Posted by Ken on February 08, 2000 at 19:05:31:
In Reply to: Re: Gear Shift Roughness posted by Bruce Clarke on February 08, 2000 at 16:31:05:
To highlight another point of previous discussions on this point, it has been speculated that very little effort(if any) was made to design additional physical space for the fifth gear.
It is a quirk of the bike and something to live with. Looking at it positively, it helps you know
when you have reached top gear.
KTRSD