Downshifting how do you do it?

[tommyardin]

[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 tend to wait for the blood to start filling my eyes then knock it up another cog  :eek 
Yes, it's the feel of the bike after a while of owning any bike you instinctively know when to cog swap either up or down, unless of course you scratching with buddies then you looking for the red line (Not going to let them bastards leave me behind :lol

If you ride on the red line the FZS 600 Fazer is absolutely mental for a small engined bike, the 0-60mph is astounding quick.
I have had German and Italian sports cars give up at about 100 and pull over and let me bye, they don't care for it you sitting in the fast lane and flashing them to get out of the way  top .

I was absolutely gobsmacked with the power of my FZS when I first got it, I had been off bikes for almost 40 years and had been used to the power of British 650 parallel twins with the top speed of about 104 mph downhill with a trailing wind if you were lucky, or alternatively over Beachy Head, the power output was about 46 BHP, that is just less than half the BHP of the 2003 FZS 600 and the Fazer is good for around 145 mph and can get to 60 mph in less than 4 seconds.

Thinking back to my early British 650 twin days, I am now wondering why they had a speedo when a foccing calendar would have been more appropriate. :lol