I had to explain to my girlfriend that I wasn't trying to show off when I'm revving up when I'm slowing down. She said who am I showing off to when she's riding on the back
I was rev matching coming up to a turn at a pedestrian...a young couple were crossing so I waited for them to pass. The guy looked straight down; the girl looks towards me with a huge smile and sneakily blows kisses...rev matching makes girls want to sneak out with ya, your girlfriend knows that 😂
I got my first bike 3 days ago and I’ve been rev matching since my first ride lol. I do daily drive a manual so that may be why I’m a little more comfortable doing it
Doing it while braking hard is a little more difficult. Still trying to get that smooth while also using brakes, maybe you could make a video about that? ✌
i've been riding for about 3 months now and rev matching has definitely saved the day on multiple occasions. i used to hold in the clutch and feel for my deceleration and match that with the appropriate gear but once i got the hang of it matching, it was a game changer. especially now that i'm actually going past 50mph
As someone who rev matches a car atleast, with a bike i was rev matching literally within less than 10 minutes, on the 3rd road. I really dont understand any fear about it tbh, your clutch is in when youre blipping, it aint gonna go anywhere Edit: just to add, I am by no means an advanced rider either. I started riding like a week ago. It's just that the technique is really not tenichal at all
Rev matching is useful on older bikes that don’t have a slipper clutch because down shifting with the engine at low rpm can lock up your rear wheel and slippper clutches are designed for that not to happen.
Appreciate this video! I tried it in a parking lot and got it a few times and could tell a major difference, but I was definitely nervous I might lunge my bike and fall and damage it. Thanks for showing that it's kind of a fool proof skill that's not gonna send you flying😂
If your bike doesn't have a slipper clutch and you miss time your rev match, it upsets the bike especially at high speed. Practice and nail it down as much as you can.
To me downshifting the beginning way is more dangerous. If you are fully relying on yourself to let out the clutch slowly, what if you accidentally let it out too fast? That is what can cause your tire to lose traction is if it suddenly increases the RPM. At least giving it any amount. Of throttle to rev match will match the rpm to the wheel closer than just using the clutch. I remember when I was a beginner I downshifted in a slight turn while coming to a stop, I let out the clutch too fast (no rev match) and I felt the rear tire skip. I didn’t almost wreck or anything but as a beginner it definitely scared me. It took me one day of practicing to get a consistent smooth rev match. It definitely isn’t as hard as it sounds! Think of it as all one motion instead of individual steps.
Excellent instruction and video. I am amazed on the number videos on utube where the riders are man handling the controls. Their right hands are wringing the throttle like they are trying to wring a chicken's neck. I have owned early Airheads with so called clunky transmissions with heavy engine flywheels. Takes some practice to shift those smoothly and quietly. I learned your techniques by myself to be able to do this. I currently ride Moto Guzzis and thus read reviews and watch videos with Moto Guzzis. I get perturbed with all the reviewers who complain about the clunky and rough gearboxes. I see that a lot especially with the newer V7s. I have one of these that has an extremely smooth transmission, just need to shift it properly, just as you describe. Several respondants say they don't use the clutch at all. I use mine all the time but it is just a bit of a tickle so I am virtually shifting with almost no clutch. Again, excellent instruction. All instructors should be teaching this. I started riding 59 years ago so training classes were non existant back then and if I were to take one now I would probably be told about all the things I am doing wrong. Some trainers online do push some bad information, I am sure you are not one of them.
Is this not taught in motorcycle classes in the US? Don't take me the wrong way, but I was taught to do this as a child, and clutchless changes! These aren't "skills", as such, it's how you ride a bike. No wonder slipper clutches seem like such a revolutionary advancement to so many.
I've been "rev matching" during downshifts for the last 50+ years. I did not know what the technique was called and just assumed that most people did this. I also use clutch-less upshifting, at least most of the time. I do not have a quickshifter mechanism. In addition to being faster/easier than a large pull of the de-clutch lever, these techniques can be a lot easier on your left hand when having to do a lot of shifting. My current bike has a slipper clutch so the de-clutch pull is much lighter, which is nicer still on left hand fatigue. I understand that not all bikes take kindly to clutch-less upshifting. Finally, no, I have no interest in a DCT.
