Decimation

It's nothing amazing, but it's rideable. I went pretty late last night, so I took it easy. Cold pavement creeps me out.

Go into the valley like you're coming from Streetsboro off of 303. Once you get into the valley and pass the Winking Lizard, turn right onto the "byway". There's a blue sign posted that says some crap like "America's Byways lololol", or something. It's down about a mile and a half into the road.

I've done nothing but hook up LEDs to the battery and lube the chain.

I don't know...I guess I'm just a picky faggot. I learned how to ride on that bike. It just seems like I lost some power in it. I meant to ask you about that issue, Isaac's Papa. It's making a weird throaty noise and someone told me that it may be an EXUP issue. I'm positive it isn't in my head, because I know what it sounded like before.

Haha seriously, I see bad things coming.

Just got back about 10 minutes ago. Got stuck behind a cage on the perfect S-turn down there. I cried.

If you don't like your R6, buy a 1000.

useless opinion is useless

If you didn't figure it out from his avatar, you're slow.

Feels good man.

Because I've been here long enough to figure it out from anything else.

over 9000

goddammit

Heh. Too easy.

I knew you were on 4chan. Goddammit, I can't get away from you people.

If anyone wants to roll. Going to chug my post-workout mix and then shoot down to the Valley to take advantage of the lack of rain. If anyone wants to come with, hit me up.

Black Tod!!"

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I've done a few aesthetic things with my bike, now my next thing is to add something to the mechanics. I've got a few ideas, but some words of advice from the experienced guys would be sound volume. On my list, I have:

K&N Racing Filter (K&N advises not using this unless your bike is "tuned for racing". Is it really that big of an issue?)

Sprockets (Not sure what to do; I want more torque and sacrificing top speed doesn't bother me)

Power Commander? (I was told that Power Commanders don't make much of a difference on the newer R6s?)

I'm not really sure what else I could do. I'm not trying to make a straight-line warrior, but I would like to have some more acceleration. As I said, sacrificing top speed isn't an issue because I don't plan on going 150-170 mph on the road, any time soon. Any help would be great.

Also, while I'm here, how far past the "wear indicator" on your tires can you generally go? I'm pretty much on the indicator, but there are still some "valleys" in the treads. They seem fine to me.

I don't mind them so much when I'm on a main road...but if I get stuck behind a cage or a cruiser in the twisties, I start gnawing on the inside of my helmet. True story.

Kick-ass, I'm down. I generally just take off on my own, but it's nice to have people in a group every once in awhile. Most of my friends ride cruisers, so I'm sure you know my frustration.

I'm usually out just exploring by myself. Don't know anyone in the area, nor do I know the area that well. I ended up in Twinsburg after I hit the valley. Don't know how it happened, but it did.

You are doing clutchless down shifts?????!!!!!

Clutchless up shifts aren't going to wear anything prematurely if done right. If you keep hammering the lever and it isn't going in, as serp stated, it can bend a shift fork...

Clutchless down shifts are something nobody does that I know of. I have heard of people doing it, but it is something that WOULD cause wear due to how much strain there is on the down shift side of things... Motor is revving higher when going down a gear and with constant mesh, it is almost destroying the tranny each time IF you can actually get that done...

Up shifting is easy due to the fact that the motor is not revving higher. It drops even slightly for the guys with quick shifters. Essentially, that's exactly what a quick shifter does - cuts the motor out ever so quickly to get that next gear...

To the OP, if wanting to "blip the throttle" before an upshift, it is not needed and actually a waste of time. As Serp stated also, only unless you are racing, should the revs be to redline and so high. But, to be quick, blips are not needed. Quick off the throttle, shift on the gas is fine enough... No extra rev needed.

On downshifts, for sure, a blip is best. Tries to match the RPMs to allow a smooth downshift. Again, the revs are higher going down a gear and that blip allows for it to be closer and smoother...

You lost me when you said that I don't need to "blip" the throttle to upshift without the clutch. Basically you're telling me that I can just pre-load the shifter as the RPMs are rising? I don't see how that would work...of course, I've never tried it.

Just got done riding through the valley and saw two couples on sportbikes. Rode with them for about 5 minutes until we split off. Just trying to see if you're on OR or not.

Shifting without the clutch is actually really smooth on my bike. I mean, it is a newer bike, and I haven't had much experience with other bikes. I can only really speak for myself. It almost feels like the thing runs better when I don't upshift with the clutch. I was having power issuess with it until the other day when I decided to "open it up" a little bit more than usual. I was banging through gears without the clutch all night and now it seems happier to let me ride it. feelsgoodman

Yeah, I think I'll stick with the clutch from 1st to 2nd. I'm not trying to experiment on this bike.

I don't lose much, if any power with pre-loading. I just sort of "snap" my wrist back and shift.

Can you shift from 1st to 2nd without the clutch? I normally shift to 2nd with the clutch and then pre-load the rest of the gears. I'm nervous that you can't shift past neutral without the clutch, so I don't screw with it.

Also, on the track with a stock 08 R6, what should my RPM to Shifting ratios be around? I'm not really schooled up on gearing. I normally just shift at 6k RPM when I'm just out on the road. It's obviously different when you're trying to get going quicker.

Found this on stumbleupon.com the other day....I've actually been playing the entire song on a constant loop for who knows how long. Wtf is wrong with me...

Cool story, bro. I see I've already made a name for myself.