Method for performing shifts in a motorcycle gearbox

A shifting method for changing transmission stages in a motorcycle gearbox having a plurality of discrete transmission stages for changing the speed ratio of a gearbox input shaft to a gearbox output shaft and a gear-selector drum rotatable by a shift actuator to select the plurality of transmission stages, wherein an input shaft of the motorcycle gearbox is configured to be coupled by a selectively shiftable clutch to a drive shaft of a driving engine to transmit a drive torque from the input shaft to an output shaft, comprising the acts of:

• identifying a shift request;
• maintaining the selectively shiftable clutch in a torque-transmitting connection state for transmitting the drive torque;
• reducing the drive torque of the internal combustion engine;
• moving the gear-selector drum from a first shifting position corresponding to a first one of the plurality of discrete transmission stages into an intermediate position between the first one of the plurality of discrete transmission stages and a second one of the plurality of discrete transmission stages, the intermediate position being a position in which drive torque is not transmittable from the input shaft to the output shaft;
• and
• moving the gear-selector drum from the intermediate position to a second shifting position corresponding to the second one of the plurality of discrete transmission stages,
• wherein
• the moving the gear-selector drum from the first shifting position into the intermediate position includes moving the gear selector drum to a rest position between the first shifting position and the intermediate position before reaching the intermediate position, and
• the rest position is a position in which clearances in the mechanical actuation of the gearbox are reduced after the shift request is identified, and in this position drive torque being transmitted from the input shaft to the output shaft and the drive torque has not been reduced from an amount of drive torque being transmitted immediately before the shift request is identified.