Change gears without clutch

[eagle4]

Hi everyone, have some of you shifted up gears without using the clutch ?
Just tested it (only for shift-up), and it goes quite smoothly. For sure engine must be at right rpm (I do it around 4000-5000rpm) and road has to be clear as well, but it's pretty comfortable. No negative noise from transmission. In fact, I already tried this on previous bikes (including Explorer XC), and the Trophy is the first one where it goes so easy and smoothly.
So everything looks ok, but my question is : what kind of impact on the gearbox ? Or on any other component ?

[atrophy]

page 98 of the manual

1. Gear-change pedal
Close the throttle while pulling in the
clutch lever. Change into the next
higher or lower gear. Open the throttle
part way, while releasing the clutch
lever. Always use the clutch when
changing gear.

But it  is your bike, do what you want.

[cropbiker]

I find that to get the smoothest of gear changes both up or down then only a slight depression of the clutch lever is needed.

[Coconut]

... but my question is : ...

My question is WHY do you want to do this ? and what are you hoping to achieve ?

[trophied]

Gotta be that left hand fatigue thing.

[rpeters549]

On the Goldwing site I am active on this subject came up.  A very highly respected member had a mechanic father who stated that he could ALWAYS tell when a transmission has been shifted regularly without the clutch.  No matter how good and smooth you are, there will always be more stress, and wear, on the gear edges.

Can you?  Sure.  Should you?  I am gonna say nope.

[Bludy L]

I find that if I apply a little upward or downward pressure on the shift pedal only the tiniest squeeze of the clutch lever is required to shift gears.

[madmatt]

I'm new to this site but have been riding sport bikes since the 80's.  We frequently use "quickshifters" for up and down shifting without using the clutch.  Back before they were a real thing, you could always tell the bikes that had done it a lot as they would pop out of 1st and 2nd under hard acceleration (after a while).  I know that Triumph has one for other bikes but don't know if they have one for he trophy.  Once a true quick shifter is installed no significant damage seems to occur but if you do it long enough without one, there are typically problems.  That said, it's your bike my friend, ride it the way you want to!