Race gear change

Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

Maybe I'm being a little naive here, but I just read in 'Fast Bikes' that you can change the gear selector to race function on a CBR600 just by inverting the rod thingy. I havent been out to the bike to have a look yet to see if its poss on mine. (By this i mean 1 up and 5 down by the way Wink

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So my questions are

Has anyone ever tried it, either by adding rear-sets or doing the quick fix?

Whats it like?

Do you reckon it will work?

cheers guys Wink

numark1 · Scared of girls Joined: 10 May 2004 Karma :

what is the quick fix... wouldn't mind givin that a bash Thumbs Up

Smoto Bob · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Dec 2003 Karma :

https://www.cbr600f4.com/pics/Mar27_02.jpg

i would go with take the arm off the gear box out put shaft and turn it 180 degree's Thumbs Up

would take some getting used to lol. Was watching some bike prog on M&M and they were talkign about the Royal enfield thats got the gear box upside down and on the right foot Shocked

and the break on the left . heheheh

(^^ sorry ramberling lol again)
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stryker · Brolly Dolly Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Karma :

I didn't even know race gears were up side down. Interesting.
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Smoto Bob · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Dec 2003 Karma :

think its something like, if your lent over coming out of a corner you dont want your foot under the gear change to change up Razz

(theres going to be some nackers hurt this week when people change to 2 instead of 4th and they do a nut crusher Laughing

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Big Pete · Spanner Monkey Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Karma :

also, on early rear sets you had to turn the gear lever backwards to be able to reach it with your toes.
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r1_lad · Spanner Monkey Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Karma :

I can see the benifits of it, my mate ollie had it on his race bike when he used to race r6 cup. Only reason I wouldn't do it to my bike is that when I go out on rideouts with mates we tend to swap bikes a lot and it would get really confusing for everyone and take quite a bit of getting used to.
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Deano · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Feb 2003 Karma :

Hi mate,
Done this a long time ago on the nc30 it takes 2 minutes to do by just undoing 1 bolt and changing the position of the rod where it's connected to the gearbox.

Main thing I noticed about using this race setup is you hit Neutral probably 10 fold more than you ever will which can really be annoying but it's extra handy when you need to change up a gear when leaned over into a corner.

It's down to personal choice but I may change back as on the roads it's not really needed.

Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

cheers lads, I think I'll wait for a few summer blasts before I start tinkering anyway. Especially as its turned into silly season, Ive got enough to cope with, with weather/ice/greasy salt/diesel/cagers and all that stuff without hitting second instead of fourth and removing my testees on the tank!

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Fortuna · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Karma :

My dad used to race bikes and he used to always bore us with this.
Helps changing in corners and stops you downshifting early when braking. Also if you were to hit a bump and your foot slipped on the selector you would accidently change up instead of down, which is a good thing at high speed.

numark1 · Scared of girls Joined: 10 May 2004 Karma :

tried to do it today and managed to round the bolt.... Doh!!

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Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

markcatate, sorry bud if I hadnt mentioned it you wouldnt have a rounded bolt head now! my apologies!! Wink

pah, shoulda woulda coulda!

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spitefuljack · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Karma :

What possible gain would there be, doing that to a road bike?
I very much doubt that peeps get it that low on the road to feel any benefit whatsoever. Confused

It wont make your gearchange any quicker either.

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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

It should mean you can make a more 'positive' gear change as you should be able to put more pressure on it.
Also means your foot is naturaly in the position to shift up and means you can shift while hanging off more easily.

I have got a convertor for the r6 (which you can't just swap over). However after hearing stories off people forgetting and knocking it down when at the redlinecoming out of a corner, I haven't fitted it so far.