The 10 speed was just that, dual shifters, one for high/low, the other for 1-5. As the salesman very acurately put it, "5 speeds for tickets in town, 5 for tickets on the highway." Nearly lost my license several times on the thing.
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The whole design of the dual shifter came from the fact that they had a right hand driveshaft and left side power, so the transferance of the drive from one side to the other and some really ingenious Japanese engineer that thought, "hey, let's hook another gear on this crossover drive rod, what the heck, a few more parts and ooh doggy!" very very clever and worked fantastic. You really need to ride one to appreciate the genius behind the design. I rode it, I bought it.
I would jump all over one if I found a good one for sale though. By far the best bike I ever owned (sorry, no offense meant, but it was Schweeeet)
I usually rode it like a 6 speed though. 1st, 2nd in low, then shift into high range, then up through the rest of the gears; 3rd,4th,5th. Sucker really flew down the road, shaft drive and air shocks all around made it like riding a cloud.
Last edited by Dinqua; 09/30/2005 9:57 PM.
