Throttle blipping.

[scumdog]

I blip'nbrake when about to enter a tight corner, intersection etc but mainly on open road stuff, around town I rarely chage more than one gear and that's a low speed.

I noticed Jim2 pogo-stick action more when I let the clutch back out and the deceleration from the engine braking causes the front to dip even further for a second or two, more noticable on down-hill braking when two-up and loaded with gear.

[RantyDave]

When down changing, braking heavily, and blipping the throttle between each change, are your forks pogoing up and down?

No. It all sounds far too complicated. I want a slipper clutch because I'm a lazy bastard.

Dave

[Motu]

Ding,ding,ding....don't need to blip man.

But with the TS400 it was (to quote Ixion) fucking big DING! Like getting a size 13 slammed into your back.An unwelcome surprise on an off camber down hill right on a loose surface.

[Pwalo]

I don't have any troubles blipping the throttle, braking, and changing down, but then I've been riding the same make/model for five years.

Sometimes I find it helps to run a trailing rear brake to help settle the whole show down, but it's all practice (and it probably helps having a Suzuki gearbox, even a GS one).

[slowpoke]

When I was racing (no, not chariots you cheeky monkey), the RC's idle speed was set to 3000rpm and you'd glide into sweepers like you were on a magic carpet. Still had to blip to get it perfect though.

So you didn't just own an RC30...you raced it as well, Jim? Yowza, I seem to have gone a curious shade of kawasaki green...........

[James Deuce]

I raced it once. Those magnesium engine covers were expensive. First (and only) meeting cost about $3500

[Finn]

That's what two strokes are for, bang it down two gears and drop the clutch.

No. Two strokes are for garden work like lawnmowers, hedge trimmers & weedwackers.

[Ivan]

That's what two strokes are for, bang it down two gears and drop the clutch.

I've noticed that effect though.

I race a 2 stroke GP bike and I blip it on gear change down,

For 2 reasons


A: The bike feels alot smoother when blipping it down when changing from 6th to 1st yes you do that on a125 you go from 6th gear to 1st.

B: A 2 stroke when you let the throttle off Doesnt get oil to the cylinders as much and can cause a seize, I have doen it ever since I blew my 125 up in a race.

I guess its up to the rider to decide what they want to do,

But heres how I do it from a racers view

I have 2 fingers applied to front brake lever and my other 3 fingers on the throttle I keep applying pressure to the front brake lever and use my thumb to blip the throttle so long as you keep your wits about you, you wont apply to much pressure tot he front brakes and make the bike pogo also your suspension could be set to soft if you hit the brakes hard and the bike pogos I sure know I wouldnt want to be riding a bike which pogo sticked around a corner.

[crash harry]

Found it much easier on the 9R than on the busa - the busa picks up revs too quickly and it's easy to overcook the blip!

I think the smaller the engine the easier it is (to a point) because if you miss the exact revs there's less engine momentum to overcome.

I imagine it's a pain in the arse on a big V-Twin

[gixermike]

"I imagine it's a pain in the arse on a big V-Twin"

I thought that, but it's not too bad actually....took a bit of getting used to after a IL4 600, bit more violent / sudden when you get it wrong...

It helps to wind all the slack out of the throttle cable so the amount you need to move your right hand before anything happens is less..makes the throttle instant, which is also nice for coming back on the throttle mid lean in corners. it hads load sof slack when i picked it up and was a bit of a pig for blipping...now no time delay..

[k14]

I race a 2 stroke GP bike and I blip it on gear change down,

Waste of time. No way will a RS125 compression lock up on downchanges. I never ever blip the RS. On my old road bike (CBR250) I used to blip all the time, but its not necessary on the RS. Use your concentration on other things, blipping is just a waste of time.

On my bucket I am a bit lazy but that will compression lock if I change down a gear a bit early, sometimes I blip but most of the time I won't.

[Ixion]

I always blip. Habit of a lifetime.

[Crisis management]

I have always blipped to reduce the gearbox confusion and don't seem to have a problem with braking & blipping.

Hey that means I can multi-task, wait till I tell the wife!

Back to earth (she probably wouldn't believe that anyway)... if I have to stop in a hurry I use brakes and ignore all else, engine braking is going to do less than a decent brake anyway.

Keep practicing Jim!

[James Deuce]

Umm, the idea wasn't to make me look like a hopeless case. I have no drama blipping on the down change. I'm just saying that on close examination my technique could be a lot better, and after reading a Keith Code article I realised that there are ways to fix little inconsistencies.

The pogoing I'm talking about is like 2cm max, but when you've got everything on the limit that pogo could be enough to generate a low side as you tip in.

I don't think any of you are as perfect as you think you are. Actually monitor your down changes and I bet you all do a little pogo into first as you are pulling up to a stop.

I'm trying to get to the point of ultimate smoothness. I won;t get there in my lifetime, but I'm going to try. I think you're all picturing a giant orange, bellowing, bouncing mess.

Not.

[bugjuice]

nothing wrong with orange