When I bought the bike I asked how many gears it had, the (then) owner said
five, the internet said 6, other people said 5.
Just been out for my first real hoon-et on the bike. It has six.

What's going on, do all B6's have 6 or only the very early ones?

I feel like a member of Spinal Tap, "The numbers all go to eleven.
Look...right across the board."


In other news - Yes, I did have fun, even on new tires.

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Tim S
Back on the road with a B6

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Tim S wrote:

> When I bought the bike I asked how many gears it had, the (then) owner said
> five, the internet said 6, other people said 5.
> Just been out for my first real hoon-et on the bike. It has six.

Did the (then) owner actually ride it?

> What's going on, do all B6's have 6 or only the very early ones?

Dunno. Mine had six.

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Whinging Courier wrote:
> In uk.rec.motorcycles, Tim S wrote:
>
>
>>When I bought the bike I asked how many gears it had, the (then) owner said
>>five, the internet said 6, other people said 5.
>> Just been out for my first real hoon-et on the bike. It has six.
>
>
> Did the (then) owner actually ride it?
>

Thought it all sounds a bit strange.

>
>>What's going on, do all B6's have 6 or only the very early ones?
>
>
> Dunno. Mine had six.
>

Mine has six gears too. If you look on the side of the casing near the
gear lever, you'll notice that there is 65432N1 written there, the 6
being at the top and 1 being at the bottom.

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> Did the (then) owner actually ride it?
>
He did 2,000 miles in his year of ownership, maybe he just never noticed . .
..

Tim S

Tim S wrote:

> What's going on, do all B6's have 6 or only the very early ones?

Mine^h^h^h^Adies has 6. I think. I'm not sure I've got it out of 4th yet

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Dnc

In article <ckefkb$n4c$(E-Mail Removed)>, Tim S
((E-Mail Removed)) says...

> When I bought the bike I asked how many gears it had, the (then) owner said
> five, the internet said 6, other people said 5.
> Just been out for my first real hoon-et on the bike. It has six.
>
> What's going on, do all B6's have 6 or only the very early ones?
>
> I feel like a member of Spinal Tap, "The numbers all go to eleven.
> Look...right across the board."

My GS550 has a little LED thingy that says what gear it's in.

1... 2... 3... 4... 8... 8...
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:37:14 +0000 (UTC), Wizard <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:


>My GS550 has a little LED thingy that says what gear it's in.
>
>1... 2... 3... 4... 8... 8...

The GS550L loaner I had had one of those, only it read:

8... 8... 8... 8... 8... 8...

That was nothing, though, compared to the rock-solid shocks, and leaky
forks. Or the complete lack of go.

I was glad to give it back.

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Well I've heard of uprating gearboxes but that's just ridiculous.

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Abso wrote:
> Well I've heard of uprating gearboxes but that's just ridiculous.
>

Apparently, it is possible to put a 6 speed box in a B12 if I read
correctly.

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Muck wrote:

> Abso wrote:
>
>> Well I've heard of uprating gearboxes but that's just ridiculous.
>>
>
> Apparently, it is possible to put a 6 speed box in a B12 if I read
> correctly.
>


Indeed- I think an old Gixxer 750 box is normally used, however it
involved uprating clutch baskets etc, so it's not cheap.

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