On the 2024 FJR1300ES, for example, Yamaha specifically outlines the bike's six gears (including a tall sixth gear for highway riding), but doesn't mention a reverse function or Sure-Park at all.

The reverse gear, however, doesn't use a helical cut cog and is instead just a straight cut gear. This means that the indentations run across the gear instead of at a jaunty angle.

So, to engage the reverse function on your Harley-Davidson trike, follow these steps. With the trike turned on, shift into neutral gear. Release the brake and disengage any other braking functions.

On a manual transmission vehicle the one thing in the gearbox that makes it go backwards is an extra cog in-between the standard pair called the idler gear. It’s only role there is to reverse ...