Blipping the throttle after changing down a gear.

Originally Posted by diamond

I never blip the throttle ever, not on the SV or the Ducati and i wouldn't say i ride every where at 2mph, well only when i'm stuck behind Fizz. I've just never seen the need.

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Thank goodness for that - I was beginning to think I was a total freak! (well maybe I am just a little )

Must be a guy thing. To make as much noise as is possible.

Originally Posted by diamond

He says it's a habit from his 2 stroke days.

Poor Fizz, fancy only managing 2 strokes.

Originally Posted by diamond

Fizz is so bad he even blips before he pulls away at lights He says it's a habit from his 2 stroke days. All i know is the time it takes him to do it means i'm 100 yards up the road before he gets going.

That's the only time I do it! - stationary at the lights haha!! just cos it makes a nice noise

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

Poor Fizz, fancy only managing 2 strokes.

Do you want banning Diesel boy...

Actually the blipping from lights is a habit I got into with my two stroke 125, it never idled very well and I had it die on me a couple of times and left me stranded in the middle of a busy junction and it was a pig to kick start when it wasnt warmed up properly, so I used to find there was less chance of it dieing off if I gave it a little blip before I went to pull away.

Like Liz says she doesnt blip and shes not a slow rider by any means, Unless like she says shes behind me

[yorkie_chris]

revving up the strokers just so they will clear their throat is fairly standard stuff, not much point on a refined IL4 though...

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

not much point on a refined IL4 though...

No I know, but it has become a habit and I quite like the sound of it to.

I don't want to be one to tell people how they should ride, but if you're making the kind of gearchanges where it's popularly accepted to be necessary to rev-match (by blipping the throttle), i.e you make a downchange as you start to brake, then you'll notice that you're not doing it. (Unless you let the clutch back out reaaaaallllly slowwwwlly, I suppose that would soften the impact).

[ophic]

there's only 2 methods - match revs on the clutch or match revs on the throttle. If you do it with the throttle it means you can dump the clutch and get the power back on faster. Mostly useful when changing down for power, on bike or in car, as you're not braking then. Also saves clutch wear.

Once you can blip you never go back. It's also different for every bike you ride cos the engines rev up at different speeds and respond at different throttle openings. On my gfs 125, you just don't shut the throttle at all - keep it wide open, clutch in, downshift, clutch out - by that point the revs have just increased enough to match the roadspeed in the new gear. Don't recommend that on an SV tho.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

Must be a guy thing. To make as much noise as is possible.

ahem cough

I blip the SV and heel-toe in the car. Not sure exactly when, it just seems right and appropriate when I do it. I remember when I was thinking about it too much on the SV and the back wheel locked up a couple of time, decided not to do it anymore that day just in case and found myself doing it again unconsciously!

i locked the back wheel on my 125 saved it then read in bike magazine a few months later about blipping the throttle been perfercting it since, now i don't even think about it.