11-06-2016, 10:39 PM
Unless you are high in the rev range and low in the transmission, there isn't a whole lot of compression braking on the CB, but it won't hurt it a bit.
I think books like Code's TOTW, and some of Ulva's advice is geared more toward racers and the spirited road riders that ride specific roads over and over, than the casual street rider. There are differeing techniques for a racer coming into the corner at the end of a long straight on a race track and a casual rider coming to a curve at the end of a long straight on the street, particularly if he is unfamiliar with that road. After the first lap the racer knows what to expect at the end of the straight next lap around, and if there is something unexpected there is a marshall there with a flag to warn him. SO he can come in boiling in 6 th, pull in the clutch , jam down 4 gears and exit in second, because that is the most efficient way thru that turn for the racer. For the street rider he must be more cautious, not knowing what is around the corner, so a series of downshifts may be in order, because he may be able to take that turn in fourth, but he may want to take it in third, or second, depending on what he finds when he gets there and looks through it.
I have turns I know I want to take in 3rd, one I know I want to take in second, and in those cases I will pull in the clutch and make multiple downshifts at once before letting out the clutch in the correct gear. But on unfamiliar turns, I am going to approach it more cautiously, one gear at a time until I decide which gear is the right gear for the situation as it unfolds in front of me.
Racers have the benefit of repeated practice to find shift points, brake points, tip in points, best line, maximum and minimum speed, and those points are learned over many laps. We don't always have that benefit on the street.
I think books like Code's TOTW, and some of Ulva's advice is geared more toward racers and the spirited road riders that ride specific roads over and over, than the casual street rider. There are differeing techniques for a racer coming into the corner at the end of a long straight on a race track and a casual rider coming to a curve at the end of a long straight on the street, particularly if he is unfamiliar with that road. After the first lap the racer knows what to expect at the end of the straight next lap around, and if there is something unexpected there is a marshall there with a flag to warn him. SO he can come in boiling in 6 th, pull in the clutch , jam down 4 gears and exit in second, because that is the most efficient way thru that turn for the racer. For the street rider he must be more cautious, not knowing what is around the corner, so a series of downshifts may be in order, because he may be able to take that turn in fourth, but he may want to take it in third, or second, depending on what he finds when he gets there and looks through it.
I have turns I know I want to take in 3rd, one I know I want to take in second, and in those cases I will pull in the clutch and make multiple downshifts at once before letting out the clutch in the correct gear. But on unfamiliar turns, I am going to approach it more cautiously, one gear at a time until I decide which gear is the right gear for the situation as it unfolds in front of me.
Racers have the benefit of repeated practice to find shift points, brake points, tip in points, best line, maximum and minimum speed, and those points are learned over many laps. We don't always have that benefit on the street.