On Mar 6, 1:10*pm, Catman wrote:
bildan wrote:
On Mar 6, 10:26 am, Catman wrote:
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Catman
saying something like:
bildan wrote:
snip
Keep in mind how the motorcycle works. *The bike has a 6-speed gearbox
whereas the airplane engine would have only one. *The standard sport
bike shift technique, approved by the factory, is to apply a large
force to the shift lever and then tap the clutch lever when the rider
wants to shift.
I don't think it is, you know. ISTBC of course.
Some people just like rebuilding gearboxes.
I must confess I'm not massively keen on it. I tend to stick with the
'pull clutch, change gear, release clutch' technique. Unless I'm doing
clutchless upshift, of course.

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Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

Of course! You're thinking of ENGLISH bikes - that's different. *We
all know how reliable those are. *If the tranny can be shifted without
a clutch, it's not a Japanese sport bike.

Oh dear.



My Kawasaki can't be shifted without the clutch but it shifts great
with the pre-load & clutch method and has done so reliably since '86.

Can't afford a newer one?

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Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

Don't need a new one - It's a Japanese motorcycle and they run
forever. However, my old Triumph Bonneville wasn't safe to ride
further than I was prepared to push it - something about the Lucas
electrics. You know, Joe Lucas, Prince of Darkness.