Well i was riding home from Philly to Allentown on I-76 in rush hour not fun to begin with.  Tried to down shift and my linkage snapped in two.  Had to limp up the off ramp and blew the clutch in doing so seeing as i was stuck in 5th gear.  My loving wife drove down to pick me up.  So i am stuck in a cage until the dealer can get her purring again!!!

fire dog wrote on 04/21/10 at 15:06:53:

Dealer ?? Why ? Don't you have a 10mm wrench ?

Yes I have a 10mm wrench but i do not have the time to change out the clutch.  in addition i wanted to get the state inspection done.  and i wanted them to just do a general look over on the bike.  i am putting on 120 miles a day and don't want something to happen like this any time soon!!!!

Good golly, how hard do you have to "STOMP" on them to break them ?
Otherwise how long is mine going to last w/ a FC 6 inch extention added to it ? It seemed to be perdy rigid when I did it.
Where exactly do they break ? Is it the long horizontal link, or the ball arm ends ?

These "Shifter Broke" threads, where it is said there was no abuse, make me spand a minute or 2 once in a while having a look at mine. Its oil change time, IUll give it a look when it gets oil.

Well if they break, it means they are flexing a bit, and fatigue will set in over that many miles and years. Must not be a common problem or it would have been improved by now ?.....or should have been.
It is unusual for a link that is a straight push-pull to be flexing,......if it was perfectly straight in the first place.
My 6 inch extension is made from 5/16 solid round bar, so would be the last thing to break I would think.

  I think why there is so many shift lever broke is everyone is wanting to get in a higher gear and their already in high gear.

fire dog wrote on 05/03/10 at 07:04:32:

And the new shift linkage I hope ??