On my first drive in a RHD car ... driving my purchase to the garage for the
safety inspection ... I got cut off by a cab. I hadn't driven a manual shift
in about 10 years but the instinctual response was perfect. Found the brake
and clutch pedal without thinking and rammed my right hand into the door
looking for the shifter. Okay ... 2 out of 3 was perfect. :) Never a
problem after that though.
Robert D.
'55 BN1
'65 RHD Sprite
'67 RHD Midget
> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 01:12:15 -0500
>
> For fun try jumping between some of the old and new Brit motorcycles,
> right or left foot shift and is 1st gear up or down?
>
> To this day and on my '06 Triumph I still, especially in an unexpected
> situation, have gotten it wrong and try to down shift with the right
> foot and have locked the rear wheel brake. I originally learned (
> 1947 Ariel ) and for many years rode right foot shifters and my
> learned response is wrong!
>
> Bob
>
> 55BN1
> 60 Matchless
> 65 Royal Enfield
> 79 Triumph
> 06 Triumph
>
> Greg Lemon wrote:
> >
> > I even drove a 5 speed modern car as my daily driver and switched back
> > and forth no problems. As was mentioned a short time ago on the list
> > the RHD version has the same box, but does have a funky shift lever to
> > accomodate the severe left hand mount of the remote mechanism on the
> > BN1 box.
> >
> > Greg Lemon
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