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Reverse "GP" Shifting

Started by psycledelic, July 14, 2008, 01:39:33 PM

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Pedro-bot

Pros:
Solid shifting
Weight savings.   [cheeky]

Cons:
None
1999 M750 AKA Little Blue Monster, 2002 S4, 2006 Sport 1000, 2008 Sport 1000, 2005 749s, 2018 R NineT Urban GS

junior varsity

I love it, and have it on all of my bikes.

lawbreaker

Both my bikes are set up reverse pattern.. I love it

as stated.. No negatives [thumbsup]

Drunken Monkey

Quote from: Pedro-bot on January 11, 2012, 05:41:04 PM
Cons:
Better make all your bikes reverse shift.

There, fixed it.  [laugh]

Personally I went reverse back when raced. At some point I made the switch back to 'normal' (I think there was a time when I only owned one bike and I never got around to reversing that bike when I got it new)

Never really thought about it until you brought it up. I honestly prefer reverse.




I own several motorcycles. I have owned lots of motorcycles. And have bolted and/or modified lots of crap to said motorcycles...

junior varsity

Haha, yes - demo day can be tricky. I've started in third gear from a stop on a couple of occasions. Ive also sat there with a blank look on my face wondering why I stalled in 1st gear (uh, 6th gear...) too

lethe

The Monster is reverse, the KTM is normal
I get screwed up for maybe 5 minutes going from one to the other
'05 Monster 620
'86 FZ600
'05 KTM SMC 625

118811

Quote from: j v on January 13, 2012, 03:04:07 PM
Haha, yes - demo day can be tricky. I've started in third gear from a stop on a couple of occasions. Ive also sat there with a blank look on my face wondering why I stalled in 1st gear (uh, 6th gear...) too

Yeah,,,,I will probably do that!! [bang]

I am about to put on adjustable footrests...I am thinking about further back and down, they are 25mm.
So, I am wondering about the reach.
I like the look of the one SSR has that has a "offset feature".
My people skills are just fine.
It's my tolerance to idiots that needs work.

junior varsity

Haha - such a small world  - look for my posts on it  I sent them that CAD when I couldn't locate a CycleCat DSL2 offset reverse shifter (and CC was not in production) - they made some changes and voila.  Note, they made it completely "skeleton-ized" so there is no middle - less strong than the simply 'scalloped' for weight reduction version I had done up looking at the DSL2. Works very well with Rizoma rearsets which bow out like the factory rearsets. 

imaspecialparts

Quote from: j v on January 14, 2012, 09:37:45 AM
Haha - such a small world  - look for my posts on it  I sent them that CAD when I couldn't locate a CycleCat DSL2 offset reverse shifter (and CC was not in production) - they made some changes and voila.  Note, they made it completely "skeleton-ized" so there is no middle - less strong than the simply 'scalloped' for weight reduction version I had done up looking at the DSL2. Works very well with Rizoma rearsets which bow out like the factory rearsets. 

Reverse shifters are very nice on Ducati - they slip right onto shaft, or you can rotate original piece 180 degree.  I am troubled by short linkage on Hypermotard, it is not conducive for such a change.   Perhaps we will have to come up with a solution, but after a few moments of riding, it becomes natural as if you have never done reverse before. 
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seanster

just reversed mine and liking it after a short ride just to test it out... [thumbsup]
2001 Supersport 900 Yellow!!! (she's just so much fun)
2000 Monster 750 Carb Dark!!! (Sold and still full of regrets)

lawmaster891

I run reverse shift and love it. It is easier for me to click down for upshifts when hard accelerating and coming out of turns. No negatives for me besides being momentarily confused when I get on another bike. I just put rizoma rearsets on my bike and set those up for reverse shift as well. Plus it is very simple to do with stock setup

Latinbalar

I never know Monsters came with a Reverse. That would help in the parking lot!
I live vicariously thru myself......

seanster

Quote from: Latinbalar on January 17, 2012, 08:21:27 AM
I never know Monsters came with a Reverse. That would help in the parking lot!

haha look at this smart A$$ here....funny though...good one  [thumbsup]  [beer]
2001 Supersport 900 Yellow!!! (she's just so much fun)
2000 Monster 750 Carb Dark!!! (Sold and still full of regrets)

118811

Quote from: imaspecialparts on January 15, 2012, 09:49:01 AM
Reverse shifters are very nice on Ducati - they slip right onto shaft, or you can rotate original piece 180 degree.  I am troubled by short linkage on Hypermotard, it is not conducive for such a change.   Perhaps we will have to come up with a solution, but after a few moments of riding, it becomes natural as if you have never done reverse before. 

"they slip right onto shaft, or you can rotate original piece 180 degree."

I don't follow [bang]...anyone do this ?
Pics, thanks
My people skills are just fine.
It's my tolerance to idiots that needs work.

Jason1

meaning pull the shift lever off and flip shift linkage to the top instead of bottom. I did it on my 01 but havn't tried it yet.  Free mod.