New Jockey Shift Install n' Ride Report.
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R.I.P. BROTHER
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I couldnt find the angle even on hills until my ankle got tired of holding that heavy SE clutch spring down for an hour!!
My foot basically refused to follow a lwfull order and slipped off the peg. Bike went clack and died on the spot. Didnt even move foward an inch...
I have 10:5-1 Compression on a decent build. I know the higher comp Harley motors detonate and essentially wont run well below 2000 RPM much less take me into oncoming traffic at idle? My bike wont idle away from a stop sign. Let out the clutch with no gas? It dies. It needs gas to run!!
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R.I.P. BROTHER
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Chaz. AWESOME!! pretty much sums it up. Your bike looks sick bro. I am really considering going suicide/jockey shift or suicide/tank shift, after seeing your pics and reading your right up I think it is being moved to the top of the list. Was the install pretty straight forward? It seems it. When I get it I will be hitting you up.
I had an issue with a bolt that wouldnt snug down short of that? Cake.
Man your stuff worked out awesome Travis. I used wires form you controls to extend mine and stay color coded...I used both the throttle cables and the clutch perch.
I saved the clutch cable for when I sell it and get one of those new Honda Furys...Man have you seen those?.
Talk about badass chopper off the showroom floor. Fury is on my short list fo' sho. OCC sticker on the fender, lots of Kuryaken sweet chromed plastic bits and pieces.
Pffffffftttttttt
I saved the rest for future projects. Man I'm so stoked to have an extra master cylinder!!
Thanks again for the "Homie Hookup" bro.
I owe ya' one for sure
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looks great sounds fun too
i am interested on how the jky shft works w/ no clutch
lever do ya shift w/ yer shifter then?and manually w/ jky ?
thats my guess and if im right im gonna have 2 think about that
b4 i crash your bike !!!LOL
i am interested on how the jky shft works w/ no clutch
lever do ya shift w/ yer shifter then?and manually w/ jky ?
thats my guess and if im right im gonna have 2 think about that
b4 i crash your bike !!!LOL
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Looks Awesome!
sounds like you've already got the foot clutch under control....
hate to admit it... but I still have an occasional issue with it!!
as far as getting a nice patina on your emblems and cue ball.. have you tried tobacco juice??
It seems to work wonders on teeth!!!
CC
sounds like you've already got the foot clutch under control....
hate to admit it... but I still have an occasional issue with it!!
as far as getting a nice patina on your emblems and cue ball.. have you tried tobacco juice??
It seems to work wonders on teeth!!!
CC
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Hey, Chaz, instead of boiling the emblems, just pack used, wet coffee grounds on them and let them sit overnight. I've done this with guitar parts and it works well. Cool looking setup, for sure.
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R.I.P. BROTHER
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I thought I was just crazy...Now I see that you are crazy too! Ride On.
i am interested on how the jky shft works w/ no clutch
lever do ya shift w/ yer shifter then?and manually w/ jky ?
thats my guess and if im right im gonna have 2 think about that
b4 i crash your bike !!!LOL
lever do ya shift w/ yer shifter then?and manually w/ jky ?
thats my guess and if im right im gonna have 2 think about that
b4 i crash your bike !!!LOL
What this means is where you think a shifter should be on a standard bike its actually a clutch that functions just like the clutch on your bars with a cable attached to a foot clutch lever instead of a hand lever. The shifter isjust a metal shaft connected directly to the shift arm.
So the routine is like a car basically. Start bike. Press in foot clutch. Click manly jockey lever foward into 1st gear. Key word here being "Manly".
Then simply let the clutch out with your foot and motor up the street. Time to shift into second gear? Press down clutch with foot click lever back one click and now you are in 2nd. Keep clutching and clicking into the desired gears! Reverse that to downshift.
Oh-Uh...Stop sign? What to do....OK click the shifter downshifting as usual cept when you are about to downshift to first? Do a half shift into nuetral smoothly coast up to the stop or red light.
Green light...Repeat above sequence.
Its loads of fun!!
Wicked man. That is just off the hook there. I would love to do this but would ahve to get rid of my floorboards. I love my road sofa
Cheesecake is foot clutching on his Bones...He has boards too!
Looks Awesome!
sounds like you've already got the foot clutch under control....
hate to admit it... but I still have an occasional issue with it!!
as far as getting a nice patina on your emblems and cue ball.. have you tried tobacco juice??
It seems to work wonders on teeth!!!
sounds like you've already got the foot clutch under control....
hate to admit it... but I still have an occasional issue with it!!
as far as getting a nice patina on your emblems and cue ball.. have you tried tobacco juice??
It seems to work wonders on teeth!!!
The foot clutch is a walk in the park compared to rear brake sliding my KTM 300 on and around an 8" wide trail on the side of a mountain with 300 foot drops 180 degree switchbacks, and dead logs that need to be jumped....
I use my Moto skills in all facets of riding. It makes everything else seem so derned easy!!
Think off road bike as well Cheese. Good exercise and very challenging.
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