'm not THAT good, but she has always had excellent balance.
HTH,
H.
Last edited by hyates; 10/15/2011 2:51 PM.
