why motorcycle shifters are typically 1 down, 4/5 up

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Why do most bikes transmissions make you push the shifter down for 1st gear. Why can’t all your gears be be pulling up on the shift lever? Same with a lot of atvs if I remember right from my childhood

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Imagine trying to engine brake with neutral at the bottom?

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