Tips For Rev Matching a Downshift While Braking On a Motorcycle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2022
- In this video, I'll share some tips that should help to rev match your downshifts while applying the front brakes on a motorcycle. This is an advanced riding technique that is used to make downshifts as smooth as possible, especially if your bike does not have a slipper clutch.
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This video convinced me to start practicing again, i tried for a few weeks but felt like i was pulling up to the lights on a horse instead of my motorcycle.
I felt the same way at first. It just takes time and consistent practice!
I’m dying a horse lmfao I feel that tho
Thanks for your help! Very good teaching voice and tone and explained in an easy and logical way.
Appreciate the compliments, John! Glad you found it helpful. 🙂
Been waiting for this video. Great tip using your legs to keeping your arms relaxed. Helps avoid the herky jerky motion when simultaneously braking and downshifting. 👍👍
Exactly! Appreciate your patience on this as well. 🙂
I've looked around all yt to find advice for this but couldn't find any so thanks, taking pressure off the handlebars definetely helped a lot in this
Glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching, and for letting me know it helped 🙂✌️
excellent info, and perfect display at 8:08! exactly what i was looking for. The final answer to my questions
Agreed, the camera angle from the front makes it really clear. Great video, thanks Chad! I feel this is a gap in my riding skills and this video was a great explainer.
Nice! Have to practice this on my sons R3 on the street when it warms up :)
Great idea! 🙂
6:50 - you could shave some weight by uninstalling the clutch lever seeing as it doesn't seem all too necessary on the bike :D
That .05hp would probably throw me off the back if I tried to pop a wheelie! 😂
Great content as always Chad.
I hope you are doing well.
See you next time.
Thanks Johnny! Hope you are doing well too! ✌️
Great Content♥️
Thank you! 🙂
Man I've had such a bad time with this. The pulse at the brakes is too much. I'd given up and started letting the clutch lever out slowly instead and letting the slipper clutch take up the load but it gets a bit dodgy when you're shifting down 2 or more gears. You've convinced me to practice again.
Just keep at it! It took me a while to get past the violent lurchiness, and I think it's a very useful skill once it is finally acquired. Hope all is well with you Anupam! 🙂✌️
@@hiimchad life is fabulous, man. Can't complain. First track day on Apr 2nd. Equal parts nervous and excited. That too, on the big GP circuit!
@@greyanaroth that’s exciting! I’m jealous, still haven’t ridden a current GP circuit, have fun out there!
Any videos in the circuitous roads of the Sierra front country? The Ag roads are straight.
No, but I have made quite a few videos at different racetracks!
can you do a rev match/downshift first before a trail brake?.
You sure can, but you'll end up slowing down earlier for the corner, losing speed, and adding time to your lap as a result!
So on the truck with you daytona you won't use the clutch to downshift?Won't that cause crazy amount of wear?
Correct, I do not use the clutch on the track. It should not make a meaningful difference in transmission wear if timed and executed properly. I've put tens of thousands of miles on bikes using this technique between the street and the track and have never experienced a failure.
@@hiimchad thanks for the answer, I will give it try! I also have a 675, with no slipper clutch and I'm finding braking and downshifting challenging
@@GiacintoMarcellino I learned this technique to work around not having a slipper clutch. It is pretty effective. When it came time to change my plates after a season of racing, I ended up fitting a Yoyodyne slipper. Although I continue to rev match without the clutch, it helps the bike carry more speed by reducing engine braking and also sorts things out if I don't rev match quite right on a downshift. No rear wheel lock or chatter.
Can someone explain to me why you wouldn’t just keep the throttle open while downshifting? Wouldn’t that jump your rpm’s and essentially rev match?
Hey Kenjin! Leaving the throttle open while re-engaging the clutch between downshifts will cause the bike to lurch forward against the brakes, resulting in additional slowing/stopping time/distance and making the bike difficult to control. The key here is to open and close the throttle quickly enough that the bike does not lurch against the brakes.
Is it okay to apply front brake while revving
No. But he is not revving, he is blipping
Keeping the throttle open while braking is not good, but the quick blip is necessary for rev matching and when done correctly, is faster and smoother than downshifting without rev matching if the bikes does not have a slipper clutch.