In a motorcycle, why is the neutral position typically above the first gear and below the second?

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In a motorcycle, why is the neutral position typically above the first gear and below the second?

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Clutch neutral is always on hand, so tucking that away is more practical and makes it less finicky on the gearing.

To me, having the first gear at the bottom makes takes all the guess work to drop gears all the way if coming to a stop from high gears when there’s less time to gradually slow using the lower gears.

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