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| | | SpeedShaker | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 15/08/2013 | | Posts | : | 154 | | Location | : | Whittier, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 04 Sep 2013 - 20:18 Post title : Shift lever question | | | Short of just cutting the metal and adding an extra inch, is there a longer shift lever? My big ass 16 fits, but I have to cram it in there. Is there another shift lever I can steal from an America or Speedmaster?
|  The look when I twist the throttle.
 I get when I roll up to a light.
 When they debate to race.
 When they see the back of my Triumph shirt, after I leave that red light.
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2013 Thunderbird ABS
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| | | fishy | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 15/09/2012 | | Posts | : | 440 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 05 Sep 2013 - 02:05 Post title : Re: Shift lever question (Re: SpeedShaker) | | | Did you adjust the lever so it moves up a bit. Just loosen the 10mm nuts on the threaded rod and twist the rod to adjust the shifting lever. A thought I have is to go with floorboards and use a heel shifter. Good luck.
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| | | Dougl | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 13/07/2012 | | Posts | : | 544 | | Location | : | Reno, Nevada, United States |
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| | Posted : 05 Sep 2013 - 04:41 Post title : Re: Shift lever question (Re: fishy) | | | Sorry for being a dunce but I got a longer shift peg. Last year. I think it was by Kuryakyn. I got it at a local motorcycle accessories shop. Then I had to find a metric round hex head bolt to fit it, maybe from Granger. You just need to match the stock bolt. The new bolt head had to be ground a bit to fit. It's fatter than stock so you have to adjust the shifter arm up a notch or two.
| | Post edited by Dougl on 05 Sep 2013 - 04:48 |
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| | | SpeedShaker | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 15/08/2013 | | Posts | : | 154 | | Location | : | Whittier, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 05 Sep 2013 - 20:10 Post title : Re: Shift lever question (Re: fishy) | | |
fishy wrote:
Did you adjust the lever so it moves up a bit. Just loosen the 10mm nuts on the threaded rod and twist the rod to adjust the shifting lever. A thought I have is to go with floorboards and use a heel shifter. Good luck. |
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You can do that? I'll look at it when I get the bike back from service. Any chance you an snap a picture of what it looks like?
| The look when I twist the throttle.
I get when I roll up to a light.
When they debate to race.
When they see the back of my Triumph shirt, after I leave that red light.
Bikes owned:
2005 Speedmaster
2013 Thunderbird ABS
2013 Victory Cross Country
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| | | GerPa | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 1,919 | | Location | : | Mackay, Central Queensland, Australia |
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| | Posted : 05 Sep 2013 - 21:01 Post title : Re: Shift lever question (Re: SpeedShaker) | | | SpeedShaker wrote:
fishy wrote:
Did you adjust the lever so it moves up a bit. Just loosen the 10mm nuts on the threaded rod and twist the rod to adjust the shifting lever. A thought I have is to go with floorboards and use a heel shifter. Good luck. |
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You can do that? I'll look at it when I get the bike back from service. Any chance you an snap a picture of what it looks like? |
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You don't even have to do as Fishy is suggesting. Just undo the Shift Lever retaining bolt and move the lever around a couple of splines on the shaft.
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| | Post edited by GerPa on 05 Sep 2013 - 21:02 |
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| | | Dougl | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 13/07/2012 | | Posts | : | 544 | | Location | : | Reno, Nevada, United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Sep 2013 - 01:53 Post title : Re: Shift lever question (Re: GerPa) | | |
| GerPa wrote:You don't even have to do as Fishy is suggesting. Just undo the Shift Lever retaining bolt and move the lever around a couple of splines on the shaft. |
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+1 on that. The stock shifter is too short. You have to twist you foot to get under it. Get a longer one.
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| | | Rachael7 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 511 | | Location | : | Greenfield, MA, United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Sep 2013 - 12:39 Post title : Re: Shift lever question (Re: Dougl) | | | Has anyone ever played with the length of the lever itself? Not the bit you hit with your toe, but the actual lever? When I'm in my normal riding position, heel of my boot hooked against the peg, the shifter hits right on my big toe, which sometimes gets uncomfortable. If the lever was shorter, it could hit on the top of my foot, before my toe. Is there an alternate shift lever that can move the shift peg closer? Or further, I suppose, for people with longer feet?
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| | | GerPa | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 10/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 1,919 | | Location | : | Mackay, Central Queensland, Australia |
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| | Posted : 06 Sep 2013 - 20:18 Post title : Re: Shift lever question (Re: Rachael7) | | | Have you just tried undoing the Shift Lever retaining bolt and move the lever around a couple of splines back towards the rear on the shaft as that will physically move the lever up and down without having to do any other adjustment. On mine there is a slight etch mark across the pivot shaft that marks the original set location.
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| | | Rachael7 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 17/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 511 | | Location | : | Greenfield, MA, United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Sep 2013 - 20:48 Post title : Re: Shift lever question (Re: GerPa) | | | Yeah, I've done that and have the height I like. I was wondering if it was possible to move the shifter peg closer or further from the pivot, like with a different lever.
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| | | ufothunderbird | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 18/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 220 | | Location | : | TBirdHills, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 07 Sep 2013 - 07:00 Post title : Re: Shift lever question (Re: SpeedShaker) | | | I had to adjust mine a couple of splines after i fit my rivco foot boards - it actually shifted better after the adjust
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| | | SpeedShaker | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 15/08/2013 | | Posts | : | 154 | | Location | : | Whittier, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Sep 2013 - 05:01 Post title : Re: Shift lever question (Re: ufothunderbird) | | | I'm going to take the lever to a fabrication shop. I'm going to extend the brake and gear lever according to my foot. I tried moving the bolts, but I don't like it. I need a longer lever and there are no aftermarket replacements.
| The look when I twist the throttle.
I get when I roll up to a light.
When they debate to race.
When they see the back of my Triumph shirt, after I leave that red light.
Bikes owned:
2005 Speedmaster
2013 Thunderbird ABS
2013 Victory Cross Country
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