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View Poll Results: How do you reduce your speed from a top gear? | |||
Brake hard and kick the gears down in one go to match the new speed |
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15 | 25.86% |
Brake then down shift using the gears to slow the bike |
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40 | 68.97% |
Slowing down?? wtf's that. Blat it all the way (p.s. this is not an option - don't click here) |
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3 | 5.17% |
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Sooooo ...Blipping is:
Clutch In Little pull on the throttle while down shifting Clutch Out ???? Will try tonight if I take the bike! |
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Gears to go - brakes to slow ....
I drop through the gears individually, and there are times I'lll use mostly engine braking ...but really I let the revs fall to about 3,000 revs before dropping another gear ... Using engine braking sounds great - but for me it doesn't feel that sympathetic (particually to the chain), and it can often be too harsh if at high revs ... Balancing the front and rear brakes dependant on weather conditions (and engine braking if needed) gives you the greatest level of control ... Let's be honest - Using engine braking only is more about the noise than anything else ... |
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Up to hazard, brake and downshift. Brake loads the front wheel up so you can turn properly. Downshift to keep revs in optimum band somewhere north of 7k. Off brakes and onto a neutral throttle as you turn in, keep neutral throttle until you can see exit and open throttle to power out. Repeat.
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Amanda, perfectly good question to ask. The blipping throttle method is a good one to learn for smooth downshifting, especially when riding at mid-high RPM's (avoids rear-wheel locking or sliding, and also makes life better for the clutch!). Do practise it, it might take a while to do it, maybe a good way is to find a nice straight quiet road and practise blipping down from third gear to second gear, just rolling off the throttle first then trying with brakes.
You might find it hard to blip the throttle with four fingers on the brake lever; for some reason, recently I have been using the last three fingers (not my index finger at all) when braking, which allows me to blip well. Before I would use two fingers to brake which enabled me to blip. Try differant styles and see which one you find comfortable ![]() I agree with fizz whole-heatedly about being progressive with the controls. You never should have to just wack on the brakes, never just pin the throttle open, never just drop the clutch; everything should be a smooth and progressive application of force ![]() |
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But note smooth and progressive =/= slow.
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firstly with a V twin too much messing with gears when trying to loose speed is likely to lock up your back wheel at just the moment you need it to be turning.
So planning, ideally you should only need to roll off the throttle and blip as you shift to have a progressive speed reduction as you smoothly decrease and hardly need any brakes. However, should you need to grab a handful. Do it. Apply front brake hard, then back and loose the speed you you need controlling the rate and change gear progressively as you need too. Gear is very much secondary to brakes, steering, head engaged
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Front brake progressively then hard is important bit. If you snatch the front brake, you will be tarmac surfing.
Edit: This is because tyre's need weight on them before they will grip, applying the brake progressively puts weight on the tyre, meaning it will grip, not lock.
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![]() If otoh I was crusing in top I would change down until the revs were in the fun zone, then brake and change down accordingly and as needed to keep the revs up[1]. Druid [1] I keep them higher on the 4's than the 2's.
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