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baz said:That's interesting never heard that before,I have four bikes on the road two have left gear change 1 down 4 up triumph t160 and BMW r100 the other two have 1 up 3 down bsa road rocket,and my commando,I recently sold a bsa b44 with right hand change 1 down 3 up ,I don't have a preference at all, I just wondered why others do?gripper said:I believe that a lot of racers of modern machinery reverse the shift pattern to one up 5 down to enable them to change up when leant over coming out of a bend without trapping their foot under the lever.
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