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anacron · August 26th, 2013, 03:09 PM

@choneofakind

This has been my experience as well. You really need to brake late and hard. This is fairly aggressive for the street. In fact, in regular street riding its actually harder to rev match down shift b/c your rpms aren't high enough and you can usually slow down just by rolling off and letting engine braking take care of the rest.

Never tried feathering the clutch in between rev matches though... what's the purpose of doing this?
Here's how I do it: while I'm braking hard I pull in the clutch, kick down, blip and dump the clutch. Rinse and repeat for multiple downshifts.

Feathering the clutch seems like you're taking some weight off the front and using engine braking to get you to the right engine/road speed combination. Is that correct? Seems like this is a good way of not making huge weight distribution changes while setting up for a corner...

August 26th, 2013, 03:09 PM	#60
anacron ninjette.org guru Name: Adi Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Apr 2013 Motorcycle(s): Triumph Street Triple R Posts: 380	@choneofakind This has been my experience as well. You really need to brake late and hard. This is fairly aggressive for the street. In fact, in regular street riding its actually harder to rev match down shift b/c your rpms aren't high enough and you can usually slow down just by rolling off and letting engine braking take care of the rest. Never tried feathering the clutch in between rev matches though... what's the purpose of doing this? Here's how I do it: while I'm braking hard I pull in the clutch, kick down, blip and dump the clutch. Rinse and repeat for multiple downshifts. Feathering the clutch seems like you're taking some weight off the front and using engine braking to get you to the right engine/road speed combination. Is that correct? Seems like this is a good way of not making huge weight distribution changes while setting up for a corner...