I can clutch my faired curvey up in second no problems.
It feels a bit happier doing it on an emptier tank.
I don't bother with compressing the front, bouncing etc, just get to around the right revs (not looking at the tacho at the time
) and dump the clutch with the revs around the red line.
It doesn't come up massively fast, but fast enough to give a good load of rpm left to play with.
Oh and I can do it in the wet often, definitely in the damp, providing the tyre's not too cold. Got Supercorsa Pros on at the moment, but could also do it with 010 I had on before.