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Got my bike back yesterday from another stint at the mechanics. He is generally very good, he has lots of classics and races his own bikes, BUT, he often forgets or does some very odd things.
I went to ride my bike and it wouldn't rev when the clutch was out? Also I couldn't find neutral? He picked it back up and said rather sheepishly that he set the gears up for racing(apparently the other way up i.e.1 up 4 down?)
Is this how the gears are set for racing?

yes, 1 up then the remainder of the gears down.

i think they have it like this so that when they are banked over and comin out of a turn and startin to accelerate, its easier to push the lever down to change up, instead of tryin to hook your toe under lever to shift upwards

im sure the racers on here will correct me if im wrong,

but my mate who used to race bikes couldnt get on with that way so had a road setup

gem

yeh, its as you said.. when banked over hard left you dont always have enough room to get your toe under the lever ... i tried it once and just didnt like it.

hmmm dont see how that would stop you from reving with the clutch out?

superman wrote:hmmm dont see how that would stop you from reving with the clutch out?

Because he'd be in 2nd gear trying to pull away?

oh i see, when you said wouldnt rev i thought you ment wouldnt rev at all. my bike wouldnt let you go into 2nd without it moving first.

superman wrote:oh i see, when you said wouldnt rev i thought you ment wouldnt rev at all. my bike wouldnt let you go into 2nd without it moving first.

Brett's got a gsxr400, not a zxr.

didnt know that either lol. so that explains it then.

Allgoodnow. He picked up the bike yesterday,fixed the gears, changed the oil and put a better tyre on the front, which he new I wanted. All free of charge

p.s. The speedo cable just snapped

2 minute job to fix yourself mate.

yeah, took me 2mins and thats sayin something!

gem

thats the thing i love about bikes, you think thigs are hard to do but if you work the balls up to do it you get surprised how easy things are, specially if you have the tools.

lol no one would think a chaging a speedo cable is hard!

Wish every bike had the positive nutral finder (stops it going into 2nd) i forgot the TL dosnt have it and was playing with the gear leaver at the lights and slammed it into 2nd, that one hurt the shoulders lol