Suicide shift? yes or no?
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mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
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#2 son: 1980 GS1000G
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KKBS
How little you know of me, Steve.
Bigger yes. Heavier too those wide bodies. Now try 1.6 Mach and how about 67 feet long, 40 feet wide, 18 feet high, 52,000 T O weight, 36,000+ thrust. See ya at Angels 50
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gearhead13
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If you were lacking a limb, it's a conversion that would be justified. If you're not actually lacking a limb yet, you might soon be, so get some practice in while you can.
Actually, the nearest I've come to what you're meaning was a stinking old Jawa 350 2-stinker which had a novel gearchange - normal shifter, but the clutch was actuated when you pressed the gearlever. I think it worked well enough when it was adjusted right - so that would be about one Sunday in the year.Dave
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hotrods316
do it man. i am mulling it over on my next race bike. roll off throttle.hand off bars. clutch n shift. hand on bars. roll on throttle. SMILE BIG!!!!
I mean all the dragbikes are suicide shifted through the air cylinder. pull over with done, clutch and shift back to 1 to take off.
riding is like a roller coaster, one time around is all you get. get what you can. and also no need for front brake keep the motor geareed to chomp at the bit and roll off to slow and rap to get around something quick. dudes are flattracked 1000cc modern sportbikes on dirt at over 120 so if you got it you got it!!!!
but hey dont do anything different, just be a uncaged square on your run of the mill noncage. would hate to go against the gray scalps...Comment
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"riding is like a roller coaster, one time around is all you get. get what you can."
I'll let Ian Malcolm respond.
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