Reverse on a /2 Rig?

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Can anyone explain what this is all about? How good is your Japanese?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to9Ss7n-Vdw

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On another forum, a visitor from Japan chimed to describe how the bike was backing up...at least it helped me. Sounds like the right hand was just releasing the parking brake, but the transmission is special from Kayser in Germany. The top part of this page discusses the Kaysers transmissions.

http://www.theroadscholar.net/Motorcycle_Tech.htm

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On another forum, a visitor from Japan chimed to describe how the bike was backing up...at least it helped me. Sounds like the right hand was just releasing the parking brake, but the transmission is special from Kayser in Germany. The top part of this page discusses the Kaysers transmissions.

http://www.theroadscholar.net/Motorcycle_Tech.htm

Didn't Dauntless (now DMC) do this awhile back... Provide a 'true' reverse gear?
I seem to remember this from over 10 years ago...