Riding advice

I nearly always blip the throttle on the change down to stop this, also saves extra sudden stresses on the old chain and sprockets.

Yes IL4s do have engine braking, well a gixer thou does anyway (slipper clutch gets an easy life with me) and certainly an IL1 has hoooge engine braking (MT-03)

Are you a throttle blipper scoobs? If not, try it (clutch in, prob down gear, blip throttle, clutch out). If you are...use more revs on the blip

Matt

Originally Posted by Scoobs

That's exactly what I'm doing. I've done it maybe 5 times ever, but I wanted to know what to do "if" it happens. Ride it out, clutch in???? It doesn't bother me when it happens, I just wondered if there is a correct way of dealing with it other than slow down a bit

This was happening to me on track when braking really hard at the end a long fast straight. I was doing all the right things, blipping whilst downshifting but my instructor tailing me saw that I was skipping.

We went back to the paddock car park to learn a few tips. We practiced hard braking and stoppies so I could feel what the bike was doing and understand what was happening to the suspension and weight distribution. (It's like a high speed stoppie) During the stoppie practice I learned brake control to stop the bike going too far forward - i.e easing off just a tiny touch. The other thing was shifting my backside towards the rear of the seat under hard braking. Next time out I put it all together and it worked brilliantly.

I also learned to blip a bit more and change down a bit later. Basically my technique was a bit harsh during the downshifts.

Some good advice here. Thanks all. I am a throttle blipper and I think pretty good at matching engine speed to wheel speed but sometimes on heavy braking and downshift I get this bounce. I'll try pushing my weight back a bit next time it happens. I don't think the easing off the brakes is an option. The only reason I am braking that hard is becuase something is rushing at me very fast.

Used to get it a lot on the SV, had it once or twice on the CBR, Its just too much break combined with engine speed i think. Let the clutch out a little slower and find that point where it doesnt do it if you enjoy the sliding, if you dont enjoy the sliding, blip the throttle.

I just get um sliding however and whenever possible, wet is fun, so is WD40 accidently caught on the tyre doing it