Downshifting how do you do it?

[darrsi]

[quote author=tommyardin link=topic=23228.msg267718#msg267718 date=1504912664]
That's cool mate, I think we are all singing from the same song sheet

It certainly sounds like it :thumbup Just out of interest and on bit of a tangent. I rarely look at my tacho, except to check whether I'm in top. I tend to use feel and sound to change up and down, is this the way most of us do it?
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I think when you're a new rider it's totally normal to wonder what gear you're in or if it's the right gear, but after a while it's mainly all about the sound, you just get to know what's right.
Then after a really long while riding you do everything subconsciously without even really thinking about anything, most likely because you're more interested in keeping an eye on your immediate surroundings to stay as safe as possible.
I have noticed with these bikes though that if you do have a moment when you manage to go on a mad one and start giving the throttle a handful the bike really seems to relish it, and the engine tone can really perk up like it's almost begging for more.
At the moment i've got my Moto GP exhaust on so it tends to calm me down a bit, as it's so loud i really don't want to get pulled by the old bill, and even worse i took the baffle out again the other day just to remind myself of the sound and i couldn't stop grinning. 
I keep seeing/hearing these Harley's about that are as loud as fuck and don't understand how they get away with noise regulations, yet just know as soon as i attempt to ride without my baffle in place i'm gonna get pulled over? At the moment my exhaust is borderline legal as far as noise is concerned and is BSAU stamped too.