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Motorcycle Trackday: Learn Your Lines
... nicely to peel in for the biscuits. But on track you've got gears to change, wind noise, other people around you, braking, all that. The ... something less to think about. As you build up speed the gears you're using are going to change anyway. On, say, a 1000cc bike, you can ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 22/09/2019 - 19:20 - 1 comment
KTM reported to be working on a semi-automatic gearbox
... clutch, and a separate gear control unit to shift the gears. Interestingly, the system also comprises a form of a parking brake, that ... uses an L-shaped lever that physically locks the driven gears in place. If this system can’t be deactivated unless the bike is ...
Simon Hancocks - 24/05/2023 - 09:28 - 0 comments
First Ride: 2002 Suzuki GSX1400 review
... progress on the GSX. Just use the torque and keep shifting gears to get a move on, it's not a frantic or frenzied assault on the senses - ... down the road. And it's really responsive low-down. In low gears it was a pussy cat, any throttle position, any rpm, it just ...
Niall Mackenzie - 22/09/2019 - 19:20 - 0 comments
CBR600RR (2005 - 2006) review
... is now more enjoyable as short shifting through the lower gears works well, whereas before you would have to ring its neck all the way ... Acceleration is also noticeably better in first to third gears - and so it should be, as more than 6kg has been trimmed off the CBR, ...
Ben Cope - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments
990 Superduke (2004 - present) review
... As you would expect wheelies are a doddle in the first three gears, but short-shifting while using the bottom end grunt keeps the front down ... power band gives enough flexibility through all of the six gears. I managed 150mph on the speedo and was later informed that another three ...
Ben Cope - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments
Honda's MotoGP gearbox explained
... new MotoGP gearbox. It’s clever. Very clever. It uses gears that spin freely on the output shaft when they’re not engaged, with ... the hollow output shaft). A corollary of that is that the gears themselves can be wider, and therefore stronger. Finally, whenever ...
MF - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments
FIRST LOOK: 2022 Honda CRF1100L Africa Twin & Africa Twin Adventure Sports
... Sports model, and honing the DCT gearbox in the first two gears for even smoother handling with updated settings. ... (DCT) settings for even smoother handling in 1st and second gears, standard fitment for the aluminium rear carrier, and striking ...
Alex Strange - 27/08/2021 - 09:00
Class of '75: 750cc two strokes
... gear – how queer! I had completely forgotten that all five gears are above the neutral position, and quite how daft that configuration is. ... the seemingly weightless KH is nimble and crisp through the gears. It accelerates cleanly up to 4,000rpm before the vibration makes itself ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 09/09/2019 - 03:05 - 0 comments
Sharper Yamaha YZ250F announced for 2021
... walls to help increase durability. Furthermore, 3 , 4 and 5 gears on both the input and output shafts have been redesigned to give improved transmission performance, and selected gears are shot peened to give greater strength to match the increased engine ...
Simon Hancocks - 13/07/2020 - 15:30 - 23 comments
Yamaha’s seamless transmission plans
... pawls inside the gear wheels, which lock and unlock the gears in a 'ratchet' fashion, so you can briefly have two gears engaged at the same time, but the slower gear freewheels on the pawls, ...
Visordown Corre... - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 0 comments

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