01-06-2018, 10:00 AM
(01-06-2018, 08:57 AM)use2b_imp Wrote: Great Read and very well put Guth. I remember when cars had low and high gear but i had a bike with 3 speeds = Yo.... then it was 4 and i also had a 4 speed mustang A 1969 Mach 1 351 mind you!A shift indicator would have been nice back when these bikes were being sold in the US in the 60s
your post made my mind race back to my childhood Bridgestone 100 with a rotary transmission.
it was down for 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th then down for natural , then down for 1st and actually i do not recall ever up shifting at all ! no indicator needed just keep pressing down.
but then 5 speeds came along and i wondered why as it complicated things ? over drive i guess so i was good with that. now it seems people need a display to tell them what gear they are in when it come natural to me.
besides I am so good looking on a fine looking bike if i go fast how is everyone going to see me ?
My first bike was a Bridgestone 50 with same 4 speed rotary drum transmission.
It only took me one time of shifting from 4th to 1st at 40 mph to learn a lesson I never forgot