How do you shift

[bucks1605]

Ducati's and demolition hammers are all that show up in google

Probably because I didn't type in Ducati with my search. Yahoo sucks anyway, I usually use Google.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=HM1100&fr=yfp-t-367&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

[jserio]

intresting looking bike. 

[Affschnozel]

shifting down accidentally can be very bad.

No shaZam!!  I've had several instances where I've been getting a little frisky on the bike and end up down shifting aggressively only to hear my rear tire lock up.

Don't just downshift and let out the clutch , blip the throttle as you shift and release clutch ,makes it much smoother 

[spc]

Ever ridden a short geared race bike?  there's no way to aggressively downshift smoothly.  You just contain the after math of the action.  I've gotten pretty used to it and it definitely gets some interesting looks from the squids I end up riding with.