Is it ok to skip through gears when downshifting?

[Bam Bam and Pebbles]

I also have an SM6 and I do what I call a double downshift. For example, if I am in 6th gear, and traffic is slowing down, I release the throttle and when I get to around 40mph, I pull in the clutch and downshift to 4th and release the clutch. I never run through all the gears downshifting at once. Works for me.

 

[jcoats1]

exploded clutch

Sorry for a newbie question, but this has been bothering me:
I got F3S SM6, and when I need to stop I pull in the clutch and step through the gears until 1st or neutral while pushing the brake pedal. Am I supposed to engage the clutch between gears? Mechanically it shouldn't matter since the box is disconnected when the clutch is disengaged, but the reason for me worrying that I'm doing something wrong is that I saw "E" on the gear indicator twice when downshifting through several gears, which I assume stands for "Error". It doesn't happen every time, and I only saw it twice when the byke was brand new (under 200 miles). I now only have about 300 miles on it and didn't want to break the gearbox by doing something I'm not supposed to.

Any thoughts?

When down shifting, the part of clutch driving the trans rotates at HIGHER rpm as you downshift. if you go to 1st or even 2nd when travelling at high speed, part of your clutch may spin at a VERRRY high speed. I did this on a car many years ago an all the clutch friction material was removed from the disc... Be careful!

 

[Bob Denman]

When down shifting, the part of clutch driving the trans rotates at HIGHER rpm as you downshift. if you go to 1st or even 2nd when travelling at high speed, part of your clutch may spin at a VERRRY high speed. I did this on a car many years ago an all the clutch friction material was removed from the disc... Be careful!

You always have to match up the speeds of the various pieces. :banghead:
It's a "No-Brainer"... :dontknow:

 

[Easy Rider]

You can't do this with the "ESSIES"...

It's a "No-Brainer"... :dontknow:

Speaking of no brains: Are you going to explain the above quote....please.

 

[INFAMOUS]

There seems to be a lot of ball busting on this forum. Hope this isn't the way it always is.

 

[wyliec]

There seems to be a lot of ball busting on this forum. Hope this isn't the way it always is.

Here's what happens:

There is ball busting, and after awhile it gets out of hand. At some point, Lamont (Lamonster the site admin) comes on chastises everyone with a post. The ball busting then stops for awhile. Guess what happens next. That's right, the ball busting starts again, and the cycle repeats. It's just a way of life.

 

[INFAMOUS]

Haha the cycle of life