Rev Matching & Downshifting Explained | Moto Classroom

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

Hey guys, Stanley here

[@dakotawhaley4003]

stan the moto man when are you and Lilian going to ride again

[@infinitev9364]

When is Lilian gonna ride as a passenger with you??😢

[@justjoe5373]

Hey Stanley, guys here

[@twowheellady3033]

stan the moto man hi Stan can you reveal Lilian too? Where is she ? Did not see her in your video lately.

[@fuktwig]

Wheres Lillian

[@Shikiouji]

a way to explain why rev-matching is important for clutch longivity...lets say a loaded shopping cart was zooming past you and you are thinking about stopping it. dumping the clutch is like standing still and catching the cart by hand. doing so would put unneeded strain on your arm if you keep doing that. however in a rev-matching standpoint, you would run (hence blipping throttle) along side the cart grab the cart (release clutch) and slow yourself WITH the cart down. i really hope this analogy make sense...

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

That's a great analogy haha. Maybe I should have used something like this to explain it better. Noted for next time!

[@Mr.LightMode]

After watching this, I realize that I don't even know if I revmatch. I think I do it subconsciously. This is bugging me now lol.

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

I think it's time to insure your bike and find out

[@jabbacoola1]

I was just saying that to a buddy it's more complicated to comprehend then it is to actually do in hands on!

[@JoseSerratos94]

@@jabbacoola1the concept of muscle memory is wild

[@marcdupont6768]

Thank you. Out of several short videos I have seen on the art of blipping the throttle when down shifting yours gave the most clear and easy instructions 👍

[@aego9985]

revving the bike while downshifting takes off load from the transmission and clutch

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

Thanks, dude!! Always cool seeing people from the motherland

[@TommieLjungberg]

Rev matching on a bike was something i just learnt naturally. Braking from high speed, and rear wheel suddenly under rotating from downshifting made me use mechanical understanding to adjust my driving. Didnt really know much about how you should or should not drive but rev matching just came naturally and is essential for driving these machines imo :)

[@Danof]

I've been riding for 4 years and still learned some stuff, however I did get "Breaking my back (Motorcycle accident)" recommended after this video so I don't know about this guy ;)

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

I don't know the guy in the crash video you are referring to. But I'm sure he learned some valuable lessons in riding after that 😆

[@muhammadabdullah03]

I can down shift using the second and third method.

[@Kashar47]

Very nicely explained. How I learned to ride a bike in teenage was without any proper training and instruction and just by hit and trial. Then I left riding for two decades. Now starting again and I realized that I am still in habit of doing things the way I did long back. I used to apply brakes to reduce speed and then downshift to match gear with speed. I believed at that time that downshifting without reducing the speed by applying brakes will manage the bike. Now I am refreshing myself and learning proper techniques for everything. Thanks for this great video.

[@Kweepe]

Thanks for all this tips so i can safely go on the road when i have my own motorcycles

[@AceGoodheart]

Do you downshift first and then blip, or blip before you downshift, or do you do it at the same time? One thing I've learned from this video is I'm letting off the clutch way too quickly.

[@umloiro3219]

Nice video man, I'm practicing my rev match for 2 days and had a great time!

[@camerondava708]

Thanks for the tips from one pinoy rider to another🇵🇭

[@alvinkertanegara2871]

Not just look and sound cool, but people who use the technique giving me impression that they know what they're doing with their bike.

[@twowheellady3033]

Hahaha I can relate lol , my husband hate when I downshifting and he heard clang clong lol

[@lweakzl]

Should i learn method 2 first or try method 3 from the start?

[@wb2194]

I have been riding for 50 years some competitively (Dirt, drags, and road). I have never "bliped" the throttle. Its a sequential transmission and I rarely used the clutch. I know why Tractor trailer drivers do it because they have to match engine RPM with the transmission or it will not down shift (Straight cut gears). However most truckers do not use the clutch to up or down shift, they "float" the gears. NASCAR and most race cars use straight cut gears and only use the clutch to start and stop. Synchronized transmissions need the clutch most of the time. Passenger cars have synchronized transmissions because they are quieter.

[@upnorth5465]

I only use my clutch from a complete stop. 🤷 That's what true rev matching is in my opinion.

[@maxrussell2967]

Super helpful video man, thank you!

[@funnysons]

Great video! Really helped me understand rev matching

[@BillKal]

Most of the time I use method 2, thnx for sharing your tips. I will practice method 3. I believe it would help if your cameras were focusing on your hands/left foot movements and yr tachometer. Btw... I can’t get over your hairdoo on your intro! It could easily be yr tinder profile pic lol

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

Haha yeah, I didn't double check that tank camera... I just assumed it showed the levers from that angle. Lesson learned for next time 😂 Thanks, dude. Growing out my hair so I can do some gnarly hair flips

[@fayepanaraag8898]

A job well done!

