I read on one of the quickshifter posts about someone blipping the throttle when they down shift. Now I can see why a quickshifter would blip the throttle when changing down but why would someone do it when changing manually? So I decided to give it a try on my way to work last night. I found it surprising but it seems that the bike goes down thru the gears much smoother,almost as if there's nothing felt thru the gear lever. I take it this is why people do it and that's the result I'm looking for?
+1. It helps prevent the rear wheel locking up due to the engine breaking effect. Poor man's slipper clutch
Sept all recent Blades have a Slipper! Still doesn't mean U shouldn't try and make the effort to match Revs and Gearbox speed though!
i think your getting confused.the quick shifter doesn't "blip" the throttle,and is used when changing up not down.it cuts the ignition/fueling for X amount of milliseconds to allow full throttle up changes. do a search for blipping,theres a big thread somwehere about it.
The HM GP quickshifter i'm looking at has a blipper controller built in,just unfortunate the blades throttle isn't compatible. Tried it again on way to work last night and with just a little blip the gear change is so much smoother than just letting the slipper clutch handle it. Cant remember who it was that said they did it when down shifting but big thanks to them,defo gonna keep doing it as it feels so much better
"Slipper" Its alright as a standard job but its far from perfect. I always blip as blade has a tendancy to step out if you dont
Blipping the throttle helps in downshifting reason being that both input and output shafts operate at different speeds this allows for a smoother selection as bikes don't have syncromesh gears like cars. Racers are seen blipping the throttle despite all the electronic gear they have.
Hard to tell as I dont look at the rpm when blipping. Just a nudge does grand on mine but thats using a 1/4 turn HRC throttle. Experiment a bit
A minimum amount is all that's required just to speed up the input shaft as the clutch would have disengaged the drive allowing both shafts to run as near to each other for dog and dogs hole engagements when selecting lower gears. To put this into another perspective on my old Bonneville which had a close ratio gearbox where 1st gear was good for 100mph (very tall) when pushing I needed a great big handful of throttle to find 1st gear selection without a twitch. Now you cant do that on a modern superbike the back would lock up, That's why I've seen so many bikers rapidly coming down the box with the clutch lever still pulled in.
It all about timing Ross mate! I've blipped every bike I've had when I got the Blade the revs fall much faster than my cbr6 and cb1 so it lurch a bit to start with till I got used to it! It a bit like changing up gears in a car you do it without thinking as you change due to revs and not speed! Blipping becomes the same you just do it without thinking the more you do it the smoother it becomes another thing I've found if you aproaching a junction/roundabout slowly just raise you revs slightly and the gears just fall into place on the way down! I kinda feel daft blipping at such low speeds! next you jumping off the bike beating your chest and flexing your armour but just a constant slightly higher revs does the trick! Blipping always sounds best at speed! A quick flick and let the clutch out MUSIC! I found I can go up and down gear as well without using the clutch again just timing, no crunching gears just fall into place! Practice and more practice makes for smoother up and down shifts
You can get quick shifters that now blip the throttle on downshift for easier engagement and no need for a clutch.
Thats certainly the idea but im sure theres some difference in the standard and a full blown aftermarket one. Sure you cant even bump start bikes with a full slipper but you can with a blade? Its good and im happy with it but if youre throwing down gears before a fast corner, do blip or you will notice some step out- even running slicks so it would be more pronounced I imagine on road tyres.
