Comments on: Into Jockey Shifting?

By: Chuck Gutshall

Chuck Gutshall — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:21:24 +0000

Can anyone please help me out. Im looking to put either a tank shift or a suicide shifter on my 2002 Honda, 750 prostreet chopper. It has been chopped, stretched, lowered and hasnt looked like a honda since the day it was taken apart and built. I’m looking to either use my Marine Corps NCO sward and a shifter on fab my K-bar into a shifter. Any ideas would be great.

By: neil gray

neil gray — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:08:06 +0000

I need a tank shifter and foot clutch for a 2008 suzuki c50 bobber that I am doing . Can you design or supply one . How long and how much,
Thanks
Neil gray

By: Mauro Borges

Mauro Borges — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:20:08 +0000

You are saying Harley never made any bike with hand shift, how about the early Panheads and flatheads?

By: j12racer

j12racer — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:10:55 +0000

anybody know where i can get a kit like this for a 1981 honda cb900…. or any tips on fabing one up?

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:45:58 +0000

problem solved.

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:23:16 +0000

i have ben riding my shovel with a jocky shift for 3 years now and i have ben having a problem with the clutch my ajusting nut keeps wearing down and thye clutch jumps at a stop with the trans in first gear with the curtch ingaged i have a spring on the forward control to keep preshure of the clutch rod and throwout bering and still i have the wear on the ajusting nut and the jumping on the clutch what the f*#!k

By: Allen Burleigh

Allen Burleigh — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:38:01 +0000

oh yes harley had tank shifters in the 40s and up.

By: SoCal

SoCal — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:50:07 +0000

Hey, I just put a Foot Clutch and Jockey Shifter on my 1993 Herritage Softail Nostalgia (Moo Glide). I havent rode it yet cause im still waiting on other parts for the bike. Im a lil nervous/ anxious, am I just being a B***h like the guys are saying, or is it really as tough as I think? I have the lowest of low and wide bikini bars and a drop seat. Am I askin for trouble with this whole set up? (Ive been riding for years and I am extremely experienced) “POP” throw your email out there………………

SoCal

By: Shel

Shel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:15:21 +0000

Do you make a right side jocky shifter for an 88 softail custom FXSTC ? I was injured ! I lost my left foot & had a broken neck ! I like your left hand shifter ! But I need a right side shifter ! My little brother is moving 2100 miles away from me in 1 month, I am hoping to ride with him before he has to leave !!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Shel

By: Big Papa

Big Papa — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:21:01 +0000

Hello, Would it be possible to get in touch with Pop to see how he rigged that double clutch (hand and foot) system he was talking about? I have a 2000 sportster I would like to try that on.

Thanks

By: yamachop

yamachop — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:58:51 +0000

hi, I used to ride a Goldwing and got bored with it. Decided to install a hand shifter from and old international pickup and fabriacted a foot clutch from a Ford LTD stationwagon. It worded great and rode it for a few years like that. I olny had to weld one small peice to the frame for mounting the hand shifter. I’ve modified an ole XS 650 yamaha by stretching the frame 16 inches and raking the front end. Turned out better than could have imagined. I’vve been riding it for the last 8 years and am now looking to install a hand shifter and foot clutch.. I already forward controls and so it should be a since to modify the foot shifter into a foot clutch.

By: Kyle E

Kyle E — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:51:55 +0000

My father died in 2000 and he willed me his 1964 Panhead, I just got the b$%# up and am just learning to shift on it. I was always told that first gear is all the way forward (towards the front tire)………on my bike, first gear is all the way back and there is only three gears. Is there different types of “suicide shift” trannys ? because my mom used to ride and she swears that her 49 knuckle had 4 speeds and first was all the way forward. Please someone shed some light on this subject.

By: Dominick

Dominick — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:51:38 +0000

I have a 81 yahama xs 1100 and I am trying to make a jockey shifter for it but I am having a hard time try to make it work because it is not a v- twin . can you help. I want to have the clutch in my hand with the shifter also

By: Spaz

Spaz — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:22:05 +0000

I recently converted my custom built old school bobber to suicide shift….I will never go back!!!! It is awsome, you get a lot of people looking……plus one good thing about it your friends never ask to ride it. LOL…………………..If anyone ever wants to see pics of it they are posted on club chopper.com under phstfukr

By: dix hilborn

dix hilborn — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:13:32 +0000

am in the process of getting patents on my products. I make hand shifters and foot clutch conversions that are reliable, cheap, easy to install by any novice. send a closeup pic of left side of your scoot and a description of what you are looking for and I can custom make it. I prefer 8 balls and cue ball shift knobs but if it can be drilled, it can a knobby. Although more complex and costlier, I also make tank shift conversions.
dixhil@yahoo.com

By: AndyCrawford.info » Blog Archive » Snow!

AndyCrawford.info » Blog Archive » Snow! — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:19:30 +0000

[...] So, it’s time to start winter projects. Already many buddies have began winter projects on their bikes, Jimmy (Second Officer SCRC) has bobbed his sportster, looks real good in the photo’s, see here. And we all went together and created a site for our club. I am a member of chapter 423 of the Southern Cruisers Riding Club (SCRC). We have set up http://www.SCRC423.org.  Be aware that photo’s and the like are not censored in any way, and you are liable to see anything (Which makes these bike rally’s all the more fun). Check it out. And I have tore my Kawasaki 750 down for some minor rebuilding. The tank is in the shop, and when it comes back, it’s getting a flat black finish for now. I’m not sure how far I’ll go with the Kaw this winter, but it will possibly get a jockey shift/foot clutch arrangement. I have been itching to convert my softail to that style of shifting, but am reluctant. So, I’m thinking I’ll try it on the Kaw for now. [...]

By: Nicker

Nicker — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:02:37 +0000

Sorry Cyril:
That’s no Jockey Shift.
Pop & Trip have it right, it’s a Tank Shif.
However, you got “suicide clutch” right.

…..it’s all about tradition……:)

By: Trip

Trip — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:04:48 +0000

I have been thinking of putting a Handshift to my FLHST 1990, I wonder if have any photo’s of the set up (“Pop”) I had a ’59 DuoGlide for 11yrs. and enjoyed the foot clutch and hand shift, as a lot of my mates still bag me out about selling her and buying a Evolution it would be nice to be different again.

By: Pat The Racer

Pat The Racer — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:47:06 +0000

I just learned jockey shifting on my new bobber. Beginners, do some training before you go in traffic. After that, when you are comfortable, it’s very cool.

By: Pop

Pop — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:15:22 +0000

I put a tank shifter / foot clutch on a year ago.. It doesn’t replace the standard equipment, but through linkage and a cable arrangement that splits to serve both the hand and foot clutch I can use either system but I just don’t bother with the stock system anymore.