Dirk Anderson: "Blipping" the Throttle

Dirk explains the importance and technique of keeping the engine revs up and matching the rotation of the rear wheel to the rotation of the gearbox.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• ride
• smart
• motorcycle
• school
• sportbike

[ridesmart1]

Your welcome. Glad we can help you develop great riding skills.

[da9illest821]

Who else yawned when the guy sitting yawned?

[luq080290]

@WizzRacing thanks dude. i've tried it.

[WizzRacing]

I might also add this has real world needs if your a wet weather rider. It keeps you from tossing the bike around if you have to stop fast. It will keep the bike from locking up the rear tire, and making the front take a nose dive. All which leaves you with no control but the object that your about eat, cause thats where your looking. Which is rule number one, Never look where you don't want to go! You can practice this. Just look where you want to be and you will go there!

[WizzRacing]

@luq080290 You pull the clutch in, Then down shift. While your clutch is still in blip the throttle then release the clutch. This all happens pretty fast, but you will get the hang of it. There are other uses for it as well that you learn over time.

I learned to rear wheel steer over time doing this. But it requires you to use engine braking and blipping the throttle in reverse order from this video. Its learned in flat tracking which always you to spin up the rear wheel to point the bike.

[rcmodder]

@thorfoxxx You're correct, the rpms will shoot up when u downshift BUT the problem is that the engine and transmission speeds aren't matched. By not blipping the throttle u will FORCE the engine and transmission to re-engage causing the vehicle to jerk around which will in turn shift the weight of the vehicle suddenly. This is very dangerous in any situation because the sudden deceleration can cause a quick loss of control. By blipping the throttle the vehicle prevents such unwanted movement.

[luq080290]

im not really understand. we pull the clutch... then we sould do what 1st? down shifting or blipping? thanks in advance

[Spadie1]

Everything before 3:12 and after 3:20 is a waste of time. Bottom line: when the rider changes down a gear the engine speed needs to be higher to match the speed the wheels are turning, even when breaking they don't match exactly, blipping the throttle raises the engine RPM while the clutch is out so when the clutch is re-engaged the engine RPM is correct for the wheel RPM. This prevents the bike becoming unsettled or in extreme cases prevents the rear chattering or locking.

[angelfuree]

@MrTaoufik09 Precisely my point.