jarelj
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In that context described; it makes sense, yet I am having trouble visualizing the mechanics of it manually. Will have to give it a try as it seems to add an extra wrinkle of finesse that I may not posses yet.
Typically, I am in full corner attack mode under hard braking and down shifting looking for my entry point through the turn. It seems like feathering the clutch is not dissimilar to dragging it? Without the slipper, that would seem to invite early clutch plate glazing and ultimately unintended slippage while under up throttle, no?
It's really not difficult, if you don't have a slipper then doing it this way is sort of "being your own slipper" using the clutch lever to slowly hook it up as you downshift. Even with a slipper, it's a very smooth way to get slowed down and keep the back end of the bike composed while braking hard. So basically you're going down the straight at full throttle, you hit the braking zone and roll off the throttle completely and hit the brakes. As you're braking, you pull the clutch in, shift down one gear and smoothly release the clutch lever as you feel the engine pick up revs and then reduce as it hooks up, then repeat for as many gears as you need to go down for that first turn. You can do it quickly, for example I go down 3 gears for the 1st turn at our home track and do all 3 downshifts in probably 2-3 seconds total.