clutchless as much as poss' is faster and neater and you can't do any harm, hard on the throttle it won't or most unlikely to shift, just got to knock off a little and then snick up the gear, tho' 1st to 2nd is a bit harder especially on the Fazer as there's such 1st's so low gotta be in 2nd near immediately so I normally clutch that and forget it...... doing t'other way's not so easy I reckon partly due to the way around the gearchange is, had a reversed one on a previous bike and was ok going down too if you wanted, tho' generally what gear you're in isn't so important slowing, as if you're doing it right you've banged down 3 at once to the turn-in point, is what brakes are for.....