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09-16-2006, 07:58 PM
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| Seat Tester Join Date: May 2006
Bike: '05 V-Strom (Silver)
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Posts: 50
|  Throttle Blipper
I'm not a blipper but I wanna be. I've been driving standard transmissions of different kinds for 15 years or so but I've never gotten the hang of blipping the throttle on the down shift. Mostly it's because I tend to want max engine braking when slowing down and letting the clutch out slowly does that. Also, on the few occassions I've tried blipping I've gotten the timing wrong, or I rev too much or just get so focused on it that I botch the rest of the downshift. Well today was blippin' good day. I made myself do it every time I down shifted and now I've pretty much got it nailed. Unfortunately I don't think I describe what makes the difference between a good blip and a bad one. If I think about it too much I get it wrong. It seems to be another muscle memory kind of thing. Practise makes perfect. Anyone else used to not rev matching on the way down? |
