Reverse shifter

[danieljardim]

I knew that they existed but never saw one in action until yesterday.

Saw a guy riding a cruiser with reverse shifter and I think it is really cool to upshift pressing down. (I'll assume that is good for the drag strip)

does anybody has on the fz6r?

 

[MistahT]

Do you mean the shift pattern backwards or there was a second lever? My Uncle had two levers on his Harley, both attached to the linkage. Down on the front one was up on the back, so you just press down on the back one to shift up.

Pretty neat. First time I had seen that was his bike.

Like this

 

[danieljardim]

Do you mean the shift pattern backwards or there was a second lever? My Uncle had two levers on his Harley, both attached to the linkage. Down on the front one was up on the back, so you just press down on the back one to shift up.

Pretty neat. First time I had seen that was his bike.

Like this

yes. is the shift pattern backwards. You shift up pressing down and you shift down pressing up.

 

[JSP]

It is called GP Shifting..

Most bikes you can simply flip the shift linkage and you are in business. I do not recommend it on the street if you are used to regular shifting. If you do, do not forget it is opposite now. Could be dangerous downshifting when you think you are up shifting and vise/verse.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kbciXfgWt4]GP Shift set-up - YouTube[/ame]


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[danieljardim]

It is called GP Shifting..

Most bikes you can simply flip the shift linkage and you are in business. I do not recommend it on the street if you are used to regular shifting. If you do, do not forget it is opposite now. Could be dangerous downshifting when you think you are up shifting and vise/verse.

GP Shift set-up - YouTube


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#11

I'm not gonna do it. I was just wondering.

I'm still too fresh with motorcycles to start F**** around with stuff.

Dont fix what is not broken.

 

[leprecaun jon]

saw a guy doing it in a video the other day....thought i was neat looking but didnt relise that what he had done...

 

[Marthy]

My old CT70 trail bike had 3 gears down! LOL (Wrong... was 3 up )

My Boss own a Ducati 250 Mark3. The shifter is on the RH side and the rear brake on the LH side... talk about confusing.

 

[dart1963]

There have been a few times when I wish I changed mine.... do not try to shift up in a left turn unless you have it set up that way...

I usually just make sure I'm set up in a high enough gear for my exit (/merging into traffic).... but there are times when I think... hmmm, would be nice to shift up one more...

 

[redprodigy35]

I've heard that it's done for racing.
Something about it being easier to just press down as opposed to scooping the shifter upwards while the bike is leaned over.

 

[JonKerr]

Its done for racing for a couple of reasons. Mainly to help with upshifting while hanging off in a turn. Imagine trying to tuck your toe under and pull up while leaned over on your right side. Bad situation. Where if you just need to tap down and blip the throttle (or not even have to do that if you have a speed shifter on the bike that blips it for you like a lot of race bikes do.) your not upsetting the balance of the bike nearly as much. Usually its still on exit when youd need to do that but you can still be pretty leaned over when you meed to upshift if youre going for ultimate lap time.

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[yellowfz]

We use to call it normal, use to you asked what the gear pattern was before taking off : 1 up 4 down, or 1 down 5 up, again there was no standard for gear patterns, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda, Yamaha, Penton, KTM, Hodaka, Bultaco, etc...... would use different gear patterns, 1 up 4 down, 1 down 4 up.
I love the 1 up then down shifting. MotoGP, WOW, I must have been training for the GP and didn't know it.