Question about shifting
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^ ^ ^ Anyone care to explain, what's the harm in that? Approaching a light from 45-55+ mph, in a short distance. From 5th or 6th gear, makes no sense to me to shown shift to 4th - let go of the clutch....let it roll for a bit, then shift to 3rd - let out the clutch....let it roll, then shift to 2nd....and so on till you get into 1st. Usually the speed is a little faster, the distance a little shorter to do all this. And just feel the jerks each time you're downshifting (using engine braking) and pulling in the clutch, then letting out.... Too uncomfortable and too much work on the engine, etc.
I shift from 6th to 5th/or 4th ~ and that's usually "in traffic" slow/or ready to stop position. Then use the front brake approaching the light/stop sign. While pulling in the clutch and shifting through gears to 1st. Keep it in 1st till Green light. If it's a long wait, then maybe go into Neutral.
Now, is that a wrong way....
I shift from 6th to 5th/or 4th ~ and that's usually "in traffic" slow/or ready to stop position. Then use the front brake approaching the light/stop sign. While pulling in the clutch and shifting through gears to 1st. Keep it in 1st till Green light. If it's a long wait, then maybe go into Neutral.
Now, is that a wrong way....
Obviously there are exceptions, for example at a long red light sitting in neutral is probably preferable to keeping the clutch held in the whole time in 1st. I don't feel that it's jerky or hard on the bike to downshift as I slow, or use engine braking constructively, i.e. after a downshift or three going in to a corner. I'm pretty sure these bikes are made to be ridden that way.
Having said that, I think it's probably best to ride however you feel most comfortable and safest.
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There is no wrong and right way, everyone has an opinion and its only wrong if it isen't yours. The only "wrong" way I can think of would be to pull the clutch in and leave it there while shifting from 6th to 1st without ever letting it out. I myself have almost never shifted into 1st coming to a stop, Im a nuetral all the time kind of guy. Stopping for a light goes brake,throttle blip into 5th, throttle blip into 4th etc until neutral and stopped.
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There is no wrong and right way, everyone has an opinion and its only wrong if it isen't yours. The only "wrong" way I can think of would be to pull the clutch in and leave it there while shifting from 6th to 1st without ever letting it out. I myself have almost never shifted into 1st coming to a stop, Im a nuetral all the time kind of guy. Stopping for a light goes brake,throttle blip into 5th, throttle blip into 4th etc until neutral and stopped.
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