11-25-2017, 03:05 AM
(11-25-2017, 02:40 AM)rotor_imp Wrote: Here's what I do, on any bike with a "normal" gearbox:
When slowing down, always downshift in time to keep the gear and road speed commensurate. In case of emergency stop, when there is no time to do that, disengage the engine just a bit ahead of coming to a full stop, let the revs slow down to idle, release clutch just enough to get the engine and gear box "to talk each other", press clutch fully and downshift. Repeat as required to reach neutral. Attempts to downshift from higher gears and (especially) from those "false neutrals" before the revs have dropped to idle are not good for the gear-box. Any gearbox.
Right on
Sometimes I'm also forced to brake to a sudden stop and have to "go through the gears" like you describe to get back to first gear after I'm stopped.
That's just the way it is with motorcycle gearboxes.