07-15-10, 07:24 PM | #1 |
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Does anyone know why Shimano only makes the Curado e5 in right hand retrieve? I think it would just be common sense to make a reel both RH and LH, but I guess Shimano has to have some reasoning behind it. Can they not achieve that 5.0:1 gear ratio when the handle is on the left side?
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07-15-10, 08:40 PM | #2 | |
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Not sure why they never released the LH version is the states. They do however have a JDM version of the Curado, the Scorpion XT 1501 that comes in a 5.1 LH version. Little higher price but basically the same reel. |
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07-16-10, 12:47 PM | #3 |
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They say that the sales of left handed reels in those gear ratios are not enough to justify the cost of manufacturing them.
There´s no such thing as a Scorpion XT1500 with 5:1 gear ratio, the XT1500 is a 6.3:1, that version is vailable in both, righty and lefty. Actually, there are no ( and since I can remember ) 5:1 JDM Shimano reels, the 5:1 GR it´s only available for the overseas market ( outside Japan ). |
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