Odd no one has mentioned this yet. Simple downshift and throttle roll off. Called engine braking and is as basic as dirt. With any type of open or loud exhaust it can be very loud and annoying. I always use engine braking before brakes unless it is an emergency stop. May be old school but to me it saves on rotor/drum heating and pad/shoe wear. This applies to any standard/manual shift vehicle. I always want to be in a low gear that I can pull away with before I come to a complete stop, never know when some fool wants to run up your rear.
all my cars are manual and i down shift all the time.
a good thing though i dont mean to school anyone but i would image this would be extra important on a motorcycle but when you downshift to slow down you should tap your rear brake to activate your brake lights (but not actually the brakes since the light should usually click on first before the brakes actually engage) so the people behind you know your slowing down. i even do this with my car i give it a tap tap tap
XS the ones you are seeing for V 2wins, are for ease of starting.. had the same thing in my STIHL chainsaw.. They actually have what looks loke a tiny ex valve in there.
This. A compression release on a motorcycle is usually a lifter on a pushrod of brit singles or harleys to open the exhaust valve to help you find kick through TDC. Sometimes (usually on smaller singles) it's a little valve sitting opposite the spark plug to vent the combustion chamber. This allows the manufacturer to gear the kick starter down a tiny bit and lets you get the bike to the right place (usually using the ammeter to follow the points opening/closing) and give it a quick kick. These do not function like a jake brake, as you loose almost all your compression and would just kill the engine. Without one, high comp undersquare singles are NOT fun to kick over without one.
As for the actual purpose: trucks don't use them because they're cool, they're used because VGT's are faily new technology. Diesel engines have very little engine braking power, as they meter fuel into the combustion chamber, and therefore have low intake pressure even as the throttle is closed. A compression brake allows the engine to actually brake when off throttle, but involves a timed valve that opens near TDC to vent built up gas (which is mixed with almost no fuel). This is useful because of severe brake fade when going down sharp grades with heavy machinery/trucks. Using compression brakes lessens the load on the actual braking system, a rather high wear part of a semi.
It sounds a little....childish/stupid to want to make your motorcycle specifically annoying. It's sorta in the same category as bikers who sit at lights and rev continuously. Old man, here, I guess...
from what i understand diesel engines dont have a throttle body that the "gas pedal" is just on or off (to apply power or not to apply power) since the diesel is just dictated by the amount of fuel injected into the engine. so letting off the gas pretty much doesnt do anything like our gas engines we let go of the gas we slow down. but with an exhaust brake or a jake brake (i think theirs a difference... exhaust brake slows the engine by a butterfly flap that closes the exhaust, building up back pressure slowing the engine, jake break is releasing the compression) this compression release helps the engine slow down i dont know the exact fundamentals behind this other than it deals with the exhaust. so letting go of the gas, hitting the jake brake, and then hitting the brake is easier on the braking system and you slow down faster vs just hitting the brake
well i dont like the people who sit there and rev there bike continuously every time i see that i think that their must be something wrong with their bike that if they where to let go of their throttle would their bike stall out lol that what pops in my head not that their cool but there bike must be a POS
i am a child lol. its my first bike and i want to be that squid
(for a while anyways and get my fix of idiocracy and ill grow into an old man)
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heres a video... i havent watched it because it looks boring but if you old timers are interested
Theory and Operation of The Jake Brake Engine Brake
