How to keep my motorcycle clutch from burning out?

I bought a Honda CBR500R for my first bike. I was riding over the bridge and I hit the clutch to help me get over it. I ended up getting more revs than acceleration after that. I called Cycle Center the next day and they said I had burnt out my clutch because I used it too much. Now it's going to take a week before they order the parts.

I feel like riding the clutch is a habit. But I HAVE to use it to get out of parking. Any help?

I don't really understand your question, you downshifted to get over the bridge or you let the clutch slip to give you more RPM in gear?
If the later is the case the other answer is right… STOP IT

The clutch should either be all the way in or all the way out, any time spent in between is just consuming the clutch and should always be minimized.

Learn how to use the clutch properly and you won't burn them out /

Sound like you haven't learnt to down change - never ride the clutch, change down a gear (or two or even three if going very slowly)
Best bet for you is to go & take some lessons on how to ride. I'd expect a bike clutch to last the life of the bike

It's your first bike your still afraid to stall once you get use the bike the habbit will disappear just don't ride the clutch too much after you get speed.downshift if you want to get the rpms up. Try using 2 or 3 fingers on the clutch lever so your hand gets tired and spend less time on it

Yeah, I know what you mean. I used to have a 72 MGB-GT, British little sports car, and in 3 years, I burned thru 3 clutches! Just kept going thru them. But I had a BLAST in that car! Biggest problem was changing the clutch, you had to remove entire engine! British design never was their best talent!

So if you're burning the clutch out, then as everyone else says, you're not letting out the clutch sufficiently. YOu've just got to learn to let it out more completely before giving it so much gas.

I do know, that there's a special combo between gas and clutch, that letting clutch out at right time, you can actually gain some torque. I've done it in my cars with manual trannies before.
But it's something that you've got to learn, and you might burn out another clutch! Just don't drive so hard, and the clutch will stay longer.

I had a small Honda 200 that I drove for about 10 years, and I never had to replace the clutch. Went thru chains, tho', like 3 or 4 a year.

Driving a clutch is hardest thing to do, either in car or on bike.
just a big pain taking off from start, but once moving, it's tons easier. Simple physics.
So try not gassing the throttle so much, when you're shifting, and be sure to let out clutch more solidly, before revving engine. That should help lots.

If you are forced to go up an incline in your lowest gear and you motorcycle lacks sufficient power to climb that incline (in lowest gear) you have two choices:

#1. Continue to rebuild and replace your clutch disks.

#2. Change the size of your rear chain sprocket to a larger number of teeth giving you lower top speed but more power in low gear to climb the incline without slipping your clutch and preserving the disks. You will need to lengthen your drive chain also and your speedometer will be inaccurate.

Hopeless. You pull the clutch to go faster? WTF////'advice.stop it