I used to be a truck driver and so I would synchronize everything thing i shifted. Most of the time i didnt use the clutch in my car. Some people dont know that dragging the clutch on downshifts is wearing the clutch. Had an old Accord, 350k miles, orginal clutch. Nowadays it's a quick-shifter, got my first bike with a QS and as a gearhead, i approve
Rev matching is a great tool for normal riding, but an absolute necessity for any kind of fast paced riding. You see a lot of Moto Stars videos involving riders who jam on the brakes before a corner and end up wrecking because they're carrying more speed than they can handle. The advantage of rev matching is that it simultaneously helps you shave off speed via engine braking, while also keeping your bike in the optimal rev range to exit a corner without lugging the engine.
Never ridden a bike, yet, (thinking of getting a Honda XR150L), but have spent many years as a truck driver. When you can go up AND DOWN the entire gearbox without using the clutch at all, that's a pretty fair bet you've got your rev-matching right :)
One small change that really made me nail my rev matches in the beginning was to consciously close back the throttle after the blip. Few times I found myself letting go of the clutch while still lingering on the gas which would mess up the rev match. In the end it becomes second nature, but in the beginning try to think about the blip as a two step action, open&close, not just open throttle to give it gas. Ride safe!
One more tip that I might add.. when learning to shift both up and down, you’ll probably find that doing very slowly makes it more difficult. Practice the movements of course so that you understand exactly what you need to do, but when you go and actually do it. Just slap it all together. Doing it one step at a time will confuse your brain lol. Like shown in this video, your clutch, throttle, and shift are essentially just one big movement rather than 3 spaced out movements… hopefully that makes sense.
You're great at explaining and making it easy to understand, wish I had watched your vids when I started. Great video, i hope you get more subs and ppl learn from you! A follow-up to this video might be doing rev matching and braking at the same time. It'll help riders understand that clutch-in, coasting and braking to a stop is ineffective from the gears freewheeling and no suspension dive. Oh, after a few months of rev matching, for me it was automatic to go to clutchless shifting since rev matching trained my brain well... that's a plus 😅
People actually don't realise what the purpose of the clutch is in a motorcycle transmission... When you're riding along, the dog gears in the transmission are wedged up against their slots in the relevant gears, due to the parts being forced together it's very difficult to make them slide apart, all the clutch does, is interrupt the power of the engine to release this load on the dog gears so they can slide apart, into the next gear. When you're engine braking these gears still work the same way but instead of being wedged up on the drive side, they get wedged on the opposite edge of the dog teeth, when you transition from drive to engine braking and vice versa, there is a moment inbetween where there is no load on the dog gears and they can be shifted with no effort. Hopefully if you understand what's going on to this point I don't need to explain what you actually need to do but: If you're trying to bang through the gears without using the clutch: put light pressure on the gear lever (no more than when you're trying to put the bike into gear at a standstill with the clutch in) and as you roll off the throttle momentarily, that light pressure will cause the gears to slip into the next gear, with no damage. To ensure smooth shifts as soon as you feel the gear lever move, increase the pressure to fully complete the gear change, you don't even need to fully let of the throttle, just enough to transition to engine braking. Now the same is true for clutchless down shifting, the timing is a little more difficult, as you're already trying to stop, but light pressure down, and small blip of the throttle to momentarily transition from engine braking to drive. As long as you're not forcing the gear lever with all your might you are not doing any damage to the gearbox than when shifting with the clutch. Congratulations, you learned how to become a human quickshifter!
