: why do manual motorcycle gear goes from 1>N>2>3>4>5>6 and not N>1>2>3>4>5>6
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An interesting note, a motorcycle transmission works just like a standard car transmission only instead of an H-pattern shifter moving the shifting forks to engage the dog teeth, it uses a rotating shaft that you ratchet with the foot lever, on that rotating shaft there are grooves that move the shifting forks just like the H-pattern shifter would, well with an H-pattern neutral is when none of the forks are engaged.
Neutral on a bike is the same way, and as you ratchet the way through the gears it disengages one set of forks and engages the next, the point in between those is technically neutral, as you ratchet that shaft around there are 4-6 high points and 4-6 low points basically making a rounded star shape. Neutral is just a ground off mini detent in the peak of that star between first and second gear, if manufacturers wanted to, they could detent the tip of each point on the star and have a neutral between each gear just like a standard H-pattern shifter.
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