Coasting vs deccelerating
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A dog box does what it does.
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Maybe the sound of the motor revving, or getting blipped, overwhelms the shock I feel.
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The minute you take your foot off the gas in any vehicle you are engine braking
With a MC it happens much faster
There are signs all over aimed at 18 wheelers to not use engine braking as it makes noise
You have to down shift as you slow down to be in the proper gear to then keep going at the proper speed in the proper gear
With a MC it happens much faster
There are signs all over aimed at 18 wheelers to not use engine braking as it makes noise
You have to down shift as you slow down to be in the proper gear to then keep going at the proper speed in the proper gear
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You actually can’t rev match with these transmissions.
Our bikes use a simple dog box transmission. There are no synchronizers, just simple dogs. There’s no active neutral between gears, they spring load from one to the next.
An automotive transmission, with synchronizers and an active neutral between each gear can be rev matched. You put the transmission into neutral, release the clutch, use the throttle to rev up the input shaft until the gear speeds match, and downshift. Or, just let the synchronizers do it, as they’re designed to.
Our bikes use a simple dog box transmission. There are no synchronizers, just simple dogs. There’s no active neutral between gears, they spring load from one to the next.
An automotive transmission, with synchronizers and an active neutral between each gear can be rev matched. You put the transmission into neutral, release the clutch, use the throttle to rev up the input shaft until the gear speeds match, and downshift. Or, just let the synchronizers do it, as they’re designed to.
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That’s probably what the Asplundh truck on Route 19 going down the mountain thought. I could smell his brakes burning. It doesn’t harm the engine to use engine braking, especially if you rev match. It’s absolutely essential on going down a mountain.