So I installed a competition shift spring on my 87 Hurricane.. I was soo careful following the instrucitons. I have it back together and it shifts but the pattern seems opposit. usually you pull up to go to higher gear now it goes up threw the gears when you push down on the shift lever.. I have not put it back together yet till I get this figured out. Seems like you have to put the shifter body into the gear shift cam in the correct position. There is a mark that is neutral and I am doing it just like the picture in both factory manual and the haynes.. Neither manual seems to say anything about what gear or position to put this.. I am sure it is something simple.. why do I have this backwards??

Thanks for any help

 

Did you take off the shifter arm that connects to the shift lever rod (the thin adjustable rod) to the shifter shaft (the shaft that goes through the engine) on the left side of the engine? Actually I think you have to in order to replace the shifter spring. Chances are you put it on upside down. Its a simple fix and all you have to do is flip it back 180 degrees from the position it is in now. This is called the MotoGP, or race shift pattern. (1 up, 5 down). This is because sometimes racers have to upshift in the middle of corners and they are leaned over so far they can't get their boot under the shifter.

 

wait, at the risk of being retarded..... can i switch to a gp pattern, just by fliping this piece

 

If you think you can get used to it, keep it that way! I have ridden my CBR 1kF on track and found it rather thight to shift up during leanovers, it might be that the comp. shift kit is supposed to be that way too. Just make sure it shifts correctly with no rattle or scrapeing or other strange sounds!

Edit: Sorry, seems like the thread starter double posted his question, the problem seems to be solved in the first thread. I did not notice there was two identical threads.

 

Yup, old1000, that's all it takes.