vb7prog
Junior Member
I feel like I have a wierd shifting technique, although it feels quite natural while I do it.
I pretty much always do clutch upshifting with no clutch downshifting. The clutch engaged upshifting I feel I do because of the lack of torque I like to rev the gas alot and at higher rpms it is harder to shift fast. I can easily do clutchless upshifting, but I find it takes a very relaxed type of riding to accomplish (one that doesn't really suite commuter riding in CA). Also with lane filtering I find myself between two cagers often and need to greatly out accelerate off the line them which again makes it difficult to up-shift without the clutch.
But on downshifting, it feels so natural to just let off the accelerator, apply slight downward pressure on the shifter and it pretty much pops into place, many times I feel like I am at the proper RPM but I don't really revmatch with throttle or fully get into it, just like sound of the bike, RPM and general SPEED, downshift pretty easy.
I really enjoy engine braking, and if I use the clutch it feels like it takes to long to cycle through the gears / feels unnatural... I would if it was at really high rpms or out of "rev-matching" range.
So my question would be, is clutch-less downshifting bad on fz6, and how many ppl feel the same way about using clutch with upshifts but not downshifts (does this bike lend itself to this kind of use ?).
I pretty much always do clutch upshifting with no clutch downshifting. The clutch engaged upshifting I feel I do because of the lack of torque I like to rev the gas alot and at higher rpms it is harder to shift fast. I can easily do clutchless upshifting, but I find it takes a very relaxed type of riding to accomplish (one that doesn't really suite commuter riding in CA). Also with lane filtering I find myself between two cagers often and need to greatly out accelerate off the line them which again makes it difficult to up-shift without the clutch.
But on downshifting, it feels so natural to just let off the accelerator, apply slight downward pressure on the shifter and it pretty much pops into place, many times I feel like I am at the proper RPM but I don't really revmatch with throttle or fully get into it, just like sound of the bike, RPM and general SPEED, downshift pretty easy.
I really enjoy engine braking, and if I use the clutch it feels like it takes to long to cycle through the gears / feels unnatural... I would if it was at really high rpms or out of "rev-matching" range.
So my question would be, is clutch-less downshifting bad on fz6, and how many ppl feel the same way about using clutch with upshifts but not downshifts (does this bike lend itself to this kind of use ?).