Folding Shift Lever: <$30 and <1 hour

[avc8130]

A buddy dumped his Speed Triple and snapped off the shifter peg. We came up with this rig to get him home:



Then a few days later he sent me a pic with his "solution" and it gave me an idea. So I did THIS today:



That is a Woodcraft piece, normally sold as a spare part for their sport bike rearsets. It's ~$20 from a bunch of places online. I simply cut off the stock shifter peg and drilled a hole to bolt this on.

<$30 and <1 hour invested.

ac

 

[trikepilot]

More info? Link to the folding tip? Could not find it at the Woodcrafter site.

 

[avc8130]

More info? Link to the folding tip? Could not find it at the Woodcrafter site.

Woodcraft part number: 08-7099A

ac

 

[Chickengrease]

Sweet.

 

[jiml53]

Nice job....

Jim

 

[hANNAbONE]

...likey...

 

[klunsford]

I think that Jaxon has them at rideonadv.com

 

[avc8130]

I think that Jaxon has them at rideonadv.com

He doesn't have this setup.

http://rideonadv.com/shop/super-tenere-protection/rideonadv-folding-shift-lever/

His gave me the idea, but I traded about an hour of my time to save ~$135 plus shipping as well as creating virtually no down time.

ac

 

[oKLRider]

Nice mod, and zerk! ::008::

 

[avc8130]

Nice mod, and zerk! ::008::

The zerk had been on there forever. I'm still torn on that mod. Yes, it works to get the grease in. However, I find that greasing it with "Red n Tacky" which is normally in my grease gun isn't the best solution. That oozing green you can see in the pic is Belray waterproof. That is the REAL ticket to slick shifting.

ac

 

[oKLRider]

Woodcraft part number: 08-7099A

ac

Just ordered one from Revzilla. Thanks for the idea. ::008::
Question...I'm guessing it doesn't come with a bolt?

 

[avc8130]

Just ordered one from Revzilla. Thanks for the idea. ::008::
Question...I'm guessing it doesn't come with a bolt?

It did come with a bolt, but the bolt is design for a countersunk hole. I decided that was too fancy for me and went with a standard bolt since the Tenere has plenty of clearance behind the shifter.

ac

 

[tomatocity]

Here is the Eccentric version http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/woodcraft-eccentric-folding-toe-piece for the longer, shorter, higher, lower position. $5 more.

 

[oKLRider]

Here is the Eccentric version http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/woodcraft-eccentric-folding-toe-piece for the longer, shorter, higher, lower position. $5 more.

Almost got that one, but couldn't bring myself to spend the extra $5.

 

[avc8130]

Almost got that one, but couldn't bring myself to spend the extra $5.

I looked at it and decided I didn't need the extra joint to come loose.

ac

 

[tomatocity]

I looked at it and decided I didn't need the extra joint to come loose.

ac

Thought the same thing but it is a solution for big foot or small foot.

 

[oKLRider]

Re: Folding Shift Lever: &lt;$30 and &lt;1 hour

No pics, but mine is modded now. Looks just like yours, minus some rotational differences.

 

[Juan Valderrama]

Glad you did. I got the OTR folding and adjustable lever and two weeks after installed, it broke.

http://www.off-the-road.de/en/XT-1200Z/Gear-lever-EVO-adjustable-XT-1200Z.html

OTR is sending me the new joint.......

 

[Juan Valderrama]

Re: Folding Shift Lever: &lt;$30 and &lt;1 hour

Glad you did. I got the OTR folding and adjustable lever and two weeks after installed, it broke.

http://www.off-the-road.de/en/XT-1200Z/Gear-lever-EVO-adjustable-XT-1200Z.html

OTR is sending me the new joint.......

And then, after one month it broke again. What a piece of junk. It broke at the same spot. And also, the spring of the foldable lever broke.

It is junk

 

[mcbrien]

Thanks AC , just ordered mine from Revzilla ::026::