[quote="BigFeet"]OK, as I'm getting long winded on this, here's my take on downshifting:
Now that my bike is shifted clutchless only, I ONLY downshift for engine braking on really snotty downhill trails. It works fine and has never centripetally disengaged on me; not even once.
In any other street or dirt riding (especially high speed), I solely use the LHRB
and love it.The bike setup is now fully clutchless and AS SUCH - tends to be a little resistant to multi down shifting... Worded another way, it does not like downshifting/engine braking from interstate speeds. Nothing violent or unseemly, just a bit resistant.
So I now do highway/interstate decel just with the brakes and then start down shifting from 6th at lower speeds than I used to. Like at 30 mph... snick it down to 4th... 15 mph, notch out 2 more... go to first at a stop. It sounds harder than it is; mainly I don't start downshifting at 60 or 50 anymore unless a steep climb rarely requires that. But that ain't decel anyway.
Mainly, I think it's easier to neutralize engine loading via throttle at lower speeds than at interstate speeds. Or somethin' brainiac like that.
Seriously though, it downshifts best/easiest/smoothest when the throttle isn't trying to accel or decel the bike. That should have been obvious but again, it wasn't to me.
If you use an autoclutch/clutchless shifting setup, you'll likely soon see what I mean. Otherwise, ya' can ignore this post.
Feetsus Shiftimus
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All you claim here is all correct and im all feeling this too. Shifting to a higher gear, you just have to roll back the throttle a bit and your good to go. Shifting to a lower gear is.... i cant really explain it yet. But i notice you have to be in a good rpm to shift it smoothly. Just give a little gas as soon as you shift down to compensate for the engine brake. I notice when shifting to neutral the bike should be running with a slight rpm before stopping the bike. When full stop and shifting to neutral seems impossible, did not try to force it.