Clutchless up shifting.....

[Chilli]

Something else I learnt on Sunday. Bit of pressure on the gear pedal, then shut off for a nano sec, then back on the beans and it changes up! Brilliant!
Bet you all knew that anyway, right??!!

[Smiler.]

[Chilli]

Sh!t.

[Wyvern971]

I've been riding since june and have just about got the hang of doing it

[Wedg1e]

The joys of a constant-mesh gearbox...

[Andy OH]

Chilli said:

Something else I learnt on Sunday. Bit of pressure on the gear pedal, then shut off for a nano sec, then back on the beans and it changes up! Brilliant!
Bet you all knew that anyway, right??!!

Yep, since the age of 7 on my crosser back then and ever since

[Chilli]

Well, thankd for letting me know....thought I'd been told a right little "racing" secret there

[Steve_T]

A bike gearbox is designed to work in this way. I read a good article about sequential gearboxes recently (which I can't now find ) and the tip given was to make your upshifts as quick as possible as this will minimise wear on the dogs.

[dern]

Chilli said:

Bet you all knew that anyway, right??!!

Erm, yes.

Hey... you know those things you hold on to the bike with? You can use those to change direction!

Sorry, top tip chilli, thanks

[IsMad]

I have done this a couple times by accident. I thought I was doing something wrong, Well now I know, I will have to go out and practice.

Edited by IsMad on Tuesday 23 October 11:54

[Chilli]

dern said:

Chilli said:

Bet you all knew that anyway, right??!!

Erm, yes.

Hey... you know those things you hold on to the bike with? You can use those to change direction!

Sorry, top tip chilli, thanks

[Conian]

You can down shift too...
Ease off throttle, blip it, as the RPM peaks at the blip and just starts to fall again, down shift.
Don't do this in low gears

[tim2100]

Conian said:

You can down shift too...
Ease off throttle, blip it, as the RPM peaks at the blip and just starts to fall again, down shift.
Don't do this in low gears

I have always been advised not to try this on down shifts as it can cause problems due to not being designed for going down.

[Conian]

tim2100 said:

Conian said:

You can down shift too...
Ease off throttle, blip it, as the RPM peaks at the blip and just starts to fall again, down shift.
Don't do this in low gears

I have always been advised not to try this on down shifts as it can cause problems due to not being designed for going down.

It's OK if you're not dropping off too much speed or too many revs, but thing is, there's not much of an advantage of doing it, unlike fast upshifts.

You can still do it to look cool and to show up Chilli

[Mad Dave]

I only ever use the clutch on upshifts between 1st and 2nd. Always use it to downshift.

[rsv gone!]

Chilli said:

Something else I learnt on Sunday. Bit of pressure on the gear pedal, then shut off for a nano sec, then back on the beans and it changes up! Brilliant!
Bet you all knew that anyway, right??!!

[Yoda954]

Chilli said:

Something else I learnt on Sunday. Bit of pressure on the gear pedal, then shut off for a nano sec, then back on the beans and it changes up! Brilliant!
Bet you all knew that anyway, right??!!

It's a well kept secret among us (ahem) racer-types

[JackHolroyde]

Conian said:

You can down shift too...
Ease off throttle, blip it, as the RPM peaks at the blip and just starts to fall again, down shift.
Don't do this in low gears

2 words. Slipper clutch. You can get away with whatever you like!

[Chilli]

JackHolroyde said:

Conian said:

You can down shift too...
Ease off throttle, blip it, as the RPM peaks at the blip and just starts to fall again, down shift.
Don't do this in low gears

2 words. Slipper clutch. You can get away with whatever you like!

Wow, wow, wow....Hang on a mo...didn't think my bike had one of those? The R6 did, and that just stop the back wheel locking up through aggressive down changes, where it just intervened for a bit. Are we talking the same thing here?

[Conian]

Chilli said:

JackHolroyde said:

Conian said:

You can down shift too...
Ease off throttle, blip it, as the RPM peaks at the blip and just starts to fall again, down shift.
Don't do this in low gears

2 words. Slipper clutch. You can get away with whatever you like!

Wow, wow, wow....Hang on a mo...didn't think my bike had one of those? The R6 did, and that just stop the back wheel locking up through aggressive down changes, where it just intervened for a bit. Are we talking the same thing here?

Aye thats the jobber