Thread: Downshifting
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Old March 18th, 2012, 12:12 PM   #4
akshay11
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Originally Posted by tac12345 View Post
downshift 1 gear, then rev the engine a bit.
release the clutch. repeat until complete stop.

???

profit.
It's the whole blip the throttle concept I don't yet understand. Do I just turn the throttle to get the revs up and then close it when i release the clutch? Or do I hold the throttle open at keep the revs up at the speed I think they should be at when I let out the clutch.

Like 4th gear at 5krpms is 45mph ish I believe on my bike.. so If I'm traveling down the road in 5th gear at say 55mph.. see a stoplight so I start to slow down and am down to 3rd when I see the light turn green.. if I'm going 45mph should I kick up to 4th, rev the engine up to 5k rpms and then close the throttle & let out clutch? Or leave throttle open to maintain 5k rpms as I let clutch out.
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