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[Rushour]

Hi - In answer to the enquiry via email - sorry but my reply bounced - but I can get a 12 month MOT test on the bike - our local mot station is open with restrictions.

[YorkyPaul]

Hello
Is the bike still for sale?
Cheers Paul

[Rushour]

Hi Paul,

Yes - it is - hopefully you got my email...

[edour018]

Nice looking transfert bike with good mods and low miles
Bargain for someone

Do you still have this for sale? Thanks

[Rushour]

Henry - New tyre is a Dunlop K70 ...

[MattyJ]

Hi

It looks like a left foot gear change, what is the sequence? one down four up or one up four down.

[Adrian]

I down 4 up is the native gear-shift pattern on these. You can get right-foot shift conversions in either 1 down 4 up or 1 up and 4 down.

A.

[Wheaters]

The difference in gear shift pattern is achieved by fitting a different cam plate. If you buy the Hitchcock's right foot conversion the "1 up 4 down" cam plate comes at extra cost.

I DIY converted mine for about £50 which was the cost of a new bronze bush and an oil seal to fit the OE gear change shaft which I modified, a blanking plug for the original aperture and £25 for milling out and reaming the original case to fit the shaft. I was brought up riding BSAs so I was happy to leave mine "1 down, 4 up".

[Adrian]

Same here! The rest of the world has a left foot 1 down 4(or 5) up pattern. The Chennai factory had a left-foot 4 speed box for the US market, but I gather it's pretty horrible to use.

A left-foot shifting five speed box as above probably helped to win RE a few more customers used to Japanese bikes, and with UCE bikes there has been no going back.

A.

[Rushour]

Just to clarify - this bike for sale has the stock left hand gearchange - one down - four up.