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2. Suicide clutch - Wikipedia

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   Old-style tank shift. Regular clutch hand Shifter - This is where the shifter is a regular knob either located on the tank, which operates through a linkage to the transmission (tank shifter) or on a lever bolted directly to the top of the transmission (jockey shifter or slap shifter depending on the transmission design) and involves the semi-complex task of foot clutch operation and hand ...

3. Talk:Suicide clutch - Wikipedia

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   A hand shifter is traditionally known as a jockey, tank, or police shifter depending on where it is mounted. "Suicide shifter" is a term that evolved out of the "suicide clutch." A suicide clutch is just a foot operated clutch that was popular during the days when bikes only had one foot-operated, rear brake.

4. Motorcycle transmission - Wikipedia

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   Underbone and miniature motorcycles often have a three to five-speed foot-shift lever, but the clutch is automatic (usually a centrifugal clutch). This type of clutchless (no manual clutch) transmission still must have the gears shifted manually by the rider, and the system is commonly known as a semi-automatic transmission.

5. Heel-and-toe shifting - Wikipedia

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   It involves operating the throttle and brake pedals simultaneously with the right foot, while facilitating normal activation of the clutch with the left foot. It is used when braking and downshifting simultaneously (prior to entering a turn), and allows the driver to "blip" the throttle to raise the engine speed and smoothly engage the lower gear .

6. Yamaha FJR1300 - Wikipedia

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   Instead, the YCC-S system allows the rider to shift using a set of manually-operated push-buttons on the left handlebar, or via the standard foot-operated gear-shift lever. The clutch is controlled by engine power; [clarification needed] when shifting gears, the computer momentarily reduces the fuel feed and a solenoid performs the gear change ...

7. Semi-automatic transmission - Wikipedia

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   [6] [110] [111] The conventional motorcycle foot shifter is retained, but the manual hand-clutch lever is no longer required. [112] [6] Semi-automatic transmissions in dirt bikes may be referred to as "automatic" despite a lack of automatic shifting. [113]

8. Indian Powerplus - Wikipedia

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   Detail shot of 1918 Indian Powerplus, showing engine, with removable caps for valve removal, hand control levers for clutch, gearbox, and exhaust valve lifter, and pedal for rear drum brake The Powerplus had twist grips on both handles; the throttle was controlled by the left twist grip while the right twist grip advanced or retarded the spark.

9. Manual transmission - Wikipedia

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   A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually ...