Bandit Alley

MODEL SPECIFIC => SUZUKI BANDIT 250 & 400 => Topic started by: KSUGreggy on September 08, 2005, 02:04:27 PM

Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: KSUGreggy on September 08, 2005, 02:04:27 PM: newb question but i am a newb after all...just wondering what the shift pattern in on teh bandit 400's...ive heard bikes go 1-N-2-3-4-5 but wanted to ask and make sure. im ready to get riding it soon :motorsmile:
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: Zhi on September 08, 2005, 03:14:31 PM: Yep, 1 down, N, up 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: PitterB4 on September 08, 2005, 03:29:16 PM: It's also marked on the cover down by the shifter. :wink:
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: BanditGirl33 on September 08, 2005, 03:29:22 PM: Hey Did they make Bandits with 5 and 6 speeds? :duh:
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: PitterB4 on September 08, 2005, 03:31:56 PM: The 400s are all 6 speeds. B12s are 5. I'm not sure about B250s and B6s.
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: todius on September 08, 2005, 06:22:28 PM: B6's are 6-speed.

Not sure what the shift pattern is? Have you looked into taking an MSF course? Excellent way to learn how to ride.
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: KSUGreggy on September 08, 2005, 08:38:12 PM: yeah i have looked into the course but all of kansas is booked until spring :sad: im having a friend who took it teach me waht he learned then ill be taking it in teh spring for sure
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: Red01 on September 09, 2005, 01:40:30 AM: Shifting on the left side of the bike with a "one down, the rest up" shift pattern was a federal safety mandate for street bikes back in the early 70's... much to Harley's disappointment. The had shifted on the right before the law.
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: Greg on September 09, 2005, 03:56:06 AM: 250 is a 6 speed also.
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: aussiebandit on September 09, 2005, 06:24:55 AM: Quote
Shifting on the left side of the bike with a "one down, the rest up" shift pattern was a federal safety mandate for street bikes back in the early 70's... much to Harley's disappointment. The had shifted on the right before the law.

So did the Brits........
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: erik on March 25, 2006, 05:20:22 AM: Any idea why they made it "1 down, the rest up" and not the other way round?
I know a lot of racers change their shift patterns so you push the lever down to change up a gear, so that when they're cranked over accelerating out of a corner, they don't have to try and get their foot under the gearshift lever and risk touching the track.
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: Red01 on March 25, 2006, 01:27:03 PM: Because for a street rider, it's an easier and safer pattern and it follows logic.
From neutral, a quick, easy, stab down puts you in gear to take off. Lift up on the shifter to upshift, push down to downshift. Also, when stopping in an emergency, it's easier to make stabs down for downshifting than to get your foot under the shifter.
(I know, I had a bike that shifted in a 4-down pattern - neutral was easy to find, but panic downshifting was a PIA.)
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: Postal on March 25, 2006, 05:22:42 PM: Alas, as a anti theft measure, reversing the pattern would drive a would be thief crazy trying to figure out the pattern.
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: Red01 on March 25, 2006, 11:01:31 PM: You want crazy? When I was a kid, one of my friends had a Bridgestone 90 (yes, the same company that makes tires). There was no stop in the shift drum, so it would shift into 1st if you upshifted from 4th.
Talk about over-revving an engine! :duh:
Title: newb warning....whast the shifter pattern?
Post by: gsxr400 racer on March 26, 2006, 12:14:07 AM: funny thing is , that alot of them china knock off bikes are like that now (kazuma to name one) from 4 to first triped me out the first time!