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Message started by PipJones on 12/08/08 at 09:03:48

Title: suicide shifter
Post by PipJones on 12/08/08 at 09:03:48

anyone got a suicide shifter for their bike?

I'm thinking about gettin one once i get all the other hickups finished.

Title: Re: suicide shifter
Post by il67bp on 12/08/08 at 18:07:58

i was thinking about the same thing. my friend says it would be quite easy but i have no idea. ill ask him what it will include to do it and let you know.

Title: Re: suicide shifter
Post by il67bp on 12/08/08 at 18:09:29

another thing you have to think about is where you want the clutch. it can actually be on the shifter which would make it easier to shift or i think you can do a foot clutch or a hand but idk how youd accomplish clutching and shifting

Title: Re: suicide shifter
Post by mikestrikes on 12/08/08 at 18:19:22

I'll have a hand shifter mounted on the right side beside the tank, pivoting on a bushing in the frame, a cable going down to the trans lever... clutch stays on the left bar.
Mine is from necessity but I like the style part of it also...

Title: Re: suicide shifter
Post by PipJones on 12/09/08 at 10:52:46

That is gonna be a tiny a$$ trike.

XD

I think if i do a suicide, i'm gonna mount it on the left with the clutch
mounted on the shifter.

Title: Re: suicide shifter
Post by diesel on 12/09/08 at 18:04:09

savage trike would be neat. let's see some pics when completed. knees and shoulder sugury made the trike a neccesity 9 years ago when I could no longer keep 'er up with the SO on the back. on our third GW trike now. trike riden is a whole dtfferent experence, it ain't no motorsickle no more, but still a hellva lot of fun. had to let the savage go in order to have enough shekles to complete the trike. a savage is MUCH more manageable solo at 350 lbs. than an 800 lb. wing with SO on the back. gonna have another one some day for soloen. mabey when the new pres gives us all that big stimlus money. ya, right.

Title: Re: suicide shifter
Post by mikestrikes on 12/09/08 at 18:18:51

Yeah me being paralyzed from the beltline down I dont have many options on riding anymore... :-/

Title: Re: suicide shifter
Post by PipJones on 12/09/08 at 20:33:53

sorry to hear that guys.

I'd like to see some pics when the beasts are finished.

good luck with everything

Title: Re: suicide shifter
Post by Roadie on 12/18/08 at 02:56:29

Hutch had a "jockey" shifter on his Savage prior to selling it. Try searching for it. It had a knife handle for the shifter and was linked up really spiffy.

Title: Re: suicide shifter
Post by sluggo on 12/18/08 at 15:18:42

i tried one with the clutch on the shifter. the "throw: was to long/

not counting it out tough

Title: Re: suicide shifter
Post by diesel on 12/19/08 at 21:25:12

had a jawa 250 in 1947 that had the clutch release built into the foot shift lever. used hand clutch to put it in gear, then lifted up on lever to first gear, release clutch lever, then pressed down on shiftlever, that disengaged the clutch and made shift to second, to rengage clutch, just let up on lever. 1 up 3 down, that really built muceles in the left foot. by using the clutch lever, made the shifts a lot easer. nrver seen another bike set up that way, but i guess there could have been.