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thats pretty sweet james. i liked the way the tank shifter looked actually, but im sure the jockey is alot less of a hassle to get to while you're riding.
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Jockey shift / foot clutch man. I love this setup, hand slammin gears is fucking FUN.
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I have worked out away to make the (Side Car) mount bracket on the upper down tube, work for a sort of Tank Mount/Jockey Shift.. I have been working on it for awhile, and set it aside for awhile, and started going back and forth with the idea.. I think it will fit the mechanical look of the bike, and it seems to function very well, but I am wondering if it is too much. It will be a Jockey Shift with the regular handle bar lever clutch, but it will still be able to shift with the regular shifter foot peg, so you get both worlds there.. I was thinking I may need to sort out some sort of Jockey quick disconnect, so you are not moving the handle back and forth if you are shifting with your foot.
Here are some pics, but please excuse the unfinished pieces, and I have not sized the length of the lever either. I have not taken the time to finish grind, cut, and weld everything, because I am not sure I am actually going to use it.. If I should use it, the lever handle will be painted and leather wrapped, just like I am planning for the hand grips, foot pegs, center stand pegs.
Last edited by Iamtheonlyreal1; 07-09-2012, 8:21 PM.Comment
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as long as it's not too heavy it should be fine. if its heavy then when you go over a bump it could pop your bike down a gear or up or whatever.Comment
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I am going to take a bit out of the length, so I think that will help. I am only going to add a small ring and a small ball at the end, to give the leather wrap a place to stop.. Again, I am not sure I am going to use it, but I think it does fit the bikes look, but I need make sure it isnt going to rattle or bounce around. The linkage system and bushing feel pretty good, and it shifts through the gears smoothly not running, so I think everything would work just fine.Comment
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hopefully it'll turn out good. im still scheming about how im going to do mine lol. haven't even started on it yet.Comment
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indeed i would good sir. we have a few of those things where i work. they're used for clamping down straps and other bullshit lol. how much you want for one of em?Comment
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Lemme get them in my posession so I can snap some pics and give you a choice.
Most likely let one of them go for a twelver +shipping(I'll find out the exactlies if you are interested).
Also, I polish metal.....so If you want it mirror shiney for a lil more cheese lemme know.
Coincidentally, I run/maintain and repair 4 MHT80 Signode custom built strap machines and use this badboy for "corrections".....
Sidenote: I run banding machines downstairs from the marshaling area in a brick factory. I ought times deliberately go out of my way to be a nuisance to some of my fellow workers for the sake of entertainment.
Hence Bandersnatch.
PPS>
Oddly enough I wanted to post an image of an MHT80........
lol
Last edited by Bandersnatch; 07-09-2012, 11:14 PM.Comment
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Shifter is 1/2" with a bakelite knob...we lopped off the stock splined pinch bolt off the factory shift pedal and welded it up to the 1/2". We welded the threaded shoulder of a bolt to accept the shift knob.
Foot clutch is a modified worm gear mechanism blacksmithhbilly made for me. Mids are tarozzi, linkages are mcmaster bits.
Last edited by Blackbetty; 07-10-2012, 7:50 AM.Comment
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Lemme get them in my posession so I can snap some pics and give you a choice.
Most likely let one of them go for a twelver +shipping(I'll find out the exactlies if you are interested).
Also, I polish metal.....so If you want it mirror shiney for a lil more cheese lemme know.
Coincidentally, I run/maintain and repair 4 MHT80 Signode custom built strap machines and use this badboy for "corrections".....
Sidenote: I run banding machines downstairs from the marshaling area in a brick factory. I ought times deliberately go out of my way to be a nuisance to some of my fellow workers for the sake of entertainment.
Hence Bandersnatch.
PPS>
Oddly enough I wanted to post an image of an MHT80........
lol
http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...x=wrt&y=Search
aight man let me know. im also waiting to hear back from livingdeadmc about some footpegs i asked him to make me. im gonna be broke lol
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Everybody seems to love this bike so much. I don't see why. Shifting like that is sketchy and cheating. Maybe if you didn't have a left foot but other than that run a foot clutch.
On a side note, this was the 2nd video in the related videos. It just so happens to be some local guys from here in town. They used to ride this thing all over, up to bike nights and stuff.
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