It is like anything new...just a case of practising it and getting used to it.

Funny, but I'm having the opposite problem. Ever since owning a Duke I have always 'blipped' on down changes. I do so whilst both road and track riding (whilst hard(ish) on the brakes), at whatever speed...It has just become second nature.

I now have a slipper fitted and I'm finding it really hard to trust it and just bang it down throught the gears and letting the clutch lever go!!!

I find myself still blipping out of habbit...:rolleye:

yeah..... sadly i am not known for my 'taking it easy'

not saying I am fast - far from it, but have been known to be quite.... 'enthusiastic' on my bike :D

Ive done this on every bike i have owned, jap fours included. To be honest i dont see how you can ride a bike smoothly and not do it. I can change down through the box without the clutch just as smoothy so the rate you let the cltuch lever out has nothing to do with it. I also blip on downchanges in the car, so much smoother. If you drive/ride with a passenger you should watch their head as you are driving. If they are being flung backwards and forwards or on a bike if the passenger is nutting you the whole time then you are doing it wrong.

Practice it. Its one of those things that turns an ordinary rider/driver in to a good rider/driver.

I was watching a Fireblade two up pull away from the lights last night, he was going for it and everytime he changed gear the passenger nutted him. That wrong, you should at least be able to change up the box and hardly feel it though the bike, especially with clutchless changes you should just get a steady, seamless flow of power.

I've never ridden a bike with a slipper clutch but i get the impression that for quite a lot of people they just help to cover up poor gearchanging.

Just a thought but have you any strong reason for not fitting a slipper to this bike, it sounds as though the thought of using the ordinary clutch is giving you serious concern ?

you've either got it or you ain't -- blipping is summat that comes naturally with experience and neccesity, you'll get the hang of it when the need arises!!!!:smug: