Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

i do the latter, i can never remember which gear im in, and false neutrals now & then throw me off too.

same as you mate, once i get into third thats it, i forget and just ride by the revs.

Yep me too. I just go off the revs, only gears I need to know about is being in first to take off from lights etc., and also make sure I am in top on the hwy. I do have one advantage though, and that is that my bike makes a slightly louder gearbox whine when I go back to second, so that helps. I tend to go through the gears a lot on the bike, even just riding to work.

On the track it is more of the same really. I just change down a certain amount of gears for a corner, and up a certain amount for a straight. In the end I guess I know what gear I am in, but it is not what I am thinking about. I just know to go down 3 gears for turn 3, up 2 and then down 2 into turn 4/5, same again for 6, up 2 down 1 into turn 1/2, and up 2 down 3 again down the back straight into turn 3 etc. etc. If that does not add up then I have fucked it up somewhere lol.

I try and remember, but sometimes get distracted and guess based on revs.

completely off revs, rarely remember, although usually when I do guess, I guess correctly...

u dont need to remeber what gear ur in unless ur taking off from the lights. otherwise gauge it by the tacko

I do the "rev" thing but cause i can't really hear the bike with the stock can, have to look down at the tacho...

I need a louder can...

Wouldnt have a clue at the track half of the time i just change when the shift light blinks at 12500 and continue along my merry way.

Sometimes i will change down on the way out of a corner if i have fudged it on the way in and didnt have time to change down without screwing the whole corner up.

Would be handy to have a idiot light to tell you but you do get used to the bike you are on.

red_dave wrote:I do the "rev" thing but cause i can't really hear the bike with the stock can, have to look down at the tacho...

I need a louder can...

does urs sound like a dustbuster.

empty the can or just take it off

Down 2 for turn 1, down 1 for turn two, up 2 for turn 3, down 3 for turn four, up one for turns 5 and 6, up 1 for turn 7, up 1 for turn 8, down 1 for turn 9, down 2 for turn 10, up 1 for turn 11, up 1 for turn 12, up 2 down the straight.

Though i can remember those changes without a prob, it takes a fair bit of concentration to work out what gear i'm in at any point on the track. i got better things to concentrate on, like wondering why i can't see the track ahead of me, only water.

never pay attention to gear, if it lets me go up and down then i'll change it when need be

that's why i was thinking of getting one of the gear indicator thingies

can never remember what gear i am in and with standard can no exhaust noise so i just tend to use the tacho or if someone is pulling away from me i know i am in the wrong gear

I always forget so just go with it

I'm forever trying to change into 7th gear...Doh

I occasionally go for 7th, but only when I'm not thinking and going a fair bit quicker than I expect ...

The poll is flawed . I'm midway between the two choices. I usually know what gear I'm in, not because I remember, but because I know what revs the bike will do in x gear at x speed.