To Blip or Not To Blip??

[BigNorm]

Blip.

 

[1olbull]

Instructor is a wanker and clearly only rides postie bikes (Honda CT90)

Tony,
Do they still do that killer postie ride/event?

 

[Mittzy]

Tony,
Do they still do that killer postie ride/event?

Yep they sure do - I won’t be doing this anytime soon tho

 

[JRock]

Blipping the R3 does scare the crap out of bicycle riders and pedestrians at close range,
especially with a proper exhaust. I've gotten some dirty looks.
F*K em.

 

[mr hunt]

I have read that blipping when downshifting can cause the valve/timing gear some grief but got no idea where i read that....and im not even old

 

[warp9.9]

Blipping is much easier on the cogs as it helps to match their speeds when downshifting. Otherwise they have to slam into each other.

Of course I'm having my coffee. So you must blip the throttle before pulling in the clutch. Because if you do not your raising the rpm of the free floating clutch basket not the inner hub which turns the input trans shaft. Now I'll give more thought to the shifts that do not involve the input shaft gear movement.

 

[Steel]

Blipping the R3 does scare the crap out of bicycle riders and pedestrians at close range,
especially with a proper exhaust. I've gotten some dirty looks.
F*K em.

I was on Burbon St barely creeping fast enough to keep my balance. A drunk stumbled across the street without looking either way. I pulled the clutch to let him stumble past. He was oblivious to the R3 and me being less than a foot from him. I blipped the throttle and let the Carp pipe talk to him. He jumped and spun so fast, he almost fell on his ass. Luckily somebody caught his arm. He didn't seem amused, but I got a good laugh from it.

 

[Triple Trouble]

So you must blip the throttle before pulling in the clutch. Bevsuse if you do not your raising the rpm of the free floating clutch basket not the inner hub which turns the input trans shaft. Now ill give more thought to the shifts that do not involve the input shaft gear movement.

I think that's called accelerating?

 

[alpental]

"Let her sit on the R3 and feel how much easier it is to select 1st from neutral with few revs versus idle"

She's always out and about with me either on the Rocket or my Thunderbird (which she has claimed for when she gets her test!) and did point out to the instructor that that is how I ride - apparently that elucidated a withering look and a comment of "well, not everyone can be of instructor level now can they".

I think I shall visit next time and not only request a different instructor but point out to this Bell End that I hold both RoSPA Gold and IAM Rider certificates!

I was just curious as to whether it was just 'older' riders who did this and it was not taught now - bit like front braking and one finger on the clutch lever (older riders of early 2 strokes will understand the latter!)

Yes, blipping / rev-matching is still taught as of 3 years ago when I took my motorcycle safety course in Southern California. How are you supposed to properly downshift any manual transmission without it, car or motorcycle? I can't imagine your daughter's instructor is that ignorant as a seasoned rider, let alone instructor. I would hope there's a miscommunication somewhere...

 

[Rick Morris]

Just get her through the class, let her get her license and teach her the correct way to ride when you guys ride together. And blip away.