Are Bikes Gears the same as cars?

[CMC]

E.g. If you are doing 40mph on a bike and you take your hand off the throttle and by the time you accelerate again you have gone down to 30mph do you have to shift down a gear to match your speed?

Thanks

[taziscool]

I would really depend on WHAT gear you're in to start with and how fast you want to accelerate.

If you're in 4th in a cage and want to get going quick, downshift. If not, the car should still move w/o shifting down. Same with a bike. No need to speed match for a certain gear.

EX: My GS550L will run in 6th gear @ 40mph easy. If I slow down to 30, it will still pull 6th, but if I want any major acceleration, I have to shift down 3 gears. ETC........

[Catatonic]

It depends on the size of the flux capacitor you have.

[Readmarx]

What's a car?

[oatisc]

Why would you want to slow to 30mph if you weren't stoping?

To answer your question yes. A bike transmission and a car transmission are both torq multipliers.

[LUCKY DAVE]

If you have fresh dilithium crystals, you don't have to shift, except to go to impusle power.