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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Watson" data-source="post: 30601" data-attributes="member: 38"><p>I had "blown" up a 4 speed 3 times and finally switched to a Quaife 5 speed about 14 years ago.</p><p></p><p>Comments</p><p></p><p>The first batch had a "high" low gear, after that batch of 25 the more standard low gear was the norm. Alyn is right, Smith had one of the first batch for his Shadow special and made some new gears to change first and second to something more useable for the street.</p><p></p><p>My 5 speed went in with no issues except to check that a certain spaer was on the correct side of a gear. A little bit silly if you ask me, probably by the time they wrote the note, and copied the drawing etc they could have looked at every set of the batch of 25 and made sure they were correct. </p><p></p><p>I did not have to split the cases, did not have to grind bits off the shifter forks to make them clear each other, or any other dastardly actions. Didn't even remove the camplate spindle, and managed to fiddle it all into place.</p><p></p><p>I run 9.4:1 Mk2 cams 34 mm Mikuni flatslides and a Supertrapp 2 into one pipe, and travel a lot of 2 up with luggage on that bike. IMHO the 5 speed has a gear for every hill, be it in the Dolomites or the escarpments on the coast of Australia. I run 22 and 48 final drive. I tried 22 and 46 and felt it would be OK solo but was to tall for the full load. </p><p></p><p>That box has been a click click click shifter for 14 years and only every once in a while if I hit a bump just at the wrong (right?) moment will it overthrow coming back from 4th to 3rd. </p><p></p><p>Very nice addition after the previous experiences with worn out 4 speed parts. (Try locking the back end solid on the motorway at about 95 mph and see how fast the faith in a worn out gearbox dinishes!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Watson, post: 30601, member: 38"] I had "blown" up a 4 speed 3 times and finally switched to a Quaife 5 speed about 14 years ago. Comments The first batch had a "high" low gear, after that batch of 25 the more standard low gear was the norm. Alyn is right, Smith had one of the first batch for his Shadow special and made some new gears to change first and second to something more useable for the street. My 5 speed went in with no issues except to check that a certain spaer was on the correct side of a gear. A little bit silly if you ask me, probably by the time they wrote the note, and copied the drawing etc they could have looked at every set of the batch of 25 and made sure they were correct. I did not have to split the cases, did not have to grind bits off the shifter forks to make them clear each other, or any other dastardly actions. Didn't even remove the camplate spindle, and managed to fiddle it all into place. I run 9.4:1 Mk2 cams 34 mm Mikuni flatslides and a Supertrapp 2 into one pipe, and travel a lot of 2 up with luggage on that bike. IMHO the 5 speed has a gear for every hill, be it in the Dolomites or the escarpments on the coast of Australia. I run 22 and 48 final drive. I tried 22 and 46 and felt it would be OK solo but was to tall for the full load. That box has been a click click click shifter for 14 years and only every once in a while if I hit a bump just at the wrong (right?) moment will it overthrow coming back from 4th to 3rd. Very nice addition after the previous experiences with worn out 4 speed parts. (Try locking the back end solid on the motorway at about 95 mph and see how fast the faith in a worn out gearbox dinishes!) [/QUOTE]
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