I've had one fitted for about a year and I thought it would be only noticeable on track. But I was wrong. You can feel it working a lot of the time and if you are a quick road rider then you will feel the benefits every time you ride. It's a great bit of kit. It doesn't reduce the amount of engine breaking at all - the SD has masses of this, as do all big twins, and if you think about it - when your back wheel locks up and starts hopping about entering a corner unsettling the bike then you aren't getting the best engine braking effect anyway. What the slipper clutch does is smooth out that hopping and stops the effect of the bike traveling faster than the tyre is actually turning. It just means that the wheel can turn a bit faster than the engine for an instant and this makes everything smoother. It doesn't take anything away from your normal feedback and riding skills. I still have a finger on the clutch and I still feather it in many instances to get feel and feedback. But for those times when you bang it down the gears and maybe a gear to far it can really save you ass!