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Smith reaping benefits of fully seamless transmission

Bradley Smith has revealed that he has a fully seamless gearbox for the 2016 MotoGP season and was happy to hear that the factory Yamaha riders could opt to start the season on a package similar to his. Having finished sixth in the world championship in 2015, the Englishman only had access to seamless upshifts before but now also has the seamless downshifts at his disposal, a feature that is greatly of benefit in corner entry. “It's nice,” said the 25-year old, who finished Thursday's test session at Phillip Island tenth fastest, three places ahead of team-mate Pol Espargaro. “[Last year I was using] The seamless upshifts and now we've got it both ways. I got told at the Yamaha...
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