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setasai · April 25th, 2011, 08:22 PM

+1 on what everybody else says. Because this bike has fairly short gears and high reving engine, it's not a completely necessary to downshift that many gears. I frequently downshift 2 gears for a turn. After a while, rev-matching ensures youre in a gear you can use. 1st gear is the biggest pain because it's so short and so powerful that if you're ever in it, you'll be either reving at 10k+ or skidding. Usually, I'll revmatch every gear except 1st and 2nd because if i'm in those gears, I might as well be stopping.

For practice, I suggest you find a parking lot and just try to ride around switching gears to get a feel for it and also some residential riding is great for revmatching practice because of all the stop signs. Goodluck and have lots of fun.

April 25th, 2011, 08:22 PM	#11
setasai ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Brian Location: Detroit, MI Join Date: Jun 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R Green Posts: A lot.	+1 on what everybody else says. Because this bike has fairly short gears and high reving engine, it's not a completely necessary to downshift that many gears. I frequently downshift 2 gears for a turn. After a while, rev-matching ensures youre in a gear you can use. 1st gear is the biggest pain because it's so short and so powerful that if you're ever in it, you'll be either reving at 10k+ or skidding. Usually, I'll revmatch every gear except 1st and 2nd because if i'm in those gears, I might as well be stopping. For practice, I suggest you find a parking lot and just try to ride around switching gears to get a feel for it and also some residential riding is great for revmatching practice because of all the stop signs. Goodluck and have lots of fun.