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North Billerica, MA | Here is my rant:
I was riding with my brother who has a Honda 1100 Shadow Ace. Whenever he would change gears or slow down he would "blip" or "burp" the throttle. This was especially annoying at red lights.
I asked him why he does that and his answer was "he likes the sound".
I calmly explained that the only reason I know of to blip the throttle is to keep the revs up so the bike won't stall.
Folks that have cams installed some times need to do this. Otherwise just STOP or go home!
Maybe I should lighten up but he is my younger brother.
Does this bother anyone else? |
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in sight of MM 106 I95, VA United States | I find that blipping the throttle actually helps when shifting my GL1800. Transmission is a bit cunky otherwise. Kind of like double clutching.
As for the sound, Can't hear the engine anyway.
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Yeah but we can't hear a GL1800 when you blip the throttle............... |
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Pittsburgh, PA | or better yet.. and i might get some grief over this..... but...... pull up next to him and say... Dude.... its only a honda... and if he says SO!? say, i think my lawn mower has a bigger engine.. lol |
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Big Sky | No need to do it on s Victory!
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Central Maryland | King Bagger - 2014-08-05 10:59 AM
No need to do it on s Victory!
Ya, because the motor will likely die on you. Victory's do not like to be "blipped". They're too cultured, to tolerate that type of hooligan behavior... |
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Prairie City, IA United States | I have never understood the blipping thing. If your bike won"t stay running, then get it tuned up. Otherwise you are just posing as a HD wanna be.   |
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| We have guys like him here and if the cops catch you making undo noise its only $500 bucks. I hope they catch the cars and trucks to |
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New Bohemia, VA | Potato potato potato potato potato brrrrrrrraaaaaapppppp potato potato potato potato potato |
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Stoughton, WI | I was taught as a young boy learning to drive a standard transmission that rev matching the engine to the transmission helped save the clutch. I dont do it all the time on my vision but I do it alot and yes, it has stalled on me several times. I find that if you let the engine idle for a second before blipping it never stalls. |
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Broken Arrow, OK | I rev match on the shift all the time when coming to a stop or slowing, some would even say I ride it aggressively..........and never in 3 years and 30K miles has the bike died doing it. |
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Prairie City, IA United States | johnnyvision - 2014-08-05 7:14 PM
We have guys like him here and if the cops catch you making undo noise its only $500 bucks. I hope they catch the cars and trucks to
MN is a communist state though.  LOL |
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in sight of MM 106 I95, VA United States |
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in sight of MM 106 I95, VA United States | Arkainzeye - 2014-07-30 7:34 PM
or better yet.. and i might get some grief over this..... but...... pull up next to him and say... Dude.... its only a honda... and if he says SO!? say, i think my lawn mower has a bigger engine.. lol
But compared to mine, you come up about a lawnmowers worth short. In fact I have as many cylinders as your bike and car put together so there |
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA | You can't say my lawnmower comes up short!
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in sight of MM 106 I95, VA United States | Nozzledog - 2014-08-07 7:41 PM
You can't say my lawnmower comes up short!
Actually you are short about 101 CC's (1832 vs 1731) Not a whole lawnmower worth, but a couple of weedeaters and a leaf blower. |
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Sorry, posted wrong model...
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| It might mean that you're a dick and should leave your little brother alone |
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Bainville, & Mesa, AZ, MT | Lay off those blippers, they give me something to laugh at, especially when they say they need to do it to shift. |
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Sugar Land, TX (Outside of Houston) | When riding in groups, blipping the throttle is also a nice way to let the bikes behind you know the light is getting ready to change. I have been caught by surprise messing with a radio channel or GPS at a light and appreciated the notification to get ready to move. |
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Eldersburg, MD United States | For me Blipping is a rhythm and a sound thing, I have noticed that the Vision does not like it, and so far I have not missed it a great deal.
I have used blipping as a warning device for a car starting to do something stupid in front or beside me, so... It my gas Ill spend like I want |
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Pierson, FL United States | When I was first starting out on motorcycles in the early 70s, I was told that revving the engine at a stoplight was a leftover from when Harleys used DC generators. They weren't as efficient as modern AC generators. So, Harley riders revved their engines at stoplights to help keep the battery charged.
Since it's still being done by most bikers, I'm guessing it's here to stay. |
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Jasper, MO | luvdiving - 2016-10-29 7:21 AM
When I was first starting out on motorcycles in the early 70s, I was told that revving the engine at a stoplight was a leftover from when Harleys used DC generators. They weren't as efficient as modern AC generators. So, Harley riders revved their engines at stoplights to help keep the battery charged.
Since it's still being done by most bikers, I'm guessing it's here to stay.
There is some validity to that. And it wasn't confined just to Harleys. The charging systems on bikes in the mid 1960s (when I started riding) would not charge at idle. Not even the one on my Honda. You had to rev the motor a little at stoplights to keep the lights from going very dim.
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Asheville, NC | True for the lights getting dim on older bikes but....the modern era bloopers are like the kids who used a whole deck of cards on their bicycles to achieve maximum noise levels. I am not one of those kids. |
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Asheville, NC | True for the lights getting dim on older bikes but....the modern era blippers are like the kids who used a whole deck of cards on their bicycles to achieve maximum noise levels. I am not one of those kids. I agree that it gives me something to grin about when I hear it. Gal pal appreciates me not being one of "them" as well. Cool chicks know what's right and what ain't if they're old enough. |
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Jasper, MO | Yep!
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| I'm enjoying this thread immensely. I've never been much of a "blipper" but I DO remember when I was out riding my first BMW...and '76 R/60/6...that I blipped the throttle to see how cool it sounded at that stop light I was at. Those little 600's had Delorto(I think) carbs on it, which were not the best pick because there was a lot of air flowing around the slide inside the thing.
Each and every time I blipped the throttle, the thing would stall right out. Not sure if it was a case of too much air or not enough gas but that was the first and last time I ever blipped a throttle.
Now put a set of Bing or Mikuni's on the beemer and I may have been the biggest blipper out there. |
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