I have a Triumph street triple and a Harley RK. Switching between bikes on the weekends can be a beotch since both engines are completely different and I sometimes screw up with my muscle memory for the first 15 minutes or so adjusting to the different bike
Just curious, if you have a slip on or full system on the Triumph, how’s it sound compared to the road king? I know they’re completely different engines but I wonder how loud a triple gets when it’s 1200cc
The Street Triple is a 765 cc. Max rev 12,500. Max horsepower is 121 HP. I have the stock exhaust system. The bike is perfect stock and is a joy to ride. The harley is the perfect bike for longer trips across the state on the highways. Can carry a lot of gear and stuff. Has cruise control. Very comfortable for long trips @@jockwithajoystick
I was even rev-matching the chinese motorcycle I rode at the MSF course 😅 but I have been doing that in my car for years, and in the FSAE car I also drove for 5 years
you have to do everything so fast (non rider), what if you downshift before the clutch is pressed lol, if you mess up. doesnt that will damage the bike?
Hello! I am a new rider. Done 7k in England on Honda CBF125. After listening to your instructions I tried it seriously for 3 days and now I can see what was missing. You have helped me to get a little bit better for witch I want to say thank you. P.S. When I hear your voice I think Barack Obama 😂
I had to learn how to quick shift without a racing quick shift kit and haven’t actually thought about how it became natural to ride almost clutch less after 2nd gear.
Great vid and explanation but some things I thought you left out is the throttle position AFTER you downshift. I think for me as a new rider is after I blip the throttle and release the clutch my throttle position is either too much or too little causing me to accelerate or engine brake. You have the muscle memory to always return to where you are regardless of the blip. Is there any tip besides just practice to smooth out the downshifts so I don’t engine brake 100% or accelerate it when I’m trying to downshift blip?
So you can maintain speed, continue to slow down or even accelerate to get higher in the powerband depending on what youre going for. Typically though youre slowing down so you want your throttle to be at the same place it was before. If youre coming to a decently quick stop with no throttle you'll blip it and then shut the throttle back to 0. Say if your slowing with upcoming traffic or a red light way up the road and you slowly decelerating at 30% throttle you'll blip it and kick down and throttle will stay open at 30% even after the downshift. Good point you bring up though I didn''t and I don't recall anyone really properly explaining throttle position while dropping gears and the different scenarios so I'll add that to my list of videos to make!
Wait... Wait, wait, wait! You blip the throttle BEFORE kicking down a gear? I'm training rev matching for 1 and a half year by blipping AFTER kicking down then release the clucth! How dumb am i???
Do you roll back off the throttle after a blip or do you then maintain a steady pressure on the throttle? Additonally, do you blip while the clutch is still pulled or as your letting it out. Downshifting is proving the most difficult thing for me while learning to ride. I'm struggling with either the engine breaking way too much when downshifting or doing it too early/agressivly and wobbling the back tire... I've smoothed it out a little but I'm still slowing too much in my downshifts. Any advice would be great!
@@lollymclellan8760 if back tires skidding/the hard engine braking its actually from not doing it enough, dont be afraid to really give it a good flick of the wrist But depends on what you're doing with speed whether you stay on or off the throttle. I'd say for practice blip then come off throttle completely. And I pull clutch and blip at the same time
In your opinion would punching to much throttle on an mt07 make you wheelie/skid etc. I really want to learn this but my torch makes me nervous to loop the bike
I'd imagine you locked your rear a bit at one point which has scared you from quickly downshifting but good news is thats from too little throttle not too much. Mt07 is one of the best examples of a bike where learning to rev match is about mandatory to run smoothly due to the jumpy gearbox, lack of slipper and very "on/off" throttle. Give it a good blip of the throttle and you'll be amazed at how much smoother it will be.
I dont see why people say its hard, the first day I rode a motorcycle, I revmatched it to slow down by engine breaking. if me use to be a noob can do it, anyone can
I have a question, why is it that when I over rev while doing rev match downshift, the front wheel doesn't go up, but when I clutch in, rev, clutch out, the front wheel goes up?
im 56 , been riding since i was 5, all sizes of bikes makes models on and off road, i ride full time ( dont own a car ) ive never ever needed or wanted to "rev match" .. its unnecessry bullshit
Also I am also on a duke 390 and sometimes when rev matching I don't get as much engine braking as I expected? Is this my clutch wearing out or too much blip on the throttle ?? Thanks bro
Absolutely, quickshifters are generally clunky and depending on brand impressively unresponsive on downshifts until you're in the 1000cc+ flagships, and even a good chunk of those are still rough. Aprilia is the only brand with an across the board rock solid qs
Taking the MSF next week. Question, I need to slowly release to upshift going from N to 1 and from 1 to 2nd right? I've seen some video of people shifting very fast.
