Engine Breaking

I am used to engine Breaking with my bike. The orther day I was riding with a friend and he told me not to do it becuase it could damage the drive shaft.

I would like to know what everybody here thinks?

 

what do you mean gearing down when you are coming to a stop?

 

I'm no expert on bikes so I'm interested in what others say. I don't see any harm in it. I do it on my bike and in my jeep. I don't think the jeep would stop in any reasonable distance without downshifting and letting the 4.0L drag it down.

 

Engine Braking is a very important factor to utilize as you perfect you riding skills.
Each time you close the Throttles to slow down you are "Engine Braking"
Matching RPM's to Bikke Speed by "Taching-up" in a Down-shift is where you separate the men from the boys.

Having the right amount of POWER ON >> Determines how you will hold the LINE in Hard Cornering.
Having the Engine controlling your speed is IDEAL when pushing the Bike through some twisties.

I have my 750 Mill Tuned "On the Lean side" ... so I DO get Engine Braking rather than having the Engine ... coast.

I don't think the Drive Shaft is going to fail under any circumstance involving down-shifting and Engine Braking.

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It doesn't hurt my CHAIN(S.) I LOVE me some engine braking/downshifting; I feel like Ralf Schumacher gearing down for Rascasse snapping down to first from sixth and letting the motor pull it down through each gear.

I doubt you'll hurt the bike, unless you're chirping the rear tire. Remind them that a well-engineered bike, no matter how old, is MADE to be ridden briskly and it won't hurt it. As long as you blip the throttle to match the revs you're not stressing a thing.

Seca's a sport bike, infernal shaft or not. I keep forgetting you shaftie guys only have 5 gears... (yeah yeah, and clean rear wheels.)

 

engine breaking is a good thing. It will make your brakes last longer because you dont have to apply as much force on them to stop and you dont have to use them as often.

 

Thats a good question.

the answer is no it wont do any harm if you shift properlly. downshifting is a huge advantage manual transmissions have.

down shifting can help you slow down and in my opinion the vehicle should always be in gear...car or bike....

 

Thanks everybody for your opinion. This is the first driveshaft bike I have and for a moment my friend got me doubting about it. I agree with your statement jarreddaughtry. " the vehicle should always be in gear"

I have a Nissan truck and I always use the engine to stop and in some cases it has saved me because my toping is faster than just using the brake.

Drive safe everybody!!

 

An obvious point, but engine braking only applies braking force to the back wheel. Also, if you only do engine braking, the traffic behind won't see a brake light! You can pull in the front (or press the rear) to engage the relay for the brake light without actually engaging those brakes.