Gear Shifter Adjustment

[RiderInRed]

Hey everyone, yet another question. Gear Shifter adjustment. How do you set it up? Right now I have it sitting at the same leve as the footpeg but since it's a sportbike I've come to think it isn't how it should be.

I usually have to use my entire leg to shift the gear up since if I just tilt my foot up I touch the siwtcher but I don't have any more room to tild my foot even further up so I end up using my leg to shift the gear up. I don't think this is correct, but I can't find any good 'shifter position' information either.

Tell me sportbike people, how do you set it up? Reason for 'sport bike people' is the actual posture you take when you ride one, I'd imagine a same level shifter and peg would yield better results for the cruiser guys.

 

[RoadSprock]

Back in the sportbike days.. I'd use adjustable rear sets and then reverse gearing. Kept to a higher back position on the pegs, so I could hover off the seat whilst being able to shift.

(Normal gearing)
It's different to each rider, but I had the gear shift rod lower to the peg so I could shift up with my big toe and shift down with my toe ball joint.

Reverse gearing didn't really work well on the roads for me.

 

[RiderInRed]

Eh I never liked reverse gearing. Feels a little weird really.

 

[RoadSprock]

There is no 'right place' for it to be.

It just has to be comfortable for you to use.
If you notice you have to lift your foot then it could go down and if you have difficulty getting your toe under then raise it a bit.
Keep adjusting and test until its comfortable...

RoadSprock: I put reverse gearing mod a few months back and it just feels so much better for me even though I'd been riding the normal way for 18 years.

Eh I never liked reverse gearing. Feels a little weird really.

It's a lot easier when you get used to it, but a pain in the backside in city riding/ traffic. Definitely a must for the track or even rural roads!

 

[hlow10]

I've been riding with reverse gearing for awhile now, and I actually like it better than standard way

 

[Lurch]

Why is it a must for rural roads?

 

[dandoolittle]

Race aka reverse is the bollocks and makes sense.

Set the rear sets to how you ride and what suits you and you alone

 

[RoadSprock]

Why is it a must for rural roads?

I just personally found it a much better flow when going through unstraight road, more stable on the peg work also as you're not bouncing your toes/feet around.

 

[Lurch]

For every up shift there's a down shift...

I get it for the track as you're on the limits all the time. Some might say that's not necessarily appropriate for the shared road space.

Just interested in the logic rather than criticising road riding.

 

[dandoolittle]

interested in the logic rather than criticising road riding.

To be honest it's nothing more than just makes sense on the road
. I now do more tracks than the roads so I put the road bike in race shift so I brain wash myself

 

[Lurch]

If you're used to it, then makes sense.

Anyone doing it to take the bike to the bike's limit while on the road might want to consider where they ride if they need to explore the limits of the machine.

 

[dandoolittle]

Massively agree - I've know people who claim they're proper quick on a road, worlds best rider blah


Get on a track and piss all over them

 

[RiderInRed]

So there are 'reverse shifting' sets to add to your shifter? Links?!

 

[RoadSprock]

It was more of a comfort thing for me, but as I said it's frustrating in traffic etc.

 

[dandoolittle]

So there are 'reverse shifting' sets to add to your shifter? Links?!

Pretty much any bike can be set to reverse shift unless they have a quick shifter that's either road or race .

It takes like 10 seconds to swap to race shift

 

[RiderInRed]

Pretty much any bike can be set to reverse shift unless they have a quick shifter that's either road or race .

It takes like 10 seconds to swap to race shift

Could you elaborate a little more? I"m possibly missing on something

EDIT: crap. I thought reverse shifting was something else. There are shifters that have a heel pad too. That's what I thougth reverse shifting was. As in you can press with your toes to downshift and press with your heals to upshift.

 

[dandoolittle]

Could you elaborate a little more? I"m possibly missing on something

EDIT: crap. I thought reverse shifting was something else. There are shifters that have a heel pad too. That's what I thougth reverse shifting was. As in you can press with your toes to downshift and press with your heals to upshift.

Here you go

Although I wouldn't bother with it if you're only riding the roads to be honest

 

[Lurch]

I've heard advice that best to stick with standard on road and race on tesck. That way if you borrow a road bike you'll not have the force of habit and shift the wrong way

 

[dandoolittle]

I've heard advice that best to stick with standard on road and race on tesck. That way if you borrow a road bike you'll not have the force of habit and shift the wrong way

As you know, I use both and only once I've missed/gone in the wrong gear....The first time I used race shift

 

[dandoolittle]

I've heard advice that best to stick with standard on road and race on tesck. That way if you borrow a road bike you'll not have the force of habit and shift the wrong way

But saying that. I have pondered about putting road bike back to road so my mind tells me that the roads are roads, tracks are tracks if that makes sense