N to 1st your clutch will be pulled in and you'll just kick it down. 1st to 2nd they'll have you start by doing it in a few step motion but you'll progress to doing it as quickly as the rev matching in the vid but instead of abruptly adding throttle you'll abruptly cut/lower the throttle and kick up while slightly pulling in clutch. Up shifting is simple so don't think too hard you'll get it down np
Your girl has a slipper clutch, no? Other than that, rev matching quickly becomes your second nature and you don't even think about it, just learn it asap, commit it to your muscle memory and you can pretty much forget about it :-)
Rev matching is a cool stunt. I do it a lot. But it rarely serves any real, practical purpose. And it may even slow down the shifting process at times when you need a lower gear right NOW.
What do you do if you need to drop a gear quickly or down shift mid corner? Any time I drop the clutch without a revmatch the rear wheel locks, since day 1 of riding( no time to slowly release clutch when ur hauling)
If it was really necessary on normal road riding it would be an automatic control on your bike. Its pointless. Choose the gear for the speed. Blippers are basically bmw drivers that rev their engine for no reason but to get noticed cos their girlfriend dumped them
rev matching is sooo much fun. highly recommend people to learn.
It get's harder the more you think about it. 🤣
So true, you just have to feel it
I had to explain to my girlfriend that I wasn't trying to show off when I'm revving up when I'm slowing down. She said who am I showing off to when she's riding on the back
😂 show her this vid
@@RubyXIII she gets it now.
I was rev matching coming up to a turn at a pedestrian...a young couple were crossing so I waited for them to pass. The guy looked straight down; the girl looks towards me with a huge smile and sneakily blows kisses...rev matching makes girls want to sneak out with ya, your girlfriend knows that 😂
@@hyedefinition1080 LMAO. Well damn.
Just tell her your showing off how to ride a bike properly and leave it at that.
I got my first bike 3 days ago and I’ve been rev matching since my first ride lol. I do daily drive a manual so that may be why I’m a little more comfortable doing it
I got my bike 5days ago and just got knee down !
Did this on accident during my MSF course and the instructor asked me who taught me to do that.
just bought a new bike, didn't even realize i was supposed to be doing this. it feels smooth as hell, great vid
Doing it while braking hard is a little more difficult. Still trying to get that smooth while also using brakes, maybe you could make a video about that? ✌
i've been riding for about 3 months now and rev matching has definitely saved the day on multiple occasions. i used to hold in the clutch and feel for my deceleration and match that with the appropriate gear but once i got the hang of it matching, it was a game changer. especially now that i'm actually going past 50mph
It’s literally so easy it took me a good 3 tries to figure it out and makes you feel like a pro
Didn't even know what Rev Matching is, but doing it all the time. Seems to me most natural.
I love rev matching. So fun, and also, the pops my exhaust makes sometimes just from the action
As someone who rev matches a car atleast, with a bike i was rev matching literally within less than 10 minutes, on the 3rd road. I really dont understand any fear about it tbh, your clutch is in when youre blipping, it aint gonna go anywhere
Edit: just to add, I am by no means an advanced rider either. I started riding like a week ago. It's just that the technique is really not tenichal at all
I do find it difficult whilst braking
Absolutely awesome mate, took all my worries away. I'm gonna practice this tomorrow :)
Rev matching is useful on older bikes that don’t have a slipper clutch because down shifting with the engine at low rpm can lock up your rear wheel and slippper clutches are designed for that not to happen.
I have been rev matching for 55 yrs! I have doing it so long,that It happens with no thought. I also rev match my truck with manual tansmission.
Great video! I will start practicing. Thank you.
