Downshifting..

[Scott_Thomas]

Went for my first ride last week. Hit 600 miles today - all canyon carving (Mulholland and Angeles Crest).
Practice practice practice.
Now I can rev match downshift just about every time.

Here's how I learned: best two video's I've seen on the 'net thus far.
(First video = aural goodness!)
(Second video - actual explanation.)

Hope they help, and good luck!

ZX10r sportbike fast downshifting w throttle blip / rev-match Part1 - YouTube

How To Downshift While Rev Matching - YouTube

Great vids, thanks!

 

[xb_guy]

Had to vote "other". The throttle blip when downshifting intrigues me, so I'm trying to learn it on the bike. I could do it in most of the stick shift cars I've owned, but I think my feet are more coordinated than my hands.

I found the posted videos in another thread and keep watching them and practicing. Hopefully soon, I'll be able to add some front braking into the mix.

For upshifts, I'm probably 75/25 clutch/no clutch. Seems like for the higher gears just a little upward pressure on the lever and rolling off the throttle a bit will slide it right into gear.

 

[Z3roFlaw]

Right now I clutch, shift, ease off the clutch. I think I'm going to practice clutch, blip, and then shift.

 

[Grumpy]

I only blip shift when i need to take off into space (going around pesky Prius drivers on the free way). The bike has enough power that I can hit it in most any gear and it will move quite well. Most times I just down shift to aide in breaking, so no blip needed.

 

[Brock Kickass]

I always blip, because I was taught to do it in cars from very early on. It's easier on the clutch and transmission, and I've been doing it so long it sounds weird when I don't, no matter what I'm driving. I even used to heel-toe downshift in my Toyota SR5 4X4 pickup. It's just natural to me to blip.

 

[DerekVinyard]

On large sport bikes you either have to go real real slow on the clutch or rev match (blip)... It's good practice. Locking up the rear tire is easy on big displacement bikes.

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[buzzbomb]

Here's a vid of stopping with just clutching and braking. I'm not saying it's superior or anything. Just saying you can go from fast to stop really quick.

I've said a it was about a second per gear. Here's the vid.

Ignore the speedo. It reads really high.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXPGlvI3RG0]Stopping - YouTube[/ame]

Video is no longer showing up for me, so here's the address: youtube.com/watch?v=EXPGlvI3RG0