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@PhilDAS once again, fook that!
@underuser53929 sometimes yes sometimes no, I’m trying to blip enough to revmatch but not enough to get a surge at the wrong moment. I haven’t got the hang of clutchless downshifts but it’s really not a thing on a DR, so I can’t say that I’ve had the opportunity either.
@jambon I noticed that as well. Higher gears just keep going, and lower gears really chance locking up the wheel. Maybe I was spoilt by the gears inside the DR, because the XJ feels a bit wrong somewhere, possibly third (or fourth) where the gap isn’t tall enough. But then again, that’s the happy cruising gear range in traffic, barely above idle just chugging along.
Today was only around 120 miles.
I left around 10:00 this morning and took it to Weston-Super-Mare, to get fish and chips and leave before the place packed out. Took it along the motorway the way there, managed maybe 110 a couple times during overtakes. Generally traffic was heavy enough to cruise at 75-80. The Puig screen makes a huge difference; I can tuck behind it enough to keep the wind off my head, but I’d say an hour and a half in that position earned the fishcake and chips when I arrived.
No scary downshifts on the motorway this time, but taking the twisty A-roads back, by about 30 mins from home I fluffed a fair few both up and down. So, user error/fatigue is definitely a factor there.
Tyres were boiling hot by home, and a couple hours later now the bike is still egg-frying hot to touch. Did lean over a fair way on a few twisty roads, but kept a lot in the bank. The Coombe road (I think) that begged for a knee drag was also littered with lumps of wood and massive stones.