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Made a suicide shift, jockey shift? whatever this kind is called, for my nightster.

   
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Old 02-27-2011, 03:12 PM
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Ill be off tomorrow so Im gonna try to shorten my cable. If it works well then Ill post up some more pics. Gonna get a normal sized bolt as well. I also have an idea to cover up the rest of the stock shift arm using some more of that handlebar. Ill see what I can get done and if its worth a damn, then Ill add some more pics.
 
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Old 02-27-2011, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by bdavis310
I did see this cool one on google image that you might think about a variation of too.The guy ran a bracket off of his engine where most people relocate their coil. The shifter lever was attached right there and he ran a linkage all the way down to the stock shifter peg. It looked good and it would keep a lot of the pressure off of the shifter peg.
That might be my bike, or at least back when it was red in color. Here it is before I put the 21" front spool on it.
 
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Originally Posted by bdavis310
Hey all, I made a new shifter for my Nightster and wanted to share it with you. I don't really know what its called. Suicide shift, suicide clutch, jockey shift.....idk lol....
Not exactly a jockey shift & certainly not a suicide clutch...
 
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Old 02-27-2011, 08:52 PM
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Not exactly a jockey shift & certainly not a suicide clutch... more of an abortion or FUBAR... IMHO lol/not.
I grab it and it shifts gears, works for me. I appreciate you taking the time to log in and comment that though.
 
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Originally Posted by bdavis310
I grab it and it shifts gears, works for me. I appreciate you taking the time to log in and comment that though.
If that's not dangerous enough - for a suicide shifter, IDK what is.

Hand controls are easy.

This is knocking on heavens door.
 
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Old 02-27-2011, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by streetfighter06
If that's not dangerous enough - for a suicide shifter, IDK what is.

Hand controls are easy.

This is knocking on heavens door.
lol. idk what really justifies a suicide shift. Ive seen a blue million bike builders build a blue million different kinds of shifters and all of them call it a suicide shift. So im gonna call mine a "metal bar shift thing that will kill me" shifter. And my subtitle will be, "some people think it looks cool and others think it looks like a fetus." That way there will never be confusion as to what it is lol.
 
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Old 02-27-2011, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bdavis310
lol. idk what really justifies a suicide shift. Ive seen a blue million bike builders build a blue million different kinds of shifters and all of them call it a suicide shift. So im gonna call mine a "metal bar shift thing that will kill me" shifter. And my subtitle will be, "some people think it looks cool and others think it looks like a fetus." That way there will never be confusion as to what it is lol.
Suicide shifter is justified as anything that makes you take a hand off your bars in order to navigate the road.

Yes - you have a suicide shifter for sure.

Ignore these other technical geniuses on here....
 
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lol its all good. Thanks for the positive reinforcement.
 
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Jockey shift/suicide clutch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGacK...eature=related
 
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