SteveD wrote:Yes, the early round case twins and, I think, all the singles shift on the right.
Yep, I had a GT750 right shift, 1 up, 4 down (I think it was four) and it made perfect sense too. That was a bike I was I'd kept (don't we all say that! ) . . .
I loved that arrangement on my Brit bikes, There's something about that left brake and right shift with it's up for low and down for high shifting that just 'worked'. In part, when braking (left foot) and shifting down for the corner your weight is biased to the rear of the bike, which makes the upward shift motion favorable. Then when you're accelerating out of a corner you weight is biased forward (so you don't wheelie) and that makes the downward push on the shift lever seem very natural. My old Enfield/Indian 500cc thumper filt similarly good.
On the other hand a Trumph felt awkward and imprecise with it's up for high and down for low shifting motion.
But having declared my preference, a person does become adept whichever side you shift with and which direction you go for low.
Ken
It's the swapping between shift patterns that screws with your head , things like changing up when you're trying to brake .....
"You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know"
The Grateful Dead
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