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Left foot gear change - for the distant future?
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<blockquote data-quote="ClassicBiker" data-source="post: 32751" data-attributes="member: 1632"><p>I think that you might have a valid point there. It's the initial encounter or desire to ride that will make or break them. My first bikes were Japanese and Spanish in origin and both had left foot gear change. While my first Triumph, a 1972 Daytona 500, had a right foot gear change. I wasn't the the least bit phased by the change, because I wanted to ride that bike. Right now my Shadow, Comet, Moto Guzzi, and classic Triumphs all have their gear shifts on the right, with the Triumphs being reverse pattern compared to the others. My modernish Triumph, a 1995 Sprint has a left gear change. Moving from one to the other just takes practice and desire. That's not to say I haven't or still don't occasionnally downshift when I mean to tap the brake.</p><p>As a tangent to your thread; What I found annoying/dangerous was the different switch gear gear and some having direction indicators and others not. So I went on a personal campaign in the garage and made that uniform across the board. All have turn signals with the switch gear on the left incorporating dip and horn button. So using them is second nature and doesn't require any thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassicBiker, post: 32751, member: 1632"] I think that you might have a valid point there. It's the initial encounter or desire to ride that will make or break them. My first bikes were Japanese and Spanish in origin and both had left foot gear change. While my first Triumph, a 1972 Daytona 500, had a right foot gear change. I wasn't the the least bit phased by the change, because I wanted to ride that bike. Right now my Shadow, Comet, Moto Guzzi, and classic Triumphs all have their gear shifts on the right, with the Triumphs being reverse pattern compared to the others. My modernish Triumph, a 1995 Sprint has a left gear change. Moving from one to the other just takes practice and desire. That's not to say I haven't or still don't occasionnally downshift when I mean to tap the brake. As a tangent to your thread; What I found annoying/dangerous was the different switch gear gear and some having direction indicators and others not. So I went on a personal campaign in the garage and made that uniform across the board. All have turn signals with the switch gear on the left incorporating dip and horn button. So using them is second nature and doesn't require any thought. [/QUOTE]
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