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Bryanj:
Triumph slickshift,
When you moved the gear lever on right foot, an arm on the mechanism moved a cam inside the outer cover that pushed the clutch pushrod and disengged the clutch.

Once, and once only, i managed to get home after my clutch cable broke by smashing the gear lever down with engine running the very slowly, and as blaster bates would have said, a touch like a bloody midwife with my foot let the gearchange up and set off.

Not an easy thing to do but it worked.

As to the strange engine transplants there is a guy on goldwingfacts that has transplanted a GL 1500 into a hillman imp and made it efi

Rozabikes Tim:
Have you seen the auto clutch Honda are putting on some models now - CBR650F? Seems excellent and light years on from the Hondamatic 750 SOHC nightmare.

DomP:
Ive got a quick shifter on my triumph daytona, lots of fun

Laverdaroo:

--- Quote from: K2-K6 on August 02, 2025, 06:29:45 PM ---I find it an odd way to ride or drive something without rev matching going down gear ratios, quite severe downshift in this video

https://youtu.be/Z962LAhQaH8?si=q7kQRD_KElCN_TY3

In both bikes or cars, I like it to be imperceptible and smooth to change down a ratio. Is that odd ?

Only in very specific circumstances in a car, but not bike that I'd use that method to indice rear attitude to chassis.

--- End quote ---
I couldn’t watch all of that after the third downshift, that chap doesn’t know the meaning of ‘smooth’.
I don’t think he’s familiar with ‘mechanical sympathy’.

I’ve ridden a few bikes from most manufacturers that have quick shifters, by far the worst was on a Panzer wagon K1300, awful delay and a right clatter between the cogs, and it was new.

By far the best was on a Trumpet 675 like Dom’s; seamless changes, no bangs or missed gears. Like he said, a right laugh in the twisties and especially down the box at pace into roundabouts on the dual carriageway on the A3


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