Post by: K2-K6 on August 02, 2025, 06:29:45 PM
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.
Post by: Johnwebley on August 02, 2025, 06:40:27 PM
Not very smooth at
Must be hell on the rear chain
A decent blip on the throttle will keep things smooth, and sound good
The rider is not thinking far enough ahead
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Post by: Laverda Dave on August 02, 2025, 10:09:21 PM
One of the biggest thrills of riding a motorcycle is when you blip the throttle to change down a gear and the next gear seamlessly drops in with the engine revs matching the speed with no jerking or clunking. Even better when you drop two gears into a bend with perfect timing for the true GP experience although very rare.
Post by: Bryanj on August 02, 2025, 10:57:36 PM
Post by: Rozabikes Tim on August 02, 2025, 11:29:20 PM
Do any of you youngsters remember the Triumph slickshift gearchange
Nope enlighten me Bryan?
Also I watched a utube car thing the other day where a guy had put a Hayabussa engine in a Fiat 500 - yes! Both blokes driving it didn't have a clue as per this thread. To be fair, the journo said he had never ridden a bike and was blown away by the bike gearbox.
Post by: Bryanj on August 03, 2025, 02:23:43 AM
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
Post by: Rozabikes Tim on August 03, 2025, 07:41:06 AM
Post by: DomP on August 03, 2025, 07:44:34 AM
Post by: Laverdaroo on August 03, 2025, 08:48:15 AM
I find it an odd way to ride or drive something without rev matching going down gear ratios, quite severe downshift in this videoI couldn’t watch all of that after the third downshift, that chap doesn’t know the meaning of ‘smooth’.
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.
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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