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It's just like Gen McG said. The same road speed in a lower gear means the motor is turning faster. It's not about slowing down. That is negative acceleration, or deceleration, which is the change of velocity over time. At any moment in time, the motor spins at a higher rpm for the speed the...

Thank you, my first reaction, as well, was that. I wondered if standards were slipping a bit. ;)

On down shifting, you need to blip the throttle when double clutching. Sometimes it is enough just to blip the throttle as you pass through neutral without raising the clutch, since there might be enough drag on the clutch disk to let you spin the input shaft a little faster. Going uphill (up...