Clutchless Shifting

Is it ok on the engine to upshift clutchless from 1st to 2nd, is it just the risk of missing 2nd and revving the bollox off the engine?

Reason being i've done it a few times on the striple and it feels smoother and I seem to get a better shift, is it going to do any damage?

Ta

I'm not so keen on it - I can't get it smooth like the higher gears where all it takes is a momentary roll-off so I tend not to.

[G]

I do it ALOT to be honest, fin it much easier and does not unsettle the bike as much when your really going for it.

See, thing is on the MM2 ride at the weekend, when giving it some welly i got a cleaner gear change and mis shifted less when not using the clutch on up shifts????

Originally Posted by G

I do it ALOT to be honest, fin it much easier and does not unsettle the bike as much when your really going for it.

Exactly what I find.

If you get it right it won't do any harm. If you get it wrong though I think you run the risk of causing a lot of damage. I sometimes do it on my SV.. I'm yet to get a horrible crunching sound lol

You can't really do it wrong. Either it goes into the next gear or it doesn't. I suppose trying to force it with a wide open throttle might do some damage, but rolling off momentarily with a preloaded gear lever and allowing it to snick smoothly from one gear to the next is not going to do any harm at all.

Aren`t you supposed to be running this bike in at the moment Girth ? Maybe it needs a few more miles to make things a bit smoother

I'm totally fine with doing clutchless upshifts, been doing it since i got the thou 18months ago but wasnt sure if it was ok in 1st - 2nd. I get clean changes each time and no 'orrible noise so must be reeet.

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

Aren`t you supposed to be running this bike in at the moment Girth ? Maybe it needs a few more miles to make things a bit smoother

Its fully run in, got over 1,800 mile on it now