Braking while downshifting/Blipping the throttle: Difference between revisions

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Now, because we are braking, our two fingers are squeezing the brake lever. This leaves only your palm or thumb left to blip. Some like to raise their hand over the bar to leave room to blip with the inside of the thumb. Others will hold the bar normally and blip by pulling the palm over the throttle. Their wrist cocks and ends up below the bar. It doesn’t matter how you do it, so long as you maintain brake control.

Obviously, this is a technique that needs to be practiced on a lonely stretch of asphalt, or as lonely and straight as you can find.

Obviously, this is a technique that needs to be practiced on a lonely stretch of asphalt, or as lonely and straight as you can find. A good way to practice the blip technique is at times when you don't need to apply the brake (mostly because trying to practice blipping and applying the front brake at the same time is tricky). For example, while on the highway or open road you can attempt to keep your speed constant but downshift a gear or two using the blip technique, then shift back up. Your RPMs will change, but the goal is to keep your speed constant and smooth. After perfecting this, you can practice combining it with the front brake.

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 Now, because we are braking, our two fingers are squeezing the brake lever. This leaves only your palm or thumb left to blip. Some like to raise their hand over the bar to leave room to blip with the inside of the thumb. Others will hold the bar normally and blip by pulling the palm over the throttle. Their wrist cocks and ends up below the bar. It doesn’t matter how you do it, so long as you maintain brake control.
-Obviously, this is a technique that needs to be practiced on a lonely stretch of asphalt, or as lonely and straight as you can find.
+Obviously, this is a technique that needs to be practiced on a lonely stretch of asphalt, or as lonely and straight as you can find. A good way to practice the blip technique is at times when you don't need to apply the brake (mostly because trying to practice blipping and applying the front brake at the same time is tricky). For example, while on the highway or open road you can attempt to keep your speed constant but downshift a gear or two using the blip technique, then shift back up. Your RPMs will change, but the goal is to keep your speed constant and smooth. After perfecting this, you can practice combining it with the front brake.
 ====Notes from the Voice of Experience====