Having no value to anyone - but I used to take a secret delight in the fact that I might thwart any would be thieves of my SIV - with it's SV 1725 cc and all syncro tranny - by having a pre-syncro gear shift knob - showing reverse on the left of the "H" instead of where it really was on the right (did I get that right - or is that backwards?).
I had this 'vision' of the thief trying to back it down my driveway onto the street (assuming of course he could get it started at all) - and turning the whole gearbox into a pile of 'hamburger' in the bottom of the case in the process. But he would'nt get My Alpine!
Barrie Henderson