on a motor bike what dose 1 up 3 down mean?

[Jack S]

I heard that if you ride some geared mopeds, moterbikes there is a thing called 1 up 3 down. Just wondered what that ment.

 

[kwakagirl]

It means you lift the gear shifter up once for 1st gear, then down for 2nd, down again for 3rd and down again for 4th.

A regular proper motorcycle is 1 down 5 up. However a race pattern is generally 1 up 5 down. This is mainly due to ground clearance in cornering.

 

[Dv8oR]

Shift sequence....

1 up puts it in first gear, the other 3 gears get engaged on down strokes.