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Old 08-28-2018, 01:26 PM   #32 (permalink)
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If you could easily convert the motorcycle transmissions for an H-pattern instead of sequential, that would be interesting as it would effectively allow skip-shifts.


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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
I don't get it, but then I'm a flatlander. I want three gears, top "gear" being direct drive: no power flowing through gearsets. And I don't want to spend a lot of time shifting. Hell, even with 5-speed trannys I skip shift.
Motorcycle engines are a whole different animal. Had it been a more conservatively-designed American car engine with a good amount of low-end torque (even if it was meant for a compact like the GM Iron Duke engine), then a good old three-on-the-tree would be enough at most circumstances, not only flatland.
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