Blipping the throttle

[BanannaMan]

Originally Posted by MattCo

I thought I understood LK-SV's post... the difference between those who blip for all of the right reasons and the chavs .

Ooops....Thank's for pointing that out.
Clearly I didn't understand.
Is it too late to claim undiagnosed dyslexia????

Originally Posted by LK-SV

which is just about making you feel like like a driving god ..... and in the other thread .... should be another 20% worth of chav

I happen to be a driving god! NOT
How would one go about getting that 20% more chav added to one's score?

That's the downside of written language. Look at it one way and it can mean one thing, look at it another and means something else, read it too fast in the wrong mood and it can get the blood boiling...

Cheers

Today on my little journey out i thought about blipping the throttle, did it a couple of times and if im honest, it just doesnt feel right, either that or im absoulty s**t at it and cant do it properly, so i dont think ill not bother and just carry on as i am

[ophic]

yeah if you get it wrong it can upset things - upset the suspension, snatch the chain, etc.

I'd recommend, if you still want to give it a go, to wait for some better weather. Stick with what works for you at the moment.

I do it all the time (and not for the noise).

Originally Posted by Holdup

Today on my little journey out i thought about blipping the throttle, did it a couple of times and if im honest, it just doesnt feel right, either that or im absoulty s**t at it and cant do it properly, so i dont think ill not bother and just carry on as i am

It took me many attempts to get ok at it, do it now without thinking, not all the time tbh but most.
I found for me it stopped being thrown forward a bit with me feeding the clutch out on downshifts and not matching the gears to revs etc

Don't think i've ever done this before so thought i'd try it on the way to work this morning.
First couple of times that i remembered to do it was neither here nor there but one time i got it bang on and it sounded superb...after that i could not hit it again - even on the way home - and it just messed up my braking distances, made the ride much more jerky and took most of the enjoyment out of the ride.
I should add that I was also trying out two fingered braking for the first time today as for the last two years of riding a Bandit and now an SV i have been grabbing a handful of front brake and not known any different. But i don't believe that had much to do with the "blipping" problems though as i seemed to get on ok with the two fingered braking on its own.

Originally Posted by BanannaMan

All the time.
Rev match every downshift without even thinking about it now.
It's just how to ride the SV.

Ditto,

But for any bike. 2nd nature now

Always been a blipper.

I rev match too!!

i have been meaning to learn to do it properly as i feel it would help smooth downshifts just waiting for better road conditions to try new things on.