Tank Baby Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Well peeps, here is a great way to make shift a Shift lever in a pinch... By pinch I mean.. Oh being 60 miles from home and dropping your bike in a parking lot (thank you very little Speedway in Richmond for NOT filling in that pot hole my foot found) Yes I dropped it, and the dang Shift lever snapped right off and my clutch handle busted too... GRRrrrRRRrrrTake a U bolt and two square flat washers... some lock tite, a few cheep wrenches, a piece of buble gum, a tooth pick, a beer can, and a skittle (last 4 items were just tossed in for the McGyver effect didnt really use them) Here is what you get... ran 200 miles on my back yard shift lever...lololol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaDoc Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 creative :thumbsup: glad ur okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Baby Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Thanks, I walked right out of it actually, didnt even go down. I was more pissed than anything and my ego slightly bruised. but it is what it is... lol put her back up and put on another 140 miles after the fact... must have left that ego on the ground in Richmond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Baby Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Thank you to my FANTASTIC boyfriend and his OH so clever brain to coming up with my bakyard shifter... Im pretty sure it was easier for him to figure how to make the bike shift as appose to finding out how we were going to get a bike trailer, a car with a hitch, ON A SUNDAY, IN ANOTHER STATE.... oh what a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jst2fst Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 That's pretty badass I would of not thought of that.one on the fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Baby Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Yes, He is pretty bad ass... I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izhe4rael Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 I'm rocking something like this on my SV! I'll post a picture tomorrow but last season I laid the bike down leaving a camp ground around Deals Gap. I had it towed to a local shop and dude got the bike running again but didn't have a replacement for the lever on hand so he hooked me up with something like this. I haven't had the heart to replace it even though I have a replacement on hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Nice work. That cheap pot metal is light but breaks easy. With it home you might consider drilling the end and mounting a spring loaded toe piece like dirt bikes have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit12 Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Very good idea, glad it worked for you. That idea rates a little higher than my beer can tab turned into a blade type fuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowdog Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Yea but have you ever bungy corded on a wheel to make it out of the woods??? True story!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Baby Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 we ordered a race clutch so that it does just that. It will not break again...lol and the blade fuse... hmm did it work??..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 if I had a picture of it I could one up you easy.my whole shift lever fell off my bike (bolt came out)I found a piece of bailing twine on the side of the road and started threading that bitch back on. made it all the way home (1 hr ride) shifting it all the way like normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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