If you tear down the tranny, you will find that all the gears are in constant mesh.
therefore you cannot "chip a gear"
the only thing that moves are the engagement "dogs"
the dogs are a little undercut , so letting a little slack in the applied power is necessary to move the dog from one gear to another .
clutchless shifting is fine if you understand the mechanics .
but I see some folks wearing out/off the shifting dogs , and burning the shifting forks.
"If it don't go ,"force it"

 

And it's not that hard to break off the dogs, even without clutch-less shifting.

 

According to the Motorcycle Shifting Handbook, by Stephon Frasier: "With good technique, clutchless up and downshifting can be done at any road or engine speed and neither will damage your gearbox"

I think the key to smooth shifts is preloading. That and timing the throttle release w/the shift action. I find preloading to be tricky and often I do a clutchless shift unintentionally -- mostly between first and second.

 

Looks a bit black! Otherwise one of the nicer models of the new line-up. You've plainly cracked clutchless shifting - well done! I had one bike, many years ago, with a very close-ratio 6-speed, which I could chenge both up and down without the clutch - especially on dirt. Most of my bikes however are best only changed that way in the upper closer ratios. Fourth into top on my Buell at speed is especially rewarding!

 

What I have discovered is this, the clutchless shift is noticeably more.. violent than the clutched.

 

Takes a lot of skill and effort to get them 'just so'! I normally reserve mine to the upper couple of ratios, especially into fifth, which can be most rewarding, when gunning the bike. On my Buell I can't afford to leave that too high into the rev range, as the tooth loading can get high enough to make a real mess of a change.

On our five speed trannies the ratios are quite wide between first and second, very close between fourth and top. A clutchless change, on a conventional tranny like ours, is much more user friendly when the ratios are close.

 

I might try that on 4th 5th and 6th. But definitely not the lowers. That street bob has some nasty power for such a light bike.

 

Seems like way more effort to get clutchless shifting right.

 

I don't do it on the street. If drag racing then yes.

 

Did not seem to hear my Yamaha back in my crazy days but I did come off the throttle.
Keep it up long and you should get at least 50 good runs..Alternator rotor spline will usually go first around the 20th run.. CHarley loves this....