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For those of you who race a bike with reverse shift pattern and want to keep your road bike the same then it is fortunately quite easy to adapt the Ninja 400 to this set up. It's too much of a mind bend having two bikes with different shift patterns.
All you have to do is remove the linkage arm from the spline (remove one 6mm retaining bolt first) and turn it nearly 180 degrees before refitting it. I had to adjust the threaded linkage rod slightly to get my shift pedal back to the right height but if you chose your spline position carefully you should be pretty close.
If none of that makes sense then have a look at the photo below.
It changes just as nicely in this position, it's a slick little gearbox on this bike.
I was always a bit dubious about people who said that reverse shift was better but I'm a firm believer now. You can go up through the gears so much quicker and positively when your just stomping on the pedal so to speak. You generally change down in a slower fashion so it makes sense for this action to be the one where you have to lift your foot to perform it.
Give it a try, could change your biking style for ever.
All you have to do is remove the linkage arm from the spline (remove one 6mm retaining bolt first) and turn it nearly 180 degrees before refitting it. I had to adjust the threaded linkage rod slightly to get my shift pedal back to the right height but if you chose your spline position carefully you should be pretty close.
If none of that makes sense then have a look at the photo below.

It changes just as nicely in this position, it's a slick little gearbox on this bike.
I was always a bit dubious about people who said that reverse shift was better but I'm a firm believer now. You can go up through the gears so much quicker and positively when your just stomping on the pedal so to speak. You generally change down in a slower fashion so it makes sense for this action to be the one where you have to lift your foot to perform it.
Give it a try, could change your biking style for ever.