Race shift on a Bucket - better?

**woodyracer** · 13th January 2010, 22:14

Ive just made a race shift for my cbr as my krr150 has one and its confusing to have them different ,

Anyone else got race shift on their bucket?, does it give you an advantage?

=Max

**Scotty595** · 13th January 2010, 22:29

Originally Posted by woodyracer

Ive just made a race shift for my cbr as my krr150 has one and its confusing to have them different ,

Anyone else got race shift on their bucket?, does it give you an advantage?

=Max

I took Henks FXR out with race shift and it was a wee bit confusing for a road rider

Means you can change up a gear in a corner if you need to, so yes I would say better. I would say most comes down to personal preference.

**Trudes** · 14th January 2010, 06:49

This seems to be the ongoing debate here. I can see the point in it, however peronally I'm not changing to race pattern until I give up road riding for good. The last thing I need is to come up to a corner on my road bike and change down when I need to change up...... or vice versa! Personal preferance I think, if you don't ride any other bikes that have road gearing, I would change, or maybe your brain is fast and adjusts quickly to things like that, mine isn't, I'm a creature of habit, and I would prefer when the shit hits the fan that my automatic reactions do the right thing.... down for down, up for up....

**Scotty595** · 14th January 2010, 07:21

Originally Posted by Trudes

This seems to be the ongoing debate here. I can see the point in it, however peronally I'm not changing to race pattern until I give up road riding for good. The last thing I need is to come up to a corner on my road bike and change down when I need to change up...... or vice versa! Personal preferance I think, if you don't ride any other bikes that have road gearing, I would change, or maybe your brain is fast and adjusts quickly to things like that, mine isn't, I'm a creature of habit, and I would prefer when the shit hits the fan that my automatic reactions do the right thing.... down for down, up for up....

Totally agree on the whole road bike thing

I had a few interesting moments on the bike with race shift.

**NOID** · 14th January 2010, 09:12

iv got race shift, never going back. im going to convert road bike when i get one

**jasonu** · 14th January 2010, 14:05

Better by far

**fi5hy** · 14th January 2010, 15:15

Race all the way I have normal on the mighty drz and race on the bucket I can jump off one straight onto the other with ease

**woodyracer** · 14th January 2010, 15:20

i can too but, ive made my footpegs higher on the cbr and the system for the gear lever is too hard to copy, so making a race shift is much easyer.

ill post up some picts some of it soon, it's pretty bucket looking....lol

**Kickaha** · 14th January 2010, 15:41

I've used both and use road,personal choice I've never seen much of an advantage either way

**F5 Dave** · 14th January 2010, 15:59

I'm not sure this has been covered before. I have no opinion, do I Warwick?

**Str8 Jacket** · 14th January 2010, 16:03

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

I'm not sure this has been covered before. I have no opinion, do I Warwick?

Its not like you to ever have an opinion D!

**Henk** · 14th January 2010, 16:17

Yep better, for Mt wellington in the anti clockwise direction anyway. Have standard shift on road and dirt bikes and have no trouble adjusting. If anything race feels a little more natural.

**woodyracer** · 14th January 2010, 16:22

yer once i got the hang of race shift it feels even more natural....., my foot pegs have been raised about 7cm, so i cant wait to take it out on the track,

Im putting a racing exhaust on it now, as ill need it for A-Grade.