Zealot
The Village Idiot
Heya folks!
Been trying to get my stupid PC3 working properly (I can't seem to get any discernible changes when loading maps, despite having the O2 sensor gone and unplugging the battery for a time between changing the map) and in the midst of doing that, went out on a test ride.
I know our bike has a pretty abrupt bite point at the end, and the snatchy throttle - and now that I've put a few thousand KM on it, I'm starting to feel pretty good overall. I'm a lot more smooth overall, which is nice. That being said - I watched my tachometer today while shifting, and it seems like maybe I'm doing something a little weird, I think. (Spare me the lecture on looking down while riding! It was pure fluke!)
Essentially, when I go to shift I've got it preloaded and ready to go with little free play in my clutch lever/throttle so that everything is about as responsive as it can be. As soon as I do the upshift and begin to let the clutch back out (rather quickly, as has been suggested here - and it seems like it does the trick since there's very little feedback in regards to having shifted up a gear) while rolling back onto the throttle, it seems like the needle goes down and then right towards the end climbs back up a bit before 'settling' and going up as usual.
I always see it in movies and the likes, and even youtube videos of people riding - it seems like their RPM drops a pretty consistent chunk and just locks into place. Mine dips below a bit and climbs back up, so it makes me think I'm doing something wrong along the way. I try to keep a pretty even distribution between clutch/throttle usage and it feels good, but based on what I'm seeing on the tach it seems like I might be slow on the release (strange, considering as soon as I pull it in I'm letting it back out) or maybe not giving enough throttle in between. I don't want to wear my clutch out prematurely!
I guess what I'm looking for is simply, how does the needle drop on your bike when you shift? I get the impression I might be a bit slow on the release.
Mine looks kind of like this guy's in the first 20 seconds of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1YCihp4an4 (Although his is a fair bit more dramatic!)
Been trying to get my stupid PC3 working properly (I can't seem to get any discernible changes when loading maps, despite having the O2 sensor gone and unplugging the battery for a time between changing the map) and in the midst of doing that, went out on a test ride.
I know our bike has a pretty abrupt bite point at the end, and the snatchy throttle - and now that I've put a few thousand KM on it, I'm starting to feel pretty good overall. I'm a lot more smooth overall, which is nice. That being said - I watched my tachometer today while shifting, and it seems like maybe I'm doing something a little weird, I think. (Spare me the lecture on looking down while riding! It was pure fluke!)
Essentially, when I go to shift I've got it preloaded and ready to go with little free play in my clutch lever/throttle so that everything is about as responsive as it can be. As soon as I do the upshift and begin to let the clutch back out (rather quickly, as has been suggested here - and it seems like it does the trick since there's very little feedback in regards to having shifted up a gear) while rolling back onto the throttle, it seems like the needle goes down and then right towards the end climbs back up a bit before 'settling' and going up as usual.
I always see it in movies and the likes, and even youtube videos of people riding - it seems like their RPM drops a pretty consistent chunk and just locks into place. Mine dips below a bit and climbs back up, so it makes me think I'm doing something wrong along the way. I try to keep a pretty even distribution between clutch/throttle usage and it feels good, but based on what I'm seeing on the tach it seems like I might be slow on the release (strange, considering as soon as I pull it in I'm letting it back out) or maybe not giving enough throttle in between. I don't want to wear my clutch out prematurely!
I guess what I'm looking for is simply, how does the needle drop on your bike when you shift? I get the impression I might be a bit slow on the release.
Mine looks kind of like this guy's in the first 20 seconds of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1YCihp4an4 (Although his is a fair bit more dramatic!)
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