[@rastabroly4761]

do you pull the clutch all the way when blip shifting ?

[@mkx200sx]

So in method nr 3 - you have to keep even pressure on brake leaver while bliping throttle?

[@shamsharma2128]

So after releasing the clutch do u stop Rev

[@raphaelpolino7273]

Let’s go Stan💪! Gotta Enroll to Stan’s School

[@johneditor97]

I tried brake and rev at the same time and it downshifted smoothly

[@kellycoote7149]

What is the technique to drop more than one gear at a time? Say coming hot into a corner we need to drop three gears NOW or we going to blow the turn, lose power control and maybe spill the bike trying to recover in the turn.

[@shortroundChris]

The 3rd method is basically same concept as "Heel -Toe" in car yah?

[@jonathandreier1604]

Guys I have a question: in the third method he uses the front brake to compensate for the time the clutch is pulled in and the engine isnt braking by itself. But why use the front brake? Is it because you can make a smooth movement with only your right hand actuating both the brakes and throttle at the same time? I personally use the rear brake for this, any difference?

[@BugMateo]

Thanks for the vid, good sir!

[@mag4208]

Question, do you have to blip throttle, shift down and release clutch fast Simultanously?

[@iulianlazar8893]

Someone please explain to me please why when i rev match from 3rd to 2nd im getting an agressive engine braking even if i do it as fast as possible... Too much revs or too little? I don't have a rev counter...

[@viciu080]

Do you release clutch slow on method 2 and 3?

[@Gameboy_0998]

Well I'm getting comfortable with downshifting in turns but I panic at the speedbreakers and slam the brakes first. Any suggestions please.

[@2106Ladybug]

Filipino? Hi, kamusta. Come on over to Washington and ride with us

[@ParadiseBiker]

Veery helpful

[@immalaysian1948]

Thanks very helpful tips

[@anmraj01]

Suppose, i'm at 100kmph and i want to downshift at 4th gear. Then at what rpm level i should rev match ?

[@hakaihello1459]

Nobody: Me the guy who is new to motorcycle: *downshifts and release the clutch too fast* My bike: Umae Wa Mui Shinderu!

[@anbudo]

Nani?! 😲

[@Kant..]

*Maou

[@hakaihello1459]

@@Kant.. okeh thx for the correction

[@omegapsi847]

yo Stan, is this a zx 6r? how long can you ride on this one until you start feeling pain in your back or wrists? thanks man!

[@shinobi2132]

Thank you for the info God bless you . :)

[@MarinoRacing]

So when doing method two and three, are you just letting the clutch out right away, or slowly? Also, do you hold clutch, shift then rev match and then let go of clutch? Or do you hold clutch, rev match then shift and let go of clutch?

[@pacman4521]

second option

[@Shmigger]

I love these vids

[@gnesmond]

Im method number 2!

[@maxs4850]

keep it up dude, ur doing good

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

Thanks, dude

[@maxs4850]

@@STANTHEMOTOMAN no problem man, do you remember me?

[@sajjadhossain5139]

I Miss your ride partner Lillian

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

Join the club

[@trackingtim]

So, can someone clarify this for me? In method 3, when you're blipping the throttle AND braking at the same time, is the brake a continuous pressure throughout all the downshifting or are you in a sense blipping the brake too? If you're "blipping the brake" that seems like it wouldn't be very fluid, would it?

[@rickconstant6106]

The static demonstration here was a bit misleading - you should aim to keep a constant pressure on the brake lever during the process for smooth deceleration. If I think about the technique I use (for the last 50+ years), I squeeze the brake with my fingers and blip the throttle by flexing the thumb underneath it (it only needs a brief, small movement).

[@takumisae8682]

Waiting 101

[@justinhowse7590]

Stan-did you see that Me-no...

[@Shmigger]

I think I will buy a bike in the future

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

Yeah, it's a great bike!

[@D.A.N.K.]

Have that same $10 alarm on my goped lol

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

It's a great alarm

[@dainbrennan-holden5823]

i didn't catch his name, was it stanley there?

