im new to the whole clutching scene and i see people talking about matching revs, what is that? how do u do it? and any other info i left out, thanks

 

when you downshift, you rev your bike (with the clutch pulled) to an amount that will be closer to the amount you need in the lower gear at that speed.

 

Watch a MotoGP race or an MRA race. Its mostly used for racing. You use the engines back pressure to slow you down. Motorcycles downshifts can slow you down dramatically. So for racing, when you are preparing to go into a corner, you pull in the clutch, rev the engine to what you think the next lowest gear will go to once you let the clutch out, and then you let the clutch out. A perfect rev matching would be for example: if you are in 3rd gear and you are downshifting hard from 8,000 grand, you'd pull in the clutch, rev the engine to around 12 grand and let out the clutch. By matching your revs you prevent rear wheel hop from excess pressure at the lower RPM range. Your rear tire can come out from behind you or even 'skip' if you downshift too hard without matching revs. Once you get good at it, you'll be able to be on both the front and rear brake, match your revs and downshift before a turn. Its take practice, but once you've learned to do that you can go from like 120 to 60 in just over a second or so.

 

what ^ said :YEAH