Blipping the throttle on downchanges?

[yorkie_chris]

Matter of preference, I can do it with 1-4 on lever. Prefer 1 or 2 depending what pads I have at time.

Originally Posted by christian1000

With braking and blipping the throttle, is it best to use two or four fingers on the front brake lever? Or is it just a matter of preference?

You can blip the throttle without braking - try it when you are cruising up to red lights. I'd advise getting comfortable with the sequence before trying it in great anger. Sure, racers use it but it is still a valuable technique for the road.

As to fingers, there is no right and wrong. I am most comfortable with two but it's whatever works for you.

cheers, I have found ive been using all four, if I use two I find the lever gets quite close to the fingers I leave on the bar, perhaps ive just got chubby hands

[yorkie_chris]

Or crap brakes

What settin you got your brake lever on? I know is obvious, but i found the same thing, so i turned my lever to 1 and is all good now.

aye thats another possibility , though the bikes only got 3000miles on it.

Got the setting on one. Might have another play around tomorrow, might just be the way I position my hand.

I can't offer an opinion with an SV, but when I had my little 50 I pretty much developed into blipping the throttle instinctively, especially when I was coasting for lights or waiting for someone to pass in front of me. If I didn't blip, the instant I'd let the clutch out the revs would dissapear into the abyss, and I'd be left having to rush a downshift, putting me in the wrong gear etc etc.

Blipping kept me at the right revs for the right gear and gave me a quick pickup as soon as the lights went green/the car was out of the picture.

Admittedly, totally different with a V-twin's low down torque, but the theory is the same.

[yorkie_chris]

Even with V twin having more poke there is still a correct rev range to use

That is why learning on an annoying, screaming 2t is good

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

In my humble but correct opinion the SV is practically unrideable at pace without blipping the throttle.

You've not ridden with my other half have you. Liz never blips and she certainly doesnt hang about.

Originally Posted by simesb

Blip very slightly before the down change, not afterwards. In practice it's almost instantaneous which I guess was why you wrote it like that

Actually Ol' man Keith Code says change down, blip, then let the clutch out but at the end of the day, it pretty much simultaneously so is immaterial.

Or get a slipper clutch! I gave blipping ages ago on the track. Going into a turn after a straight and shifting from 6th > 2nd while hard on the brakes just means one less thing to think about