Re: [ST] Longer Shift Lever & Intro

[Lex Offer <reffoxel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:35 PM 6/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Anyway, my biggest complaint is the shift lever position and size.  I have
>a hard time getting my clod-hoppers underneath the shift lever to upshift.
I know what you mean, I have size 13 feet.  But if I'm riding in my street shoes (Doc Martin's Steel toe boots) I just tend to shift with the edge of the boot.  Otherwise I don't have a problem in my Sidi's they have a shifter patch. 

>I have adjusted it upwards, but the lever itself is too short so the amount
>of force it takes to shift into second (which is a hellova hard throw BTW)
>is leaving a bruise on the top of my foot.

This will get better as the transmission breaks in.  Really it does.


  I would like to get a longer
>shift lever so that there is better leverage when shifting through this
>somewhat klunky transmission.  Has anyone done this, and/or does anyone
>share my problem with the ST?  Is there an easy solution that someone can
>offer?
Well I guess you could go to a welding shop and have them cut it and make it longer.  Although since it is a cast item it might weaken it to do that. Or go to a machine shop and have them make you a new lever with a longer arm.

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Lex "Digital Dawg" Offer
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