This not a BMW.

Sibbo · Post by **Sibbo** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 4:26 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrukZIqDbMg

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:50 pm

Thank you, Sibbo! That was beautiful. :')
That is a bike I would NEVER worry about finding saddlebags for!

enigmaT120 · Post by **enigmaT120** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:31 pm

I'd still need a tank bag. And I wish he'd stay on his own side of the road.

Did that bike really shift on the right?

Zombie Master · Post by **Zombie Master** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:36 am

Last attractive Ducati engine.

Garnet · Post by **Garnet** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:57 am

enigmaT120 wrote: Did that bike really shift on the right?

Yes, the early round case twins and, I think, all the singles shift on the right.

Bamboo812 · Post by **Bamboo812** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:24 am

Nice sound!

bbelk · Post by **bbelk** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:17 am

I so admire the ability to mold metal into machines. For that matter, even cleaning metal like Melville does and turning old into new.

Very nice.

Major Softie · Post by **Major Softie** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:50 pm

Zombie Master wrote:Last attractive Ducati engine.

I actually think the square case bevels are good looking too, just not nearly as good looking as the round case.

SteveD · Post by **SteveD** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 6:31 pm

Garnet wrote:
enigmaT120 wrote: Did that bike really shift on the right?
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!

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However, whenever I got back on the BM, it took a while to acclimatise to BMW normality.

Ken in Oklahoma · Post by **Ken in Oklahoma** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:28 pm

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

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