I just finished installing forward controls on my 05 883L and took it for a ride. The shift lever is situated such that I basically have to lift my entire foot slightly off the footpeg to up shift. Can the shift lever be adjusted so it is situated a bit lower. I really cannot see how or where to adjust it.

 

there are 2 ways to adjust it, you can take it off the shifter shaft on the tranny and place it where you want it and slide it back on and tighten the bolt, or there is a rod coming off the shifter below your foot, it should have threads on both sides, loosen the nuts, twist the rod until you like it and tighten the locking nuts back up

 

Easiest way is to adjust the rod that runs from the shifter to the foot control. If you shorten the length of that rod, the foot control should drop, NOTE, just adjust by 2 full turns at a time, not a rule, just keeps you from going past where you want.

 

gotta adjust the foot peg , turn it back more .. i know on my 08 you cant adjust the shift lever on forwards because theres a bolt in the center of the peg mount...

 

First, loosen the lock (jam) nut shown below (arrow).
Then remove the bolt (forward of the arrow) that fastens the shift rod to the shift lever.
Loosen or tighten the joint on the end of the rod as necessary.
Re-bolt the rod to the lever.
Tighten lock (jam) nut.



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Thanks very much for good the feedback guys! And cHarley the picture with the arrows was very helpful!

 

Everything stated here has been very helpful for me trying to adjust my shift pedal as well, but I have had one issue. My pedal is sitting at about 24 degrees and I can barely fit my foot under it. To get it to 40 degrees or so I have to unthread the rod almost to the last few threads on the bar. This can't be safe and short of removing the arm at the trans and spinning it slightly to get more length out of the rod I can't seem to figure out a solution. I thought I read somewhere that having that the rod should be kept at as parallel to the ground as possible and that the arm coming out of the trans should be strait up and down. But given the length of my shift rod I can't seem to get that without setting it with only 3 threads still threaded.

I hate to bring back such an old post but this one has all the relevant advice already here.