suicide shifter
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04-16-2007, 10:28 PM
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RE: suicide shifter
Good input....I'm gonna go get some round bar this evening. I'm not sure about the style shift yet....eight ball is cool, but everyone thinks that off hand all ready. I'mmight make my own if I don't come up with something. Maybe aactual pistonif anyone of my buds have one, burnt or not. I have made my own shift ***** for my hotrod 240z already, soo.
As far as the section 8... I've been called crazy and wierd too many times to remember. Suicide shift only seems natural for someone like me. I'm gonna fab all my own parts as I have in the past for cars and my first bike. I just have to find a bushing or bearing for the foot clutch to ride. I really like mechanical looks, something raw, not chrome. I want something unique, but not the norm. as far as suicide shifters go. I'm gonna start making up the shifter (easy part) this evening. I'll keep ya'll informed. I'm gonna check out bearings for the foot clutch at a store that my work uses to find unique/hard to find bearings at.
Jayfrompa....the lizard king can do anything.
later, Chase. Aka fish
As far as the section 8... I've been called crazy and wierd too many times to remember. Suicide shift only seems natural for someone like me. I'm gonna fab all my own parts as I have in the past for cars and my first bike. I just have to find a bushing or bearing for the foot clutch to ride. I really like mechanical looks, something raw, not chrome. I want something unique, but not the norm. as far as suicide shifters go. I'm gonna start making up the shifter (easy part) this evening. I'll keep ya'll informed. I'm gonna check out bearings for the foot clutch at a store that my work uses to find unique/hard to find bearings at.
Jayfrompa....the lizard king can do anything.
later, Chase. Aka fish
#25
04-17-2007, 12:00 PM
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RE: suicide shifter
I have been thinking about this for awhile also. I think the bike would look really nice with the suicide shifter but the functionality of it might be a little tricky. I bet once you get used to riding with it you wouldn't want to go back to the regular shifter.
I wonder how hard it would be to put the shifter on the right side of the bike. That way you could keep the clutch on the left hand and shift with the right. You let up on the throttle when you shift anyway so why not use it to shift the bike?
hmmmm, I think I will have to go out to the garage and take another look at the bike.
I wonder how hard it would be to put the shifter on the right side of the bike. That way you could keep the clutch on the left hand and shift with the right. You let up on the throttle when you shift anyway so why not use it to shift the bike?
hmmmm, I think I will have to go out to the garage and take another look at the bike.
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04-17-2007, 12:44 PM
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RE: suicide shifter
i believe in the back of Backstreet Chopper i saw a new product thing on a new shift dog for jockey's and suicides. it puts neutral at the bottom, so that in a "quick" situation, you just bang it all the way down to the bottom and don't have to hunt back up for neutral.
sounds like a really good idea to me. so much so that it made me kinda consider it.
i also think if you went with one of those auto clutches (like the one that advertised on this site) you'd be doing good too. i'm kinda thinkin' bout with that combo.
sounds like a really good idea to me. so much so that it made me kinda consider it.
i also think if you went with one of those auto clutches (like the one that advertised on this site) you'd be doing good too. i'm kinda thinkin' bout with that combo.
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