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Looking at DRC's dyno video, the big thing I noticed was that he was using a different shift pattern, down on the lever to shift up a gear.
I read up on the advantages and disadvantages of this, the biggest for a street bike being that, if the rider also has a track bike that uses it, or plans on getting a track bike that uses it, the muscle memory is retained. And the biggest advantage for a track bike is that it does not upset the chassis as much when coming out of a corner and upshifting as a standard 5-up pattern can (easier to push down smoothly than it is to pull up smoothly).
I know it is possible to convert as our shifter uses a linkage outside the gearbox, so all that would be required would be to reverse the direction of the linkage attachment point on the shift lever so that a press downward moves the gear selector the opposite direction.
My question is, is this possible with the stock unit, or would new rear-sets be required to do this?
I read up on the advantages and disadvantages of this, the biggest for a street bike being that, if the rider also has a track bike that uses it, or plans on getting a track bike that uses it, the muscle memory is retained. And the biggest advantage for a track bike is that it does not upset the chassis as much when coming out of a corner and upshifting as a standard 5-up pattern can (easier to push down smoothly than it is to pull up smoothly).
I know it is possible to convert as our shifter uses a linkage outside the gearbox, so all that would be required would be to reverse the direction of the linkage attachment point on the shift lever so that a press downward moves the gear selector the opposite direction.
My question is, is this possible with the stock unit, or would new rear-sets be required to do this?