12-05-2015, 03:13 PM
Clutchless upshifts after the 1-2 shift are easy while accelerating. Much tougher to do smoothly at a steady speed, it really helps to be accelerating a least some. Apply a slight pressure up on the gear lever and very quickly and very slightly close and open the throttle. Think of lightly blipping the throttle, but opposite. If your trying to get a noticeable drop in RPM's, you cutting too much throttle, you just want a really light, extremely quick reduction of thrust from the engine.
It's an easy trick, I do it all the time. If your chains getting loose its a little tougher to do smoothly, but done correctly it makes very quick and smooth shifts.
Clutchless downshifts are a little tougher, and again, a lot harder to do for the 2-1 shift. You'll be surprised how easy this is to do at low engine speeds. Try it under 2000 RPM, it's easy to do at engine speeds where you have very little engine braking. While decelerating, apply slight pressure down on the shift lever and ever so slightly, and very very quickly, blip the throttle. A you get used to doing them at low RPS with little engine speed, you can start trying them at higher RPMs. To be smooth at higher RPMs, it helps blip the throttle but not fully close it. Blip it and just slightly have the throttle open rather than fully closed, so that you are not getting the full engine baking effect.
I've always been in the habit of rev matching my downshifts. If you can do quick, smooth down shifts, practice downshifting using less and less clutch and you'll realize its not always necessary to even pull the clutch. Try it with just slightly pulling in the clutch and it'll be smother than when you try to pull the clutch completely in.
It's an easy trick, I do it all the time. If your chains getting loose its a little tougher to do smoothly, but done correctly it makes very quick and smooth shifts.
Clutchless downshifts are a little tougher, and again, a lot harder to do for the 2-1 shift. You'll be surprised how easy this is to do at low engine speeds. Try it under 2000 RPM, it's easy to do at engine speeds where you have very little engine braking. While decelerating, apply slight pressure down on the shift lever and ever so slightly, and very very quickly, blip the throttle. A you get used to doing them at low RPS with little engine speed, you can start trying them at higher RPMs. To be smooth at higher RPMs, it helps blip the throttle but not fully close it. Blip it and just slightly have the throttle open rather than fully closed, so that you are not getting the full engine baking effect.
I've always been in the habit of rev matching my downshifts. If you can do quick, smooth down shifts, practice downshifting using less and less clutch and you'll realize its not always necessary to even pull the clutch. Try it with just slightly pulling in the clutch and it'll be smother than when you try to pull the clutch completely in.