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Post by G-Man » Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:51 am

Davo

I take issue with that! My 1966 Matchless has a Norton-AMC gearbox and shifts better (clutch or no clutch) than any modern bike I've ever ridden...... :-)

Not quite as quick as a 305 though....

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Post by davomoto » Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:35 pm

Graham,

Have you ridden a modern dirt bike? WOT with no clutch, seamless! My 305s shift nicely, a bit more polddingly than my 08 V-Strom,or YZ250F. The CLs are better, no linkage to add slop!

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Post by G-Man » Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:02 pm

Davo

No - haven't used a modern dirt bike. Just going by more modern Hondas, my Guzzi (terrible) and my 2001 Triumph. That Matchless gearshift just feels so nice. It feels like real engineering should.


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Post by davomoto » Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:43 pm

Yeah Graham, from the good old days when folks cared about quality!

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Post by resurrection » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:17 pm

After some time away and buying a few shift forks from Ebay seems they are fine as 3 sets all measure the same.

Turns out I found a bad bushing and seem to need more engagement.I've ordered the thicker cotters and a new bushing.

Everything else looks new maybe a little wear on the gear dog faces but nothing severe.


I was wondering if grinding off the top edge of the dogs while using the thicker cotters would work???
I'm not talking about hacking them up by hand. I have the proper tools. A sharp edge is only .010 away.

????

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Post by NBD925 » Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:12 pm

Keep us up to date on this idea of re-grinding the fronts of those gear dogs.

This in combination with the offset cotters might just work. I have a few sets of gears here and that is all they really need is a fresh set of dogs. I'll have to look at how far down the chips are but this seems in theory like it would work.

Might give life to alot of old transmissions.

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