Appreciate this video! I tried it in a parking lot and got it a few times and could tell a major difference, but I was definitely nervous I might lunge my bike and fall and damage it. Thanks for showing that it's kind of a fool proof skill that's not gonna send you flying😂
Great demonstration! Much appreciated!
If your bike doesn't have a slipper clutch and you miss time your rev match, it upsets the bike especially at high speed. Practice and nail it down as much as you can.
Yes! After years of off-road, my first street bike was a Duke 390. It is so nice having a bike that isn't trying to kill you on any mistake :D
To me downshifting the beginning way is more dangerous. If you are fully relying on yourself to let out the clutch slowly, what if you accidentally let it out too fast? That is what can cause your tire to lose traction is if it suddenly increases the RPM. At least giving it any amount. Of throttle to rev match will match the rpm to the wheel closer than just using the clutch. I remember when I was a beginner I downshifted in a slight turn while coming to a stop, I let out the clutch too fast (no rev match) and I felt the rear tire skip. I didn’t almost wreck or anything but as a beginner it definitely scared me. It took me one day of practicing to get a consistent smooth rev match. It definitely isn’t as hard as it sounds! Think of it as all one motion instead of individual steps.
For me rev matching is just what feels normal. Got bike since 2 weeks
Excellent instruction and video. I am amazed on the number videos on utube where the riders are man handling the controls. Their right hands are wringing the throttle like they are trying to wring a chicken's neck. I have owned early Airheads with so called clunky transmissions with heavy engine flywheels. Takes some practice to shift those smoothly and quietly. I learned your techniques by myself to be able to do this. I currently ride Moto Guzzis and thus read reviews and watch videos with Moto Guzzis. I get perturbed with all the reviewers who complain about the clunky and rough gearboxes. I see that a lot especially with the newer V7s. I have one of these that has an extremely smooth transmission, just need to shift it properly, just as you describe. Several respondants say they don't use the clutch at all. I use mine all the time but it is just a bit of a tickle so I am virtually shifting with almost no clutch. Again, excellent instruction. All instructors should be teaching this. I started riding 59 years ago so training classes were non existant back then and if I were to take one now I would probably be told about all the things I am doing wrong. Some trainers online do push some bad information, I am sure you are not one of them.
Is this not taught in motorcycle classes in the US? Don't take me the wrong way, but I was taught to do this as a child, and clutchless changes! These aren't "skills", as such, it's how you ride a bike. No wonder slipper clutches seem like such a revolutionary advancement to so many.
You’d be surprised at how much they don’t teach here lol
Ty so much for the informative video,you make that w lot simpler to understand,I'm gonna practice this as soon as I get my KTM duke 390 2024 model,ty
can u do video on how to smoothy launch your bike
Big time enjoyer of the rev match. Got to the point where I no longer need to use the clutch for up/down shifts (other than at low speeds, obviously)
I've been "rev matching" during downshifts for the last 50+ years. I did not know what the technique was called and just assumed that most people did this. I also use clutch-less upshifting, at least most of the time. I do not have a quickshifter mechanism. In addition to being faster/easier than a large pull of the de-clutch lever, these techniques can be a lot easier on your left hand when having to do a lot of shifting. My current bike has a slipper clutch so the de-clutch pull is much lighter, which is nicer still on left hand fatigue. I understand that not all bikes take kindly to clutch-less upshifting. Finally, no, I have no interest in a DCT.
I used to be a truck driver and so I would synchronize everything thing i shifted. Most of the time i didnt use the clutch in my car. Some people dont know that dragging the clutch on downshifts is wearing the clutch. Had an old Accord, 350k miles, orginal clutch. Nowadays it's a quick-shifter, got my first bike with a QS and as a gearhead, i approve
I needed this. 2nd riding season*
Thanks for the tip, I haven’t mastered this skill yet, I’ll try it!
Rev matching is a great tool for normal riding, but an absolute necessity for any kind of fast paced riding. You see a lot of Moto Stars videos involving riders who jam on the brakes before a corner and end up wrecking because they're carrying more speed than they can handle. The advantage of rev matching is that it simultaneously helps you shave off speed via engine braking, while also keeping your bike in the optimal rev range to exit a corner without lugging the engine.
