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Trying to connect to very old brain cells again. :wacko:
When I got back into bikes after a long layoff, I remember having a lot of trouble hitting the right gear. The first few weeks, I'd downshift when I was wanting to upshift and occassionally upshift when slowing down. I just marked it up to early braid fade and the new to me heel shifter on the FLSTC.
Fast forward to the OL wanting her own ride. Took a ton of flak at the refresher course because she had trouble hitting 2nd gear and shifting. Now she did have a lot of miles under her belt years ago, and marked it up to a little class bike with a stomped shifter.:dunno:
In late night chatter, it occurred to us that we both had the same problem and started dusting off brain cells. Don't metric bikes shift backwards of HD? I could have sworn my old GW was 1 up / 4 down. I'm getting even more screwed up since with the GW I was switching from my long loved and belated British Iron that shifted on the right instead of the left side.:hmmm:
Am I remembering right or do I just need to update the meds?
When I got back into bikes after a long layoff, I remember having a lot of trouble hitting the right gear. The first few weeks, I'd downshift when I was wanting to upshift and occassionally upshift when slowing down. I just marked it up to early braid fade and the new to me heel shifter on the FLSTC.
Fast forward to the OL wanting her own ride. Took a ton of flak at the refresher course because she had trouble hitting 2nd gear and shifting. Now she did have a lot of miles under her belt years ago, and marked it up to a little class bike with a stomped shifter.:dunno:
In late night chatter, it occurred to us that we both had the same problem and started dusting off brain cells. Don't metric bikes shift backwards of HD? I could have sworn my old GW was 1 up / 4 down. I'm getting even more screwed up since with the GW I was switching from my long loved and belated British Iron that shifted on the right instead of the left side.:hmmm:
Am I remembering right or do I just need to update the meds?