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vargas Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 70	shifter 12/23/08 at 23:37:09 Does anyone make a shifter that i wouldn't have to shift my toe over and under-other than a heel toe?
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: shifter Reply #1 - 12/24/08 at 04:43:20 The only other options would be jockey/suicide or air shifter(not cheap).
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SavRon Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 118 Ohio Gender:	Re: shifter Reply #2 - 12/24/08 at 05:20:10 I thought of modding the shifter lever with another one in the form of a Y or Fork shape with your foot resting in between. Silly idea,,, but who knows....
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vargas Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 70	Re: shifter Reply #3 - 12/24/08 at 09:58:43 hey,savron-although you're probably right,( about silly) that's the same thing i drew in "paint" about a month after i got my s-40.the only thing that stymies me is there'd have to be about an 8 inch gap in the horseshoe and that would throw my toe quite a bit beneath the peg when downshifting . can you think of a solution to that? ty
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Bobbert Serious Thumper Offline CHOP IT Posts: 836 Los Angeles, CA Gender:	Re: shifter Reply #4 - 12/24/08 at 17:01:22 couldn't you set up a hand switch using cables?
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SavRon Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 118 Ohio Gender:	Re: shifter Reply #5 - 12/24/08 at 18:10:20 After looking at the shifter a bit, I think this would be a more efficient way. Just attach another toe lift just above the existing one. Enough space between for your boot to fit in. Example:
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: shifter Reply #6 - 12/24/08 at 18:21:45 I havent looked, but I suspect an electric setup could be built & stuck up under there.
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Re: shifter
Reply #7 - 12/24/08 at 19:00:05

Hmmmm... in SavRon's drawing, I would be a little afraid of getting stuck in there (shoelace or pants?) and looking like a domino at a stop light..... slow motion flop....as I furiously tried to get the foot loose.... with eight hundred people watching of course.

OR...... as I pull out from a light.... missing getting my foot in there. and running slow whining out first gear as I fumble around.... with a bunch of people behind wondering if I had a moped instead of a Savage.

BUT.... maybe a knee paddle for the up shifts. Foot downshiift..... knee upshift .... that would give a little more room to get in & out quickly.

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