Reverse shift pattern

Rohan said:

acotrel said:

I like the setup on the '42 WLA Harley better.

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Off topic, as usual. The old 'suicide shift' - thats a whole different can'o'worms.
Lift your foot off the clutch pedal to catch your balance, and you are off into the traffic, ready or not !
They don't call it a suicide shift for nothing...
Course, clutch pedals soon came out with a lockdown, so until you press the unlock the clutch won't release unexpectedly like.
Can be retrofitted...
Indians with their left side throttle twistgrip are a good anti-theft device ?
HD riders just can't make them have a quick getaway - all still at idle !

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Re; “Indians with their left side throttle twistgrip are a good anti-theft device ?”
Some police Harleys also came with left twist grip-the reason, so they could shoot with their right hand whilst riding the bike :!:


Don’t get on the wrong side of the police :shock:

Bernhard said:

Rohan said:

acotrel said:

I like the setup on the '42 WLA Harley better.

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Off topic, as usual. The old 'suicide shift' - thats a whole different can'o'worms.
Lift your foot off the clutch pedal to catch your balance, and you are off into the traffic, ready or not !
They don't call it a suicide shift for nothing...
Course, clutch pedals soon came out with a lockdown, so until you press the unlock the clutch won't release unexpectedly like.
Can be retrofitted...
Indians with their left side throttle twistgrip are a good anti-theft device ?
HD riders just can't make them have a quick getaway - all still at idle !

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Re; “Indians with their left side throttle twistgrip are a good anti-theft device ?”
Some police Harleys also came with left twist grip-the reason, so they could shoot with their right hand whilst riding the bike :!:


Don’t get on the wrong side of the police :shock:

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As both H-D and Indian relied heavily on police department sales, each factory would configure police orders to whatever set-up was preferred by the customer.

I don't know how true this is, or if it's just a myth, but there's a story about the US and GB wooing the Saudis after WWII. Each delegation brought a car as a gift for the king - a Rolls-Royce and a Packard. The king sat in the front seat of the Rolls, next to the driver, and immediately got out. He then sat in the front seat of the Packard, and the US won lucrative oil contracts. In the Packard, he sat on the right of the driver, which is a place of honor.

BillT said:

In the Packard, he sat on the right of the driver, which is a place of honor.

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In an aircraft, thats the co-pilots seat - a subordinate ??
Not that you'd necessarily want the king in the pilots seat - unless he could fly !!

But we diverge, muchly...

Bernhard said:

Re; “Indians with their left side throttle twistgrip are a good anti-theft device ?”
Some police Harleys also came with left twist grip-the reason, so they could shoot with their right hand whilst riding the bike :!:

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Not heard of left hand throttles on anything other than Indians ?

According to the police, that shooting business is a myth.
The free hand is to give HAND SIGNALS while directing traffic, while riding along if necessary.

Brings back distant memory of when my mate Gary (the PO of the bike I have now) borrowed my Honda CB175 (my first bike) to go for his licence test.
I rode the Norton to work.
Well, coming to the first intersection, a busy main road, I grabbed the front brake of course but it was only about 10% effective (how did he ride the thing?)
So I hit the gearlever instead of the brake pedal. Changing to a higher gear doesn't really provide good engine braking. Good thing I was going slow! Ha Ha.

Cheers
Martin