Jockey shift
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Jockey shift
Any comments from one of you guys that have riden a bike with a jockey shift. This one has a clutch on the shifter so I would be able to use both feet durning a stop. I'm thinking about putting one on my bike. All my buds think I'm nuts. They have no faith in me.
Grump/ Pastor Tom, how about it.
Grump/ Pastor Tom, how about it.
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I think it will look awesome on the Bones. Props to ya Coyote if you do it. I thought about it but I live up a big *** hill so a traditional suicide is out. I was thinking of a jockey-style shifter lever with a clutch lever on it. That way you can put both feet on the ground. Not on the top of the to-do list but it is still on it. I might do it later on. Post some pics if you do it.
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I run a suicide clutch with a tank shifter on my 06 springer. If you buy any set up, get one from Labriola Machine. Their bracketry is thick, it looks OEM. Their set up has a clutch cable that will not hit your tire or fender. You get what you pay for.
If you go jockey shift, go all the way. Getting a clutch on the shifter is faking it. It is just a decoration. If you are not going to walk the walk, don't do it.
These new bikes are easy to find nuetral, so it won't be a problem at a light. You just pop it into nuetral when coming to a light. I ride to work daily (except Jan/Feb usually) in NJ. I often ride into NYC with it. Give a real suicide clutch a try, you will enjoy it. I ride so many miles that riding was getting boring, the suicide clutch adds some fun to the ride.
My wife rides a street glide. She was hit by a car a few years ago and had 4 surgeries on her ankle. A few months ago, I bought a Crossbones. I thought she might like to ride that around town and the SG on long trips, due to her ankle. If she does not like riding the Crossbones, I am going suicide clutch and jockey shift.
Back in the day, most guys were running their bike without a front brake, which really made it a suicide clutch.
If you go jockey shift, go all the way. Getting a clutch on the shifter is faking it. It is just a decoration. If you are not going to walk the walk, don't do it.
These new bikes are easy to find nuetral, so it won't be a problem at a light. You just pop it into nuetral when coming to a light. I ride to work daily (except Jan/Feb usually) in NJ. I often ride into NYC with it. Give a real suicide clutch a try, you will enjoy it. I ride so many miles that riding was getting boring, the suicide clutch adds some fun to the ride.
My wife rides a street glide. She was hit by a car a few years ago and had 4 surgeries on her ankle. A few months ago, I bought a Crossbones. I thought she might like to ride that around town and the SG on long trips, due to her ankle. If she does not like riding the Crossbones, I am going suicide clutch and jockey shift.
Back in the day, most guys were running their bike without a front brake, which really made it a suicide clutch.
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Any comments from one of you guys that have riden a bike with a jockey shift. This one has a clutch on the shifter so I would be able to use both feet durning a stop. I'm thinking about putting one on my bike. All my buds think I'm nuts. They have no faith in me.
Grump/ Pastor Tom, how about it.
Grump/ Pastor Tom, how about it.
Ride inna pack with the rest of the group all the time.. Im getten up there (53) Knees are bad.. and have some pretty severe arthritus top ta bottom.. Leave the jocky shifts ta the youngins.. Just my .02
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From: Texas! Ya mean there's someplace else?
Been running rocker clutch w/tank shift (actually frame-mounted) or suicide & jockey since 1981. Once you get it, you got it. Then everything else is just for wannabes. (Lighten up, ya friggin' poseurs, it's a joke!)
Seriously, go with the foot clutch & hand shift, and not with the clutch lever on the shift arm. And LaBriola is the best. Stay far, far, far away from any V-Twin (aka Taiwan Tedd) repop stuff.
Oh, I'm 56 years young, and PT is a geezer wannabe!
Seriously, go with the foot clutch & hand shift, and not with the clutch lever on the shift arm. And LaBriola is the best. Stay far, far, far away from any V-Twin (aka Taiwan Tedd) repop stuff.
Oh, I'm 56 years young, and PT is a geezer wannabe!
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