Can anyone please help me. I have herd power shifting up and down can actually save your clutch and breaks and i have also herd it can be bad for the gears. Anyhow i want to learn weather it is good or bad. Can anyone give me a few steps on how to learn.

 

only done it when I was drag racing. DONT DO IT ALL THE TIME. You have a clutch for a reason USE IT. basically let off throttle, jam her in the next gear not using the clutch and get back on the throttle. Its BAD for the tranny, pratice covering the clutch, pulling ack on it quickly and releasing quickly all while you are up shifting, it will be easier on your tranny. Personally I would have to replace clutches than replace a transmission. check out the drag racing section, there are some advise in that section on how to shift. But if you are just street riding there isnt a need to power shift, or quick shift. pull the clutch in shift, then release.

 

+1. Why are you power shifting at all? You're going to destroy your transmission like that. It's not a Civic Si....brah.

 

civic si? still not going anywhere fast LOL. j/k

 

Haha! Good call. Touche. Nice mustang, Bubba

 

Power shifting down is good for the tranny? Is that even possible?


hahaha


I would stick to using a clutch pal...

 

okay im going to make this comment not knowing the eventual outcome but if ur cruising through town and put tension on the lever... but dont jam on it just lift ur toes up or down and hold it... the bike will shift gears on its own at a certain rpm range... im not sure how bad this is on the tranny i know truckers use a similar technique... ive only done it a few times....

 

zmd....LOL.. So how did you figure that out?....

Sounds like you ride kinda like me. "I wonder what would happen if......"
(not good... )

Yep, it's certainly possible.
Good for the trans?

I'm with bubba on the "you have a clutch for a reason" comment, tho.
Just not on this:

 

Yea great minds think alike... ha...

 

I feel it's like this:
The people that have a reason to power shift don't have to ask how.