Re: [ST] Stupid Question

[Neil Lindsey <Neil.Lindsey@xxxxxxx>]

That may be so Nate, but I don't think that answers Richard's question.
Since the majority of bikes have no visual indicator for the gear that
is selected, I believe Neutral is between 1st and 2nd so you can
downshift till there ain't no more, and be confident that you are in 1st
gear.  Otherwise you could be shifting into Neutral at VERY inopportune
times (like in the middle of a tight corner).  This is much less of an
issue for smaller/less-powerful bikes (like the XR50 and my first
bike -- Yamaha 100 Twinjet)

On the other hand, I seem to recall someone saying that the primary
reason that race bikes are 1 up/5 down is so you are lifting the gear
changer during downshifts, which improves ground clearance in corners.
When you are upshifting as you drive out of a corner, the bike will be
more upright, so ground clearance is not an issue.  But that still
doesn't quite explain why road bikes are the other way.  Maybe it's
simply been standardized so it's easier to remember for us mere mortals:
UPshift = lift lever UP, DOWNshift = push lever DOWN.

Neil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Maher" <nate@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ST] Stupid Question


> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I *think* that the MotoGP boys
still
> have the one up 5 down config like every other race bike.  I think the
> telemetry is just so the Nascar fans don't get confused by having
neutral
> between 1st and 2nd.
>
> Nate
> 00SprintRS
>
>
> Masiak, Richard wrote:
> > Here's a thought I had whilst watching the last MotoGP race.  I
noticed that the telemetry on a few bikes showed the shift pattern as
N123456.  Our street bikes 1N23456 or 65432N1 (if you can switch the
shift lever).
> >
> > My kid's XR50 is N123, and I like it.
> >
> > It would be so much nicer if our street bike had the MotoGP shift
pattern of N1232456.
> >
> > So here's my stupid question: Why aren't they?
> >
> >
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