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I have read in other forums and blogs that you should not downshift the early K-bikes to take advantage of the great engine braking due to the fact that the drive splines are fragile. Anyone else hear this or subscribe to this notion? I like downshifting!!!
Try riding your brakes all the way down the east side of bear tooth pass!
If you think about your engine braking needs at the time of application or situation, brake pads are a lot cheaper and easier to replace. Verses unnessasary wear and tear on the drive train. There's some food for thought.
(snip) brake pads are a lot cheaper.
35 mph speed zone and slowing down for the stop sign and banging down the gears to slow down and the unattentive bike muncher behind never sees a brake light, or doing so just to hear the noise in the pipes (like those foolish loud pipes save lives guys).!!!If you think about your engine braking needs at the time of application or situation!!!
Brakes, don't need no stinking brakes. I live 35 miles from the east side of the Beartooth Pass."Try riding your brakes all the way down the east side of bear tooth pass!"
All those roll-offs would be considered engine braking, but using the engine in this way is far more benign on the clutch, the clutch splines, and the drive shaft than frequent shifting would be.