'Eh, I've seen what hard up/down shifts does to engagement dogs and shift forks. I'd rather replace or file down a clutch basket vs replacing gears and shift forks. I'm not on a factory bike with unlimited resources so I'll take those few tenths of a second per lap penalty.
The only time I've ever gone all clutchless up and downshifts is when I'm in a do or die battle! That was a fun race and I was pushing it, but the guys in front of me (Carlo and Walter..the one who crashed) were gone so I just needed to keep the others behind me. I've been in one race this year where I threw it all to the wind and rode with everything I had. I won the race and had a friend on a 150r on my rear tire the whole race. THAT was a fun race.
