1 Can I reverse the Gear Shift Lever? Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:30 am
tjh1985
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I have a custom 1985 K100RS cafe racer. Because I have custom rear sets, my feet are located farther back and the gear shift lever is connected to my rearset and not the selector shaft. From the shift lever I have a linkage rod running from the shift lever to a shift arm that then connects to the 30 tooth selector shaft. This is obviously not an uncommon setup as a lot of bikes, custom or not, use a linkage rod. However, I want to go back to a more original setup in this area where I'm not using a linkage rod connected to a shift arm - instead, I want to have my shift lever connected directly to the selector shaft just as the bike was engineered. The issue is that if I go with the original shift lever/gear shaft set-up my left foot is set too far back to reach the actual shift lever.
SO...my question is; could I get a 30 tooth shift lever and attach it to the selector shaft in reverse so that it extends closer to my left foot rather than away from my left foot?
Is this even an option? If so, has anyone done it? If yes, can you share the name/make of the shift lever you used?
Much appreciated,
Thomas
SO...my question is; could I get a 30 tooth shift lever and attach it to the selector shaft in reverse so that it extends closer to my left foot rather than away from my left foot?
Is this even an option? If so, has anyone done it? If yes, can you share the name/make of the shift lever you used?
Much appreciated,
Thomas