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09-30-2009, 03:52 PM
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Back in the day,
in order to get away from all the linkage as well as shift quicker, we would install a modified tank shifter bolted onto the linkage on the top of the transmission. There was a drum in the top transmission cover that would move the dogs in the trans. By eliminating the linkage and tank shifter we would shift behind our leg and do it much quicker. A suicide clutch was an unmodified HD clutch pedal that had a tension adjustment that would allow the foot clutch to be depressed and would remain depressed/disengaged without any pressure on it. It was called a suicide clutch because you never knew when the vibration would cause the clutch mechanism to engage without warning. We would cut the front portion of the stock rocker clutch mechanism off, remove the tensioning device and just have a foot clutch. At the same time we would remove the front brake just to create a little more of a challenge. LOL I rode this way for years but don't think I could do it now.
in order to get away from all the linkage as well as shift quicker, we would install a modified tank shifter bolted onto the linkage on the top of the transmission. There was a drum in the top transmission cover that would move the dogs in the trans. By eliminating the linkage and tank shifter we would shift behind our leg and do it much quicker. A suicide clutch was an unmodified HD clutch pedal that had a tension adjustment that would allow the foot clutch to be depressed and would remain depressed/disengaged without any pressure on it. It was called a suicide clutch because you never knew when the vibration would cause the clutch mechanism to engage without warning. We would cut the front portion of the stock rocker clutch mechanism off, remove the tensioning device and just have a foot clutch. At the same time we would remove the front brake just to create a little more of a challenge. LOL I rode this way for years but don't think I could do it now.
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09-30-2009, 03:56 PM
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I guess it's like most things...you get used to it, but sitting here in the chair I try to put my hands and feet as if they were going to shift that way and it seems a confusing to say the least
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09-30-2009, 03:59 PM
Just trying to keep you entertained until the someone who knows what they are talking about shows up.
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09-30-2009, 05:12 PM
The Indians had their throttle on the left and the shifter on the right so a motorcycle cop could fire his gun with his right hand. Indian sold a lot of bikes to police departments because of this. They could be reversed, cuz my '46 Indian had the throttle on the right and the shifter on the left. Confused yet? I won't even get into the nuances of adjusting the spark advance on the left handgrip to get the timing right.