Electronically controlled transmission

In an electronically controlled transmission comprising:

• first shaft means for providing torque transfer comprising an input shaft through which torque is input to the transmission and an output shaft, arranged coaxially with said input shaft, through which torque is output from the transmission,
• a second shaft, arranged in parallel with the input shaft and the output shaft, through which rotation of said input shaft is transferred to said output shaft by one of a plurality of combinations of engagement between main gears mounted on said output shaft and counter gears mounted on said second shaft, and
• a rotatable cylindrical shift drum for moving a plurality of shift rods in an axial direction of said shift drum so as to selectively cause any one of the plurality of combinations of engagement between said main gears and said counter gears thereby shifting said transmission into any desired gear,
• an improvement comprising said rotatable drum at least partly overlapping said first shaft means in an axial direction and having a center axis of rotation which extends in parallel with center axes of rotation of said first shaft means and said second shaft and is offset from a plane in which said center axes of rotation of said first shaft means and said second shaft lay.