From: | chris sickels | e-mail: | chris-A-rednosestudio.com |
Subject: | RE: RE: difficulty shifting at hi revs | Date: | Sun May 13 14:33:24 2018 |
Response to: | 22695 |
Thanks Alan. My experience isn’t quite that dramatic. The vintage light class is 350cc and under, so I’m just trying to not get lapped. I do place, but only when folks break down. There is also a mad dog class with smaller bikes, but they’re modern, so again not much of a competitor. I need to find a hummer class. So in your experience is missing a gear at hi rev an issue too? Chris Indiana ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Its easy to over-rev, and miss 2nd, on the race track. On the race track, your probably sporting leathers and a helmet. Its 100 degrees in the shade. You have a bunch of loud expansion chambers screaming on both sides of you, in front and behind you. Instead of oxygen, you are now inhaling a tasty concoction of 2 stroke exhaust and dust. The crowd is cheering, the flag drops, the light turns green, and everybody takes off.... With all the commotion, it suddenly becomes difficult to hear/feel your own machine. My advice is to get into 3rd gear as soon as possible. If you miss a gear, you'll get left behind. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- 65 Pacer Last year was my first (modest) go at flat track. Completely stock motor, no racing modifications. I've always had a little difficulty shifting from 1st to 2nd at hi revs, but as a leisure ride it never really was a factor. However, on the track it becomes more of an issue, where the shifter won't engage 2nd gear. Sometimes i get lucky and it engages, but more often than not i seem to get stuck between neutral and 2nd. Once i back off the throttle and shift back to 1st then 2nd it will engage but by then i've lost all momentum. Is there any advice on what would cause this? thanks in advance, Chris Indiana |
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