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

Don't you forget it

[@vortera9119]

Wheres Lillian:(

[@omegmeggaming5890]

im scared i might break my clutch lining while practicing

[@justjoe5373]

Damn man is this really so difficult? I mean that's exactly how you downshift a car unless you have the money for repairs. I learned it the 3rd time I ever sat on a bike, tho that may be the case becouse here everything we drive is manual so it's natural to do

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

It is for some people. Gotta remember not everyone learns as fast as others

[@justjoe5373]

@@STANTHEMOTOMAN Yeah that's true. Also not everyone grows up with the manual transmission literally everywhere around them lol, thanks for the vid either way, I didn't know about the shifting and braking technique

[@eneshsn8189]

4:35

[@konxledgends8865]

Where is lilin

[@StrawDragon]

I am still waiting on the 31.5 minutes that seems to have been lost in translation.

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

Set playback speed to 0.25x. Thank me later

[@StrawDragon]

@@STANTHEMOTOMAN I tried that! but when you talked you sounded really funny. I am a new rider as I essentially started this year in a state that has snow (so not so long) and I am trying to learn rev matching and it has not worked for me. I know it is all about timing.

[@Fee.1]

Did you ever find a video that helped you ?

[@StrawDragon]

@@Fee.1 All the videos I've watched helped me a little more. However what I was missing was that I would roll off the throttle shift and roll back on to rev match which was incorrect. Instead I twist the throttle up at the same time as I clutch or close to it. Timing is key as there was a few times I broke the rear tire free with a squeal.. lol.. I am still practicing it but better then when I started.

[@Fee.1]

@@StrawDragon that’s so weird everyone says to roll off though. I’m much smoother with regular shifting if I don’t roll off too, do you roll off for regular shifts

[@mihir1700]

Stan:- Moto classroom. Me:- watching this video without owning a bike

[@mihir1700]

Future pointers

[@user-yz7kp9fb6r]

@@mihir1700 haha me too still 15 and don't have money so I can't buy a bike lol.

[@Noviosity]

Same

[@iamgucci5858]

sammmmee

[@user-yz7kp9fb6r]

@@mihir1700 good luck dude :) you can do it

[@alfielayton3659]

Probably the most useful downshifting tutorial on KZbin, learnt a lot from this :)

[@arthand310]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZacXo2Bgr12bac

[@TheCallofCrysis]

Also worth mentioning that the rpm gap between gears becomes progressively larger as you downshift so your throttle blips should too in order to achieve seemlessness.

[@AdrianButler86]

don't think thats true cuz once ur coming down from one gear to the next u r already slowing ur speed

[@marianandnorbert]

or wait until the rpms come down more before downshifting again

[@caterose6776]

Omg, thank you for sharing this! Recently got my first bike (finally), and was literally about to search for a tutorial on how to do this! Except now I have to wait three or so weeks before I can go for my BHS (Basic Handling Skills Test) and get my licence :( (I'm in New Zealand, and they're not allowed to operate while we're still in lockdown) I'm having fun doing what I can till I can legally go out on the road to practice haha Would love more beginner tutorial vids though :) When I watch your vids I spend most of my time watching your hands to see how you shift up and down gears lol (hopefully that's not too wierd!)

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

Haha that's not weird at all! I'll make more tutorial videos!

[@deweysantos2438]

I nmn jh mk

[@HeldIntegral]

Bro that bhst sux 😂 I hate the bikes they provide

[@Nismoisbroke]

I miss lilian! Like if u do too

[@Fee.1]

Who’s that?

[@putraa654]

PROFESSOR STAN

[@WelcomeToTheBackLogs]

I don't ride and the closest thing I've been on is a 200cc dirt bike lol, but thank you for this (should I decide to start) and what's funny is that the third method seems to me like it would be the most comfortable. I was getting slightly confused with the first two but that third one definitely seemed like one I'd be the most comfortable with. Again experience and speculation are two different things, but thank you for the in depth guide.

[@jesusherz8512]

I remember back when he said he wouldn’t show his face now like where we’re at

[@Cheese337552]

This was a great video. I'm a fairly new rider (only in my second season on a bike) and I've been trying to get better at rev matching and down shifting and this video helped me understand the proper motions. I've been practicing Method 3 on the road without even knowing it! Ride safe!

[@TheFatboy714]

I've practiced method 3 but lm always jerking the bike forward when applying the brake :(

[@viscardzoom]

That means your rev is a bit too much

[@ProAverageGuy]

i have done this since i started riding bikes, just because it felt smoother. But i tought myself, i now realise that it has a name. Revmatching. I love riding bikes, but i dont know much about them :-D

[@magicpeachlol]

Damn he’s not popular now it’s Bec u post boring vids now I always watch ur old vids that were fun

[@inquisitvem6723]

Were you inspired by ghost rider?

