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Been riding for six months  (Kawasaki Vulcan 500) and am beginning to feel comfortable.

The only thing that makes no sense to me is the shift lever.   Neutral resides between first and second gear and the only way to be sure of it is to glance down and see a green light. 

Now the question; is this a universal shift pattern or no?  Somehow it seems that neutral should be at the bottom of the shift pattern.

Otherwise a good fun bike...........................................wes  aww

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That would be the standard pattern. and for good reason. When you do all that mashing down you want to be in low at an intersection. You wouldn't want to let out the clutch and find out you aren't in gear. It puts the gear you need the most where you know where it is. It's a good thing. You will get used to it.

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Yep. Universal pattern. Low [1st], neutral, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th. [If it's a five speed!] On the left, right?

Except older Brit bikes. Until the 1970s when they agreed with everybody else ta convert ta left-foot shifting. And adopted the 'universal' pattern. Unless your machine was a four-speed.

Or an earlier 'tank-shifter,' with a treadle clutch.

Another topic, for another day. Et Tu?


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Uke wrote:

Yep. Universal pattern. Low [1st], neutral, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th. [If it's a five speed!] On the left, right?

Except older Brit bikes. Until the 1970s when they agreed with everybody else ta convert ta left-foot shifting. And adopted the 'universal' pattern. Unless your machine was a four-speed.

Or an earlier 'tank-shifter,' with a treadle clutch.

Another topic, for another day. Et Tu?



Wes, I don't know how those rice bikes trannys are, but my Wide Glide is set up backwards. Meaning 1st gear is all the way up, and 2,3,4, and 5 are all down.

It really serves no purpose other than faster shifting for freaks like me.

 



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1.  You guys are really screwin up; now I know where to take all my bike
     questions.

2.  I should have read the oper manual.   From a standstill in first gear, the 
     only place I can shift it to is neutral.  There is a hard stop.

More:  The baby Vulcan has six gears ahead.  The previous bike I rode had a
three speed shifter on the tank.  This was 50 plus years ago, and I learned a 
lot about watching for loose gravel at intersections...................wes 

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I highly doubt this helps, Wes, but my Kawasaki 400EX aka. quad or 4 wheeler (depending on which part of the US you are at) it's 1 down and 4 up....

Speakin of which, I found an old dirt road nearby that I dumped a bunch of trimmings I did from my oak tree...Pure white trash shit, I know....But this old dirt road goes on for daze....I couldnt get too far into it in fear of gettin stuck in my truck as the mud gets pretty deep in parts...

I plan on exploring tommorow and Louis and Briz will report the details....

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Brizy wrote:

I highly doubt this helps, Wes, but my Kawasaki 400EX aka. quad or 4 wheeler (depending on which part of the US you are at) it's 1 down and 4 up....

Speakin of which, I found an old dirt road nearby that I dumped a bunch of trimmings I did from my oak tree...Pure white trash shit, I know....But this old dirt road goes on for daze....I couldnt get too far into it in fear of gettin stuck in my truck as the mud gets pretty deep in parts...

I plan on exploring tommorow and Louis and Briz will report the details....



All factory motorcycles/ATV's come standard with the "one down, four up". Unless you have a 6 speed tranny, then it's five up.

Harley Davidson transmissions are easy to modify. Remove all the clutch plates, and turn them around, replace backwards.

 



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Yeah... The left side shift 'pedal' has become standard on motorcycles. Usually first gear, neutral, second, third, etc. upwards. Sixth gear [high] for high-speed, all day cruising...

Way back...I rode a tank-shift Harley...then had a BSA with right foot shifter, first at the top side...

Thankfully...the rest of the world finally agreed to a 'standard' system of buildin' bikes.

Now IF we could get the USA ta go metric...

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Uke wrote:

Yeah... The left side shift 'pedal' has become standard on motorcycles. Usually first gear, neutral, second, third, etc. upwards. Sixth gear [high] for high-speed, all day cruising...

Way back...I rode a tank-shift Harley...then had a BSA with right foot shifter, first at the top side...

Thankfully...the rest of the world finally agreed to a 'standard' system of buildin' bikes.

Now IF we could get the USA ta go metric...



They tried that in the 1970's, and they just couldn't get it to catch on. I like miles and pounds. I'm sick of everyplace else trying to force their shit on us AMERICANS!

 



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They missed it by a country mile! I miss half pints, an American Icon lost.

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Evil Tu wrote:

They missed it by a country mile! I miss half pints, an American Icon lost.



A smidge, a dash, and a cunt hair are all actual units of measurement in the United States...

 



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Red cunt hair, just to refine it some, also butt load is used quite a bit.



An "RCH" is a sliver larger than the standard cunt hair, making a sliver a unit of measurement also.

 



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