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Re: [ST] synchros



I wrote:
>
> Thanks for that Bare. I was never quite sure exactly how the gearbox
worked.
> So why can you shift a motorbike gearbox without the clutch but a car
> gearbox doesn't work so well?

I realise it's something to do with motorcycle gearboxes being sequential.
Actually that brings up another point. If car gearboxes are constant mesh
how do they allow you to skip from say 1st to 4th?

Phil
'02 S3


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