Never ridden a bike, yet, (thinking of getting a Honda XR150L), but have spent many years as a truck driver. When you can go up AND DOWN the entire gearbox without using the clutch at all, that's a pretty fair bet you've got your rev-matching right :)
One small change that really made me nail my rev matches in the beginning was to consciously close back the throttle after the blip. Few times I found myself letting go of the clutch while still lingering on the gas which would mess up the rev match. In the end it becomes second nature, but in the beginning try to think about the blip as a two step action, open&close, not just open throttle to give it gas. Ride safe!
Yes, clutchless quick shifter up and down!
I absolutely love those gloves! ♥️
I didn’t know this was something that needed to be thought. I always do it even in a car
I was glad I knew how to drive a stickshift before riding a bike because this came naturally to me and got it down pretty quickly.
One more tip that I might add.. when learning to shift both up and down, you’ll probably find that doing very slowly makes it more difficult. Practice the movements of course so that you understand exactly what you need to do, but when you go and actually do it. Just slap it all together. Doing it one step at a time will confuse your brain lol. Like shown in this video, your clutch, throttle, and shift are essentially just one big movement rather than 3 spaced out movements… hopefully that makes sense.
Also when downshifting in lower rpm’s u don’t need much throttle but in high u need more to match it
You're great at explaining and making it easy to understand, wish I had watched your vids when I started. Great video, i hope you get more subs and ppl learn from you!
A follow-up to this video might be doing rev matching and braking at the same time. It'll help riders understand that clutch-in, coasting and braking to a stop is ineffective from the gears freewheeling and no suspension dive.
Oh, after a few months of rev matching, for me it was automatic to go to clutchless shifting since rev matching trained my brain well... that's a plus 😅
Definitely need to try it as my bike nearly dives till a stop if downshifting.
People actually don't realise what the purpose of the clutch is in a motorcycle transmission... When you're riding along, the dog gears in the transmission are wedged up against their slots in the relevant gears, due to the parts being forced together it's very difficult to make them slide apart, all the clutch does, is interrupt the power of the engine to release this load on the dog gears so they can slide apart, into the next gear.
When you're engine braking these gears still work the same way but instead of being wedged up on the drive side, they get wedged on the opposite edge of the dog teeth, when you transition from drive to engine braking and vice versa, there is a moment inbetween where there is no load on the dog gears and they can be shifted with no effort.
Hopefully if you understand what's going on to this point I don't need to explain what you actually need to do but:
If you're trying to bang through the gears without using the clutch: put light pressure on the gear lever (no more than when you're trying to put the bike into gear at a standstill with the clutch in) and as you roll off the throttle momentarily, that light pressure will cause the gears to slip into the next gear, with no damage. To ensure smooth shifts as soon as you feel the gear lever move, increase the pressure to fully complete the gear change, you don't even need to fully let of the throttle, just enough to transition to engine braking.
Now the same is true for clutchless down shifting, the timing is a little more difficult, as you're already trying to stop, but light pressure down, and small blip of the throttle to momentarily transition from engine braking to drive.
As long as you're not forcing the gear lever with all your might you are not doing any damage to the gearbox than when shifting with the clutch.
Congratulations, you learned how to become a human quickshifter!
I have a Triumph street triple and a Harley RK. Switching between bikes on the weekends can be a beotch since both engines are completely different and I sometimes screw up with my muscle memory for the first 15 minutes or so adjusting to the different bike
Just curious, if you have a slip on or full system on the Triumph, how’s it sound compared to the road king? I know they’re completely different engines but I wonder how loud a triple gets when it’s 1200cc
The Street Triple is a 765 cc. Max rev 12,500. Max horsepower is 121 HP. I have the stock exhaust system. The bike is perfect stock and is a joy to ride. The harley is the perfect bike for longer trips across the state on the highways. Can carry a lot of gear and stuff. Has cruise control. Very comfortable for long trips @@jockwithajoystick
I was even rev-matching the chinese motorcycle I rode at the MSF course 😅 but I have been doing that in my car for years, and in the FSAE car I also drove for 5 years
you have to do everything so fast (non rider), what if you downshift before the clutch is pressed lol, if you mess up. doesnt that will damage the bike?
if you are slowing down adding a little bit of rear brakes will also smoothen your rev match.
