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Turn 2 Phillip Island I haven't found any other corner like it and it's so long. I find myself taking a different line through there every time. Turn 2 Eastern Creek From top speed to a slow first gear corner - just feels like a waste of time because it's so slow. So many have crashed there (not me thankfully)

I've just converted to race shift. I find it a great help coming out of corners - really positive shift and just feels 'right'. It has however, made my downshifting problem worse - it feels really weird to be clicking up while blipping the throttle in the braking area.

I hear what your saying But that's not really the problem because I know I can make the corner and have already made the decision as to what speed and revs to use for my entry. It's just under hard braking I find it really difficult to keep up with the gear changes. Mostly going from top speed down to first gear corners. Like Phillip Island where I'm going from a top speed (around 210 - 220kph) left hand sweeper, down to a 1st gear 70kph right hand hair pin. So I'm going from 6th to 1st. Who has a close ratio gearbox? What's your technique?

I'm quite small so I really use the footpegs to get as much leverage as possible so I can haul the bike around. I find I get alot more leverage using the arch (close to the heel) of my foot rather than the ball. I also find I can lock my outside leg into the bike more with that technique.

Howdy all Thought I'd pop in and say hi from Australia and ask for some advice I ride a Honda VFR400 which has a close ration gear box, so for most of the gears there's only 500rpm difference between each gear. Anyway, this I have found to be a little awkward. Mostly with downshifting while braking for a corner, I'm feeling a little lost. On other bikes I blip the throttle as I go through the box, engaging each gear, but with this bike, if I brake hard enough, I find it really difficult to keep up with the gear changes - resulting in poor braking, poor gear changing and a screwed up entry. I've tried going down 2 gears at a time but that tends to have me concentrating on judging when to blip the throttle and again, taking away from my focus on braking. Do you have any tips on this subject? Or should I not blip the throttle, or just bang through the box and blip and release the clutch once? Thanks for your time