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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cleonard" data-source="post: 85570" data-attributes="member: 21">Yes.  At least I've had to do this before.  There are times when the possible mechanical abuse is worth it. Generally in this mode you were in too high of a gear and the revs are dropping out of the powerband and it's downshift or get stuck.  On some hills that can mean a real problem.  Now if you are upshifting instead, I would let off the throttle at a minimum as getting stuck isn't a problem then. My bike has a real bad habit of finding neutral if I down shift 2 to 1 on a rocky technical climb using the clutch.  If it's a loose hill then downshifting to first is useless anyway.</blockquote>