TTI gearbox

Brian, I typed this out yesterday, but it hung up and didn't post. So here it is anyway, even though I see from your comments it is redundant.........but do check the next to last line.....Bruce's ideas on preferred shift pattern come from his experience with Australian and New Zealand racers! Not always the same as us Brits!



Good to talk it through with Bruce as suggested. However, the UK supplier of TTi boxes is Minnovation. Talk to them as well.

They mainly build Seeley G50 style bikes with TTi boxes in, and belt drives! They do have a considerable general knowledge and prepare some nice bikes, though I doubt they have a great specific knowledge of the Dommi, or the Manx clutch and it's similarity or otherwise to the AMC clutch. I doubt they have the mainshaft you need in stock, but when you know what that is from Bruce, do check.

If you buy direct from Bruce you will be rolling the dice on import charges. From Minnovation you should get a firm quote.

You are also going to need to be clear which way you want your gear change to operate, and be able to express that in terms of clockwise or anticlockwise at the gear change shaft!

You don't mention how many speeds you want or if you need a kickstart. Again you will need to be clear!
Hi Steve yeah I’ve just double checked and it is the standard one up 4 down gearchange, it’s the laydown gearbox I’m getting in the manx form no kick start. I’ve done a couple of back and forward phone calls double checking measurements of the main shaft so should be ok, I’ll post some photos up when I get the box and of it in the bike with the manx clutch on
 
Hi Steve yeah I’ve just double checked and it is the standard one up 4 down gearchange, it’s the laydown gearbox I’m getting in the manx form no kick start. I’ve done a couple of back and forward phone calls double checking measurements of the main shaft so should be ok, I’ll post some photos up when I get the box and of it in the bike with the manx clutch on
Covert that to clockwise and counter clockwise. Bruce assumes you will fit a simple gear lever facing to the rear of the bike.

Others who have posted here got the opposite to what they thought they ordered!

My solution can be seen in the pictures, this gives me the one up, four down I like.

Interesting project, show us some pictures.
 

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Covert that to clockwise and counter clockwise. Bruce assumes you will fit a simple gear lever facing to the rear of the bike.

Others who have posted here got the opposite to what they thought they ordered!

My solution can be seen in the pictures, this gives me the one up, four down I like.

Interesting project, show us some pictures.
Do you have enough ground clearance with that setup?
 
Do you have enough ground clearance with that setup?
Yes!

I did have a tiny tiny scratch mark on the end of the gear lever at one point. The later toe peg is shorter.

The main pegs are 1" lower than the Rickman original location, which I struggled with at 21. (Look carefully, and you will see the hole drilled at the original location!)

Now approaching 70 my biggest problem is lifting my feet up!
 

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Covert that to clockwise and counter clockwise. Bruce assumes you will fit a simple gear lever facing to the rear of the bike.

Others who have posted here got the opposite to what they thought they ordered!

My solution can be seen in the pictures, this gives me the one up, four down I like.

Interesting project, show us some pictures.
Hi Steve first gear was anti clockwise and 2-5th clockwise as I’ve just double checked my email.
I’m running GP carbs and messing around with longer carb spacers as in the photos to see what length works best and busy on with modifying the oil tank to suit like the original norton daytona domiracers. I will post more photos when it’s all back together
 

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Hi Steve first gear was anti clockwise and 2-5th clockwise as I’ve just double checked my email.
I’m running GP carbs and messing around with longer carb spacers as in the photos to see what length works best and busy on with modifying the oil tank to suit like the original norton daytona domiracers. I will post more photos when it’s all back together
Got one a few months ago Brian, the actual order form had a diagram where you chose what way the SHAFT rotates.

My engine position/frame is non-stock though so got it without a sprocket but with Commando shaft until it's finalised.

I did have a Quaife before and from memory there were 3 different length mainshafts available.
 
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Careful mate....your right hand carb has fallen off!

I actually had exactly that happen at Lydden in 2015! I was chasing Bruno Perlinski and that was the closest I ever got to him! Bugger.....

With the linkage you have I'm sure you will have the right pattern and won't end up with the type I have.

Lovely looking bike, where do you run it?
 
Careful mate....your right hand carb has fallen off!

I actually had exactly that happen at Lydden in 2015! I was chasing Bruno Perlinski and that was the closest I ever got to him! Bugger.....

With the linkage you have I'm sure you will have the right pattern and won't end up with the type I have.

Lovely looking bike, where do you run it?
I run it in the lansdowne classic series and the BHR and try and get it racing depending on work shift patterns, I’ll be at donnington this year with
 
I always race with one up and the rest down shift pattern, You push forward to go forward and pull back to slow down. Your mind becomes conditioned. Triumph pattern is confusing, when you race. Whenever I used a Triumph box on my Triton , I reversed the lever - but on my Seeley the footrests are too far back, and the TTI box is a bit too long for the linkages to be fiddled to reverse the change pattern.
In Australia, the kids who race historic, do not know much. If I take my Seeley 850 near them, they go all over it looking at everything. To me it is nothing special, it is simply what the bikes back then used to be.
I don't think I have raced in the last ten years, and I need to do a track day to do an on-board video. But the way I ride is burned into my brain - there are no degrees of freedom - I am fully programmed by crashing (aversion therapy ). For me , riding the Seeley is easier than driving my car.
 
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