Am I alone?

[Shiznit98204]

Does anyone else find it easier to upshift using your index finger rather than your thumb on their RT? I have wide hands and my thumb has to rest on top of the grip so I just use my index finger to "pull" the shifter forward instead of pushing it with my thumb. Just wondered if anyone else has the same large hand problem as me.

 

[Bob Denman]

I've actually tried shifting like that...
(Okay: I get bored easily! )
It's just a bit easier for me use my thumb for up shifting!

(and for hitch-hiking! :roflblack

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

POINT AND SHIFT

REALLY :gaah:............ Whatever works, however if you get into an accident forget DO NOT SAY you ever did it this way ........ It would be like telling the cop ....well I was shifting with my left foot rather than my right :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack: ...................Mike :thumbup:

 

[4 MARIE]

You're ALL Alone in the cosmos. I'm sure lots have tried it for the novelty.
So you're a free thinker. There is some kind of reward for that.

 

[oldguyinTX]

I have always used my left thumb for up shifting and my left index finger (although it is short due to an industrial accident - not a comment about short fingers-) for downshifting. Works just fine for me.

 

[ARtraveler]

I use thumb for upshifts and index finger for the downshifts. That said, whatever works for you. :yes:

 

[Peter Aawen]

^^ ditto for me, but my right thumb tends to spend more time on top if the grip than wrapped around it!! A prosthetic joint in the base of the thumb/wrist joint makes it a little bit of an uncomfortable stretch to wrap it around the throttle, but i have no issues at all controlling it cos i have a 'wrist-rest' paddle fitted on the RH end of the grip - I just hafta keep the thumb away from the kill switch!! It's easy to flick it by accident with my thumb resting up there all the time, & that can be embarrassing!! pps:

 

[Bob Denman]

You're ALL Alone in the cosmos... .

:shocked: That is deep... :clap:

 

[TEWKS]

The new Honda Africa Twin adventure bike with the DCT transmission works like that. Finger up thumb down. I'm not sure I'd like it that way but the Honda engineers thought it was better.


Pat

 

[Bob Denman]

Ultimately; it all comes down to what you get used-to... :thumbup:

 

[PrairieSpyder]

I usually use my thumb when I'm ryding. But sometimes I am fiddling with something with my left hand and will quickly poke the paddle with my free index finger.