Gear selector drum

[Sam]

Hi can someone please tell me which way up the selector drum sits on a 250 5 speed box cant see nothing in the manual, or can you tell me which way the gears operate down for up or up for down?

Cheers Sam

[Eldert]

Hi Sam

first gear is up neutral and 2nd to 5th are down . with the selectorbox off first is counterclockwise the rest clockwise .

Eldert

[Sam]

Hi Sam

first gear is up neutral and 2nd to 5th are down . with the selectorbox off first is counterclockwise the rest clockwise .

Eldert

Hi Elbert

Are you describing this using a heel toe gear change? or does the direction change through the selectorbox?

Sam

[Winter]

My 1965 160 (Sophia) is running and driving.
However, this thread is of special interest. From neutral I pressed down on the forward lever pad and released the clutch, but it was difficult to pull away. I may have been in second, so to clarify from Neutral:
1st - rock the lever BACK so the toes are pointing up?
2nd - rock forward and press the toes down, rest to horiozontal
3rd - forward and down, rest to horizontal etc through 5th.

Downshift from 5th - rock back with toes pointing up, etc down to neutral.

I beleive that's the route. Will double check again this afternoon.

Best,
Andrew

[Winter]

That's the ticket.
Rock back from neutral for first, then rock forward to get all the way up to 5th.

Cheers,
Andrew

[DewCatTea-Bob]

[quote= Winter ...
" My
160
From neutral I pressed down on the forward lever pad and released the clutch, but it was difficult to pull away. I may have been in second, so to clarify from Neutral:
1st - rock the lever BACK so the toes are pointing up?
2nd - rock forward and press the toes down,
3rd - forward and down, rest to horizontal etc through 5th. "

____ First-off, you should be informed that 160-models don't have a "5th" gear !
__ Next,, in my opinion, the foot-shifting pattern of Ducati's heel/toe shift-lever is as logically sensible as can possibly be !
Starting-out with 'heeled' down (all the worked back-down way) for 1st,
then 'toed' down a half-click for neutral,
or toe-down a full-click for 2nd,
then next, toe-down for 3rd,
and finally, toe-down for 4th.
Then of-course heel-down for shifting back-down through the gears towards neutral or 1st.
__ Ya only have other relatively stupid bike-trans.designers to thank for any other alternate (and less logical) shift-pattern to cause ya to question the confusion of what a bike's shift-pattern might be !

Duke-Cheers,
-Bob