| I did read on a previous thread when "Twist of the wrist" and "Sport riding technique" books were bieng dicsuused, that the poster (cant remebver who it was) said that they had always blipped the engine to get the revs up before changing down (i.e. negating the need for a slipper) but following the advice of TOTW they let the brakes do the braking and the engine do the driving by selecting the right gear for the speed (after braking) as oppose to selecting the gear to limit the speed.
I was taught to drive a car by a policeman many years ago (no I am not/was not one) and this is something that they used to do and I have always done when driving a car, now out of instinct. It never occured to me to do it on a bike?!
Apologise for the ramble but if your going to spend your hard earned you want to be sure.
But then again if its bling then its totally justified whatever - but then theres a whole thread on how much do you spend on your bike!!! | 
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