[@Taikutsu_Rii]

Just a guy who misses Lilian here... can we get an update for her? How is she? Are you guys still like talking with each other? I’m just curious lmao

[@CarraigButler]

Whenever I downshift I simply pull in the clutch as I roll off the throttle while simultaneously downshifting and then when it comes time to let out the clutch I roll on right in the friction zone and I don’t have any issues and I can do it pretty quickly too. I just don’t get that cool “BRAP” as I downshift. Though my question is am I being inefficient or doing something wrong I’ve just never thought of it any other way.

[@gurdipaujla7939]

In case ya'll don't know.. my name, is Stanley.

[@TheGreatEscape77]

Im still lost.. no we cant see what your doing.

[@ukairgunner3267]

This is exactly what I am after - great video! I am currently doing a sort of compromise where I: pull clutch, downshift, then ease on a little throttle as I slowly release the clutch. This method seems easy on the engine, but the downside is that it is very slow. I am looking forward to learning to blip and downshift properly 👍. Thanks for the vid 😎

[@gaberomero127]

Hello, I don't know if you still been riding since it's been a year since you made this comment but with the technique that you just said, would you, let's say, downshift from whatever RPM you're cruising at?

[@BJCulpepper]

So explain to me how I can have a Hayabusa for 20 years and do engine braking and yet my motor no my drive has unusual wear? It is because in my 38 years of driving high performance motorcycles what you're saying is absolutely a myth. These young people on sport bikes now will sit still and do burnouts and then have their motor hitting the rev limiter for long periods of time and even those bikes are lasting over a decade with no engine issues. Even stunters. This is teaching trash writing and for some reason there's a whole bunch of young people who think they're good writers and they come up with this exaggeration that they call reality. People this stuff is not true. This is internet mumbo jumbo that only the least experienced motorcyclists believe.

[@cnseref1328]

I didn’t quite understand the “blip” part, as it is not my main language. Do we give or cease gas with blip? It is a quick wrist move but is upwards or downwards?

[@Needle620]

Who’s this guy? He never mentioned his name.

[@bouncii7660]

So what is the Sequence? Pulling in clutch blipp throttle and then downshift while releasing clutch? Or pull clutch downshift and then while u release clutch u give a little bit of gas or blip the throttle

[@boatdetective]

Stanley- if you are trying to teach people- SPEAK SLOWER. You have to consider that you are describing a process that takes a fraction of a second. Consider the audience.

[@Dominationindustries]

So weird to see you next to your bike without a helmet on, you look badass with it off though!

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

Haha I'm still getting used to it too! Thank you though!

[@masterchief2115]

What Motercycle is he using

[@rinoceronte1]

Been trying method 2 but the bike always jerks forward, perhaps I’m letting go of the clutch too fast. Will focus on method 3 see if I have better luck

[@ichewwie]

i don't know how to ride yet but, method 3 is also safer because with the inclusion of the brakes, you let the person behind you know that you are slowing down 👌

[@AdrianButler86]

Wow great point!

[@ksimplelife]

Looking forward to more of these Moto Classroom!

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

More to come!

[@DeAngeloShaw]

You explained this so well bro. Just bought a 01 GXR 600.. First time rider ✊🏽 appreciate it!

[@Cat_KH1]

Luckily i learned to drive manual trucks and cars before learning to ride a motorcycle and this video makes complete sense to me

[@Accurize2]

Thanks for the video. I finally got it to click for me during my ride today. The small thing you mentioned about completely closing the throttle after the blip made all the difference in the world for me. Thanks again! 🙏👍

[@hithaiboss8535]

What exactly is blip and throttle ? Please explain the exclusive meaning.

[@Coolybanana]

Method 3 can upset the bike in a turn...gear slipping is wayy more efficient for me...

[@abhisheksharma4014]

Love U Man ❤️ Helped me a lot thank u.

[@PrithviGattu07]

Nice tip and effect way to teach ..thankxx ..i will subscribe your channel 😊

[@cooliipie]

5:20 I thought release in the clutch fast would make the bike stall???

[@jaymarleno8958]

I’m no rockie to ridding but I got in a bad accident 2 years ago and go back on a bike and went to down shift and nearly did a front flip

[@bricelewis7869]

Are you blipping the throttle before you downshift or blip then downshift?

[@jayjayxpxd]

Perfectly explained thanks!

[@Shmack_]

Great video but you weren't showing your hands on throttle on camera half of the time.

[@papadoc1090]

Hey Stan wazzup! Nice vlog bro..ived notice that if a girl comment in your vlog u replied quickly. 😂😂🤔🤔 Ride safe always from Philippines..

[@STANTHEMOTOMAN]

Hey hey now... I reply to everyone! 😂

[@kdblurr8208]

Im i “odd” if i think the 3rd choice to rev match is easier than the first 2 😅😂