Reverse "GP" Shifting

[Pedro-bot]

Pros:
Solid shifting
Weight savings.   

Cons:
None

[junior varsity]

I love it, and have it on all of my bikes.

[lawbreaker]

Both my bikes are set up reverse pattern.. I love it

as stated.. No negatives

[Drunken Monkey]

Cons:
Better make all your bikes reverse shift.

There, fixed it. 

Personally I went reverse back when raced. At some point I made the switch back to 'normal' (I think there was a time when I only owned one bike and I never got around to reversing that bike when I got it new)

Never really thought about it until you brought it up. I honestly prefer reverse.

[junior varsity]

Haha, yes - demo day can be tricky. I've started in third gear from a stop on a couple of occasions. Ive also sat there with a blank look on my face wondering why I stalled in 1st gear (uh, 6th gear...) too

[lethe]

The Monster is reverse, the KTM is normal
I get screwed up for maybe 5 minutes going from one to the other

[118811]

Haha, yes - demo day can be tricky. I've started in third gear from a stop on a couple of occasions. Ive also sat there with a blank look on my face wondering why I stalled in 1st gear (uh, 6th gear...) too

Yeah,,,,I will probably do that!!

I am about to put on adjustable footrests...I am thinking about further back and down, they are 25mm.
So, I am wondering about the reach.
I like the look of the one SSR has that has a "offset feature".

[junior varsity]

Haha - such a small world  - look for my posts on it  I sent them that CAD when I couldn't locate a CycleCat DSL2 offset reverse shifter (and CC was not in production) - they made some changes and voila.  Note, they made it completely "skeleton-ized" so there is no middle - less strong than the simply 'scalloped' for weight reduction version I had done up looking at the DSL2. Works very well with Rizoma rearsets which bow out like the factory rearsets. 

[imaspecialparts]

Haha - such a small world  - look for my posts on it  I sent them that CAD when I couldn't locate a CycleCat DSL2 offset reverse shifter (and CC was not in production) - they made some changes and voila.  Note, they made it completely "skeleton-ized" so there is no middle - less strong than the simply 'scalloped' for weight reduction version I had done up looking at the DSL2. Works very well with Rizoma rearsets which bow out like the factory rearsets. 

Reverse shifters are very nice on Ducati - they slip right onto shaft, or you can rotate original piece 180 degree.  I am troubled by short linkage on Hypermotard, it is not conducive for such a change.   Perhaps we will have to come up with a solution, but after a few moments of riding, it becomes natural as if you have never done reverse before. 

[seanster]

just reversed mine and liking it after a short ride just to test it out...

[lawmaster891]

I run reverse shift and love it. It is easier for me to click down for upshifts when hard accelerating and coming out of turns. No negatives for me besides being momentarily confused when I get on another bike. I just put rizoma rearsets on my bike and set those up for reverse shift as well. Plus it is very simple to do with stock setup

[Latinbalar]

I never know Monsters came with a Reverse. That would help in the parking lot!

[seanster]

I never know Monsters came with a Reverse. That would help in the parking lot!

haha look at this smart A$$ here....funny though...good one   

[118811]

Reverse shifters are very nice on Ducati - they slip right onto shaft, or you can rotate original piece 180 degree.  I am troubled by short linkage on Hypermotard, it is not conducive for such a change.   Perhaps we will have to come up with a solution, but after a few moments of riding, it becomes natural as if you have never done reverse before. 

"they slip right onto shaft, or you can rotate original piece 180 degree."

I don't follow ...anyone do this ?
Pics, thanks

[Jason1]

meaning pull the shift lever off and flip shift linkage to the top instead of bottom. I did it on my 01 but havn't tried it yet.  Free mod.