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MotoGP Workshop – Changing gears



NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Sergio Verbena, crew chief to Colin Edwards, explains the intricacies of changing gear during a …

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  1. I think one of my shift forks is worn – so can I pull the entire clutch /trans out – without dropping the entire motor? bike is a Suz. 89 gsxr 750. Shifting still works – just sometimes can't find neutral when downshifting from 2nd to 1st. Thoughts?

  2. As a matter of fact my first race bike not only had reverse shifting it was also on the RIGHT side of the motorcycle (as were Spanish bikes on the right too albeit with conventional shift direction) down for up was common with early british bikes. I actually preferrec pressing down to shift up as in racing it is easier/faster more critical to get right accelerating where as downshifting you are slowing anyway.so less of the panick…I have always hated that nuetral is between gears it seems stupid (I mean we have a CLUTCH to work with so WTF?? WHY place it between gears???? I personally would prefer the moto gp method with the special lever for nuetral clicking all the way up to nuetral and clicking down to upshift Btw my british race bike ALSO had a cassete gearbox that could be removed in minutes without removing the engine or splitting the cases….even though I never needed to as that tranny was bullet proof and shited perfectly unlike my first bike a Yamaha that I blew 3 gear on multiple times and shifted like crap compared to my AJS

  3. I'm so confused right now.. He clearly said that the first gear is up but in race start all the racers are pushing the gear down before the race so what gear are they using at start up? Second gear? Please someone answer me hahaha

  4. Very good explanation he gave. But how they match the revs of the bike is it by using the clutch raising throttle and down shift at the same time for each down shift.

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