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  1. Thanks for all the feedback! I'm sure I'll have more questions soon enough
  2. Yeah I would love to attend the CSS classes one day and get some track time in, but I'm just trying to graduate at the moment. Another question on downshifting; I've never tried it on purpose and I'm not sure I've ever done it by accident either, but does anyone preload their shifter for downshifting? I know I do it to upshift as often as I remember, and as soon as the clutch is pulled in enough it goes into the higher gear.
  3. Most of my riding is in the city at the moment; Miami to be exact. I basically never have a reason to get out of second with the traffic. I thought about it and it may sound dumb, but I always thought that guys who revved their engine like no tomorrow on the STREET did so for no real reason except to get some attention - maybe some of them were just trying to get into first gear really badly lol. I like to keep my bike as quiet as possible, and I know there is a rev limiter but usually I never had the urge to rev really high on the streets. I like to keep my bike around 6k RPMs in case I need to get into the power band which from what I've experienced starts around 8-9k RPMs. I used to keep my little ninja 250 at 8-9k RPMs all the time at beginning of the power band, but with my r6 that sounds like way too many trips to the gas station. Also I feel comfortable enough going from cruising to accelerating or breaking in a split second if necessary so there's no real need that I see to keep it in the higher RPMs. I had to really slow that video down frame by frame to appreciate it, but I think i get the idea. I can only dream of being able to afford to get on a track someday which brings me to my next questions; how much time would you say is spent in first and second gears on a track? Do racers tend to avoid getting into first gear unless absolutely necessary to stay in their particular power band for accelerating?
  4. I managed to pull off a super smooth clutchless upshift today from 2nd to 3rd gear followed by a really smooth downshift from 2nd to 3rd using the "blip" technique. Most of my previous experiments were in first and second gear at lower speeds so I think I'm making some progress hopefully! My bike tends to give me problems switching between 1st and 2nd either upshifting or downshifting at lower speeds.
  5. @csmith12: I have a very small amount of throttle slack if any at all; a very slight turn of the throttle produces an immediate increase in rpms. I don't think I ever blip as much as 1/3 so I will try a larger blip. Do you have the newer model r6? My r6s is basically the @Hotfoot: I don't just drop the cltuch, but I wouldn't say I do it too slow either. @ Lnewqban: I ride a 2007 Yamaha r6s. It is all stock as far as I know. I thought it idled at 500 rpms its actually 10-1100rpms in neutral I just didn't pay enough attention to the tach it seems. I tried downshifting at different rpms to experiement. I figured I may have had an easier time practicing at lower rpms than higher rpms. The reason I blip is to match the higher rpms of the lower gear I am downshifting into. I'm not sure if that's the answer you are looking for though. If i do hold the throttle open after blipping won't I run the risk of wheelieing the bike if I let the clutch out too fast? Thanks for all the replies btw! Hoping I can get this technique down eventually.
  6. If I understand correctly are you suggesting that after blipping to not release the throttle or reducing the time elapased between closing the throttle and re-opening it after the blip? Also what do you consider idle rpms? I would say my bike idles at 500 rpms with the clutch disengaged. I have tried to downshift near the 7k range and more recently near the 4k range to see if I would have more success at lower rpms but not since my last post.
  7. Hello! Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I didn't want to start another on the same topic. I still consider myself a beginner rider and my first "sport" bike was a Kawasaki Ninja 250 which I had to sell because I moved. I recently purchased a 2007 Yamaha r6s which I ride everyday as my only form of transport and have been trying to practice downshifting while blipping the throttle. I am pretty sure I am doing something wrong so if anyone can help me find my problem it would be greatly appreciated. The method I use is the same as outlined by Jasonzilla above, however I feel that my downshifts are not really smooth; my bike actually feels like it jerks and considerably slows down due to engine breaking when I downshift. Could this be because I am not releasing the clutch at peak rpms after the blip? My blips are about 1/4 of a throttle turn if that helps. Pommerac
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