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Old July 30th, 2009, 07:11 PM   #7
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Name: Lucas
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Originally Posted by ASecretNinja View Post
Most commonly known as engine braking though.

I do a fair amount of engine braking in both my car and on my bike. I'm generally already going pretty slow once I start down shifting, so I'm not really stressing anything. It's not like im winding the engine up to 14k each time I down shift.
In my car i always match revs when downshifting or engine braking. For some reason on the bike it just feels much more effective to not match revs when engine braking, the transition is so much quicker than on a car.
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