Hello! I am a new rider. Done 7k in England on Honda CBF125. After listening to your instructions I tried it seriously for 3 days and now I can see what was missing. You have helped me to get a little bit better for witch I want to say thank you.
P.S. When I hear your voice I think Barack Obama 😂
I had to learn how to quick shift without a racing quick shift kit and haven’t actually thought about how it became natural to ride almost clutch less after 2nd gear.
Great vid and explanation but some things I thought you left out is the throttle position AFTER you downshift. I think for me as a new rider is after I blip the throttle and release the clutch my throttle position is either too much or too little causing me to accelerate or engine brake. You have the muscle memory to always return to where you are regardless of the blip. Is there any tip besides just practice to smooth out the downshifts so I don’t engine brake 100% or accelerate it when I’m trying to downshift blip?
So you can maintain speed, continue to slow down or even accelerate to get higher in the powerband depending on what youre going for. Typically though youre slowing down so you want your throttle to be at the same place it was before. If youre coming to a decently quick stop with no throttle you'll blip it and then shut the throttle back to 0. Say if your slowing with upcoming traffic or a red light way up the road and you slowly decelerating at 30% throttle you'll blip it and kick down and throttle will stay open at 30% even after the downshift. Good point you bring up though I didn''t and I don't recall anyone really properly explaining throttle position while dropping gears and the different scenarios so I'll add that to my list of videos to make!
Thanks man ,I don’t have a bike but this was fun
great riding
Easy shit to do! But if you own a bike with slipper clutch then it’s no use of doing it. Harley’s are beast with rev matching.
Wait... Wait, wait, wait! You blip the throttle BEFORE kicking down a gear? I'm training rev matching for 1 and a half year by blipping AFTER kicking down then release the clucth! How dumb am i???
Does it quite often on my classic British bikes. On modern bikes very rarely. Advances in engineering.
Do you roll back off the throttle after a blip or do you then maintain a steady pressure on the throttle? Additonally, do you blip while the clutch is still pulled or as your letting it out. Downshifting is proving the most difficult thing for me while learning to ride. I'm struggling with either the engine breaking way too much when downshifting or doing it too early/agressivly and wobbling the back tire... I've smoothed it out a little but I'm still slowing too much in my downshifts. Any advice would be great!
@@lollymclellan8760 if back tires skidding/the hard engine braking its actually from not doing it enough, dont be afraid to really give it a good flick of the wrist
But depends on what you're doing with speed whether you stay on or off the throttle. I'd say for practice blip then come off throttle completely.
And I pull clutch and blip at the same time
@@skyoom1 Thanks so much for the thoughtful reply! I'll be sure to practice that!
i love you videos
I just clutchless shift. The only time i use the clutch is for start or stop and going 1st to second or reverse.
I've been doing it first day on a bike. Of course its because i used to drive manual
I accidentally rev matched the first time I got on my scout. Never did it again, but it was pretty cool.
Is it okay to use everytime? Even on lower cc's?
In your opinion would punching to much throttle on an mt07 make you wheelie/skid etc. I really want to learn this but my torch makes me nervous to loop the bike
I'd imagine you locked your rear a bit at one point which has scared you from quickly downshifting but good news is thats from too little throttle not too much. Mt07 is one of the best examples of a bike where learning to rev match is about mandatory to run smoothly due to the jumpy gearbox, lack of slipper and very "on/off" throttle. Give it a good blip of the throttle and you'll be amazed at how much smoother it will be.
Ok so if i pull the clutch in completely while the clutch is in blip throttle and let out at a medium still sorta slow pace would that also work?
