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M1combat
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 12:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

What's the point of converting to the GP shift pattern?
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Fullpower
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 12:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

up for slow, down for go. only advantag e i can see is quicker upshifts for drag racing.
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Skully
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 01:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Trying to upshift whilst fully leaned over road racing can cause you to break a foot.

Keith
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M1combat
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 01:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Gotcha... And you don't generally need to downshift while fully leaned over. Thanks for the clarification.
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Dasxb9s
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 01:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Once "learned" it is a fast system. Switching back and forth might me a problem. My first "big" bike was an early 70s Bridgestone 360cc

The rear brake was on the left side and the shifter was on right side, first gear was one click up and the were rest down. Being a generally right side dominate world... it took less effort and coordination to go through the gears pushing down with one's master foot. You could shift very fast up gear. Being I never raced, the advantages of down shifting by lifting up was lost on me.

Of course there was the time I rode a bike with the brake on the right side and the shifter on the left, when I came home on leave, after selling the Bridgestone and joining the army. My cousin swerved in front of me on his Triumph... and I had feet going every which direction trying to make a rear brake work!!!

That was less than fun!!!
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M1combat
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 02:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

As far as those backwards bikes WRT to the brake and gear shifter... I would think you would want more "finesse" from your brake than your shifter. Being right handed it seems more sensible to have the brake on the right. Both of them.

Also, WRT to GP shift patterns... Wouldn't you want to be able to go down gears faster than go up gears? Of course, having it this way means you may break a foot...

What about having a forked shift lever that your toes fit into between two normal looking rubber pieces. I suppose they would need to be adjustable so you could wear big clunky boots like I do (which probably increases the likely-hood of a broken foot) or a set of sleek race boots.

I think that would be the best solution.
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Gonen60
Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 02:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I had the reverse pattern on My GSX-R600. Once I got used to it, I liked it very much. I think banging down on the shift lever gives you a little added mental protection from missing up shifts.
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