Dennis in NH
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Hi Misti, Welcome, love to read some good advice from a experienced rider!
I've only been riding for a year, and am taking the different courses available here to learn how to ride fast&safe, but I have 1 big issue.
The people I ride with usually have much more powerfull bikes than my fz6,
(zx6r, zx10r, even a zzr1400 (big but fast)) and I notice that when I'm going through the mountains with em, I obviously have to shift more due to the lack of power throughout the rpm range. But when I approach a corner, slow down and shift down, my rear tire locks up and slides abit, causing me to poop my pants (not literaly lol) and stiffen op, sometimes completely messing up the corner, and twice now almost had a near crash (heart pounding so bad it'll sound like a vtwin) Too bad the fz6 doesn't have a slipper clutch, but any tips are welcome!
I have to jump in here although I look forward to Misti's response.
I think you really need to throttle blip (i.e., rev match) on downshift as this will smooth the transition to a lower gear. Without this, you upset the suspension way too much -- e.g., to the point of locking the rear tire (yikes!). I'm guessing your downshift is in a straight line and that's why all that happened was a tire lock. If you downshift while leaned over, a tire lock like that can be disasterous.
Dennis