UPCOMING REVIEW – RACETORX GEAR SHIFT SUPPORT FOR YAMAHA TENERE 700

Update – 13/01/23 Full Review Now Posted Here

After a pleasant and interesting telephone chat with Dale of RaceTorx earlier today, I will soon be reviewing a RaceTorx Gear Shift Support on the OR T700. So what should the Gear Shift Support accomplish exactly? Well, from one of Dale’s FB posts:

“The Racetorx Gear shift support stiffens up the lateral movement in the gear shaft which helps prevent mis-shifts and provides positive gear changes. Stop the mis-shifts and false neutrals while adding some protection to your transmission with our one-of-a-kind gear shift supports.”

From the website description:

• “Have you ever been in a situation where you’re screaming through some twisties when suddenly you hit a false neutral and so you have no drive or engine breaking This can be extremely dangerous.
• What are miss shifts / false neutrals? false neutral’s are where the transmission does not engage the gears properly especially when shifting through higher gears like from 4th to 5th or 5th to 6th. This can be very frustrating when your in the moment ready for the next corner when you hit 6th and BAM you hit that unwanted false neutral! Dangerous if one doesn’t know how to handle the situation properly too.
• The gear shift linkage is a common cause of this, feel your linkage, it has a lot of play and the Gear shaft also has lateral movement.
• The Racetorx Gear shift support stiffens up the lateral movement in the gear shaft which then also reduces the slop in the gear shift linkage and so helps prevent miss shifts altogether and provides positive gear changes.
• In addition, the gear shift support also supports the shaft from snapping; for one example, triumph 675 and 765’s have an E-clip groove after the seal on the gear shaft, this is a prone location to snap. The gear shift support reduces the force on the machined e-clip grove which in turn helps save you from costly engine repairs.
• Don’t take our word for it. check out our Trust pilot reviews.
• Stop the missed shifts and false neutrals while adding some protection to your transmission with our one of a kind gear shift support.
• Material- 6061-T6 aluminium – Aesthetically pleasing with hard anodizing for corrosion protection.
• Anodizing – Hard anodizing in Black
• This can also be used in conjunction with quick shifters for a more responsive gear change.”

I have seen this product before and I admit to being intrigued by it, so I’m looking forward to reviewing it in the next week or so. Please check back for the full review.

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