Just curious what all you guys run on your bikes?
On my gsxr it was easy as hell to convert, just flipped the gearshift lever and I had motogp shift.
On my r1, I had to fork over 4 bill for guiles rearsets to get the proper linkages to convert it to motogp shift.
My thing is, I am so used to it now that it is like night and day.
You can't miss a shift accelerating this way.
Your thoughts?

 

I occasionally missed an upshift when I had my f4i setup for normal shifting.
When I bought my rc51 Id didn't have a choice. It was already setup for inverse shifting and I couldn't change it without order stock parts. I bought it and rode it for a month before I finally got ready to order the stock parts, and I by that time I was already used to the 'moto gp' shift pattern and I liked it better.
The firts mod I did to my sv650 was to flip the shift linkage over for upside down shifting.
I haven't gone back since.

I can't still ride a normal bike, but my instincts are definitely set up for upside down shifting.

It's been over 10000 miles since I started riding with gp shifting, and I'm not changing back now. I'd go as far as to say that it's a deal breaker on whether or not a new bike can be converted.

 

I <3 moto gp style shifting on my bike...wouldn't ride any other way.

 

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Wow, 4-age is BFTD!

I haven't converted to GP shifting, but I probably will when I have the money to do it right with quality rearsets. It's useful when leaned over in a turn where you can slam down on a shift instead of sticking your toe underneath, but not necessary for pure street riding.

 

either way OP... doesn't matter to me...

FYI, it's not MotoGP shift... it's GP shift

 

hell, call it what you want

 

ive ridden a zx6r with gp shift and liked it. debating on getting rearsets and going gp shift on my rr. you can do it with the stock shifter but the radiator hose makes it a lil tight,, and it rubs a lil. the only thing is im about 6'4 and i thinks its easier to shift up than down on the shifter.

 

What is gp style shifting? pros/cons?

 

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Conventional = 1 down, four/five up
GP = 1 up, Four/five down

Pros/cons... personal preference. The GP shift pattern allows you to step down when upshifting, this generates a more positive engagment... hard to miss a gear. The con... down shifting smoothness can be compromised.

 

'reversed' shifting lets one upshift when the bike is still leaned over... whereas with 'normal' shifting, one might catch their foot on the ground when upshifting.

i prefer 'reversed' or 'gp' shifting. seems to make more sense to me. *shrug*

 

Once my friend switched it for me on my ZX6R it was love. I would never ride any other way.

 

Not a fan of it. It maybe shaves .01 of a second off upshifting, and downshifting is more of a pain in the ****. I like my standard shifting.

 

GP shifting works best for me on the track. On the street it doesn't matter to me.

 

I have been using gp shift for over a year and i love it. I will never go back to normal shifting

 

I'm afraid to do it on a clunky yammy tranny.

 

i prefer GP. but the worst is when you've got 2 bikes, one is GP the other is STD. it's easy to forget when you're banging off the limiter at the track which way is which...

 

wait, so you're keeping the r1?

it's for sale in another thread.

lol, moto gp that stuff


Modified by MSchu at 1:18 PM 10/29/2008