Those mirrors are crazy
I always do this, I didn't even know that it's called rev matching
I dont see why people say its hard, the first day I rode a motorcycle, I revmatched it to slow down by engine breaking. if me use to be a noob can do it, anyone can
Rev matching while braking is hard
I have a question, why is it that when I over rev while doing rev match downshift, the front wheel doesn't go up, but when I clutch in, rev, clutch out, the front wheel goes up?
im 56 , been riding since i was 5, all sizes of bikes makes models on and off road, i ride full time ( dont own a car ) ive never ever needed or wanted to "rev match" .. its unnecessry bullshit
I only have a 49cc bike and still rev match to cancel out the downshift braking bcz it just throws me off
Why u not on the gsxr?
Also I am also on a duke 390 and sometimes when rev matching I don't get as much engine braking as I expected? Is this my clutch wearing out or too much blip on the throttle ?? Thanks bro
Nice video, I like your teaching style. Can you do a wheelie tutorial next pls bro
Would you still recommend this technique on a bike with a quick shifter?
Absolutely, quickshifters are generally clunky and depending on brand impressively unresponsive on downshifts until you're in the 1000cc+ flagships, and even a good chunk of those are still rough. Aprilia is the only brand with an across the board rock solid qs
Im new to riding but since ive driven manual cars all my life rev matching just came naturally when learning the bike lol
Taking the MSF next week. Question, I need to slowly release to upshift going from N to 1 and from 1 to 2nd right? I've seen some video of people shifting very fast.
N to 1st your clutch will be pulled in and you'll just kick it down. 1st to 2nd they'll have you start by doing it in a few step motion but you'll progress to doing it as quickly as the rev matching in the vid but instead of abruptly adding throttle you'll abruptly cut/lower the throttle and kick up while slightly pulling in clutch. Up shifting is simple so don't think too hard you'll get it down np
Gsxr 750 and I only use clutch to take off. 2-5 just back off for a millisecond and shift to next gear no clutch doin 120k/ph in abut 4 seconds ⚡️
My guy your gloves are fuckin mint! What brand are those? Match my helmet 110000%
just clutchless shifting at correct revs ,don't use clutch mv agusta brutale 800
in wich occasion do you do this? i usally downshift when i'm also front breaking, do you still blip the throttle while appling the brake?
Yep
not even a week into me riding i was rev matching then after the first month i was clutchless shifting
What are those gloves?
new sub
Is this how you drive manuel ?
didnt know you have to learn it :D
it's easy i learned this without.. motocykle.. just same hands move..
What globes are you wearing ?
The ones I was born with
I like the way you did this. What KTM is that? Duke 390?
Yessir
Thank you for the reply.
No slack in the throttle cable
If i red line my gixxer to 15500 and downshift what will happen?
Ill go test on mine brb
Your girl has a slipper clutch, no? Other than that, rev matching quickly becomes your second nature and you don't even think about it, just learn it asap, commit it to your muscle memory and you can pretty much forget about it :-)
WHAT BRAND IS THAT MOTORCYCLE? 🤔
KTM
lol if you rev match a Ktm 1290 super Duke I salute you 😂 I did it and let’s just say I could’ve flipped lmao
Superduke you definitely arent going to want to give too much sauce on the blip hahaha but I absolutely love those bikes
Rev matching is a cool stunt. I do it a lot. But it rarely serves any real, practical purpose. And it may even slow down the shifting process at times when you need a lower gear right NOW.
What you riding brother?
Got my cute little 390 Duke and my GSXR1000R
I had a Vitpilen 401, basically a Duke. Traded it for a MT07.
Looks like PA!!!
Those mirrors look goofy af
that place is so beautiful
Iv never rev matched dont see the point
What do you do if you need to drop a gear quickly or down shift mid corner? Any time I drop the clutch without a revmatch the rear wheel locks, since day 1 of riding( no time to slowly release clutch when ur hauling)
If it was really necessary on normal road riding it would be an automatic control on your bike. Its pointless.
Choose the gear for the speed. Blippers are basically bmw drivers that rev their engine for no reason but to get noticed cos their girlfriend dumped them