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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: An '87 for $6500 Reply #30 - 01/27/13 at 15:58:09 So you would have to pull in the clutch, the throttle would drop to idle when you reached for the shift lever, shift with your right hand, get it back on the throttle and set it to about the right rpms and let out the clutch? Talk about a suicide shift!
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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: An '87 for $6500 Reply #31 - 01/27/13 at 20:08:26 You 'spose to let off the throttle to shift?
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gone fishing Full Member Offline Posts: 152 Gender:	Re: An '87 for $6500 Reply #32 - 01/29/13 at 12:04:46 I don't believe riding that bike would be much fun. Its not something I would want to do.
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Dj12midnit Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline If you'r here and I'm here isn't this our time? Posts: 1036 Lynden Wa. Gender:	Re: An '87 for $6500 Reply #33 - 01/30/13 at 16:48:23 Would be easier to shift with out the clutch then with out the throttle.
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Reply #34 - 01/30/13 at 18:55:34

Back in the '70's we called those rigs "plow handle" shifters. Course they was on the left side and they worked pretty well till you had a "oh crap" stop. Then it was a Keystone cops kind of show! With no front brake,the plowhandle shifter and 6-10" over forks ya had yer work cut out fer ya son! Try that with yer new-fangled disc brakes on both ends and yer air-ride suspension Grin

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ZAR Serious Thumper Offline Rock this town! Rock it inside out! Posts: 961 Kentucky, USA Gender:	Re: An '87 for $6500 Reply #35 - 01/30/13 at 18:59:35 Boofer wrote on 01/27/13 at 20:08:26: You 'spose to let off the throttle to shift? Only iffen ya aint usin the clutch
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ZAR Serious Thumper Offline Rock this town! Rock it inside out! Posts: 961 Kentucky, USA Gender:	Re: An '87 for $6500 Reply #36 - 01/30/13 at 19:01:38 gone fishing wrote on 01/29/13 at 12:04:46: I don't believe riding that bike would be much fun. Its not something I would want to do. Hexnut, being an "ole fart" like me I figgered you'da rode them back in the day! They was a ride!
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gone fishing Full Member Offline Posts: 152 Gender:	Re: An '87 for $6500 Reply #37 - 01/30/13 at 19:29:44 The first Harley I rode was in 1960. It was a 1952 with foot clutch and tank shift. Didn't take long to get the hang of it. It was a much better set up than this bike.
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Re: An '87 for $6500
Reply #38 - 01/30/13 at 19:46:23

gone fishing wrote on 01/30/13 at 19:29:44:

The first Harley I rode was in 1960. It was a 1952 with foot clutch and tank shift. Didn't take long to get the hang of it. It was a much better set up than this bike.

Sounds like we rode similar scooters hexnut. I spent some time on a 45" flathead like that but we changed the rocker clutch to the plowhandle with the squeeze clutch on the shift. I just never got the hang of the rocker clutch. Part of that may have been it didn't have the "overthrow" to lock it in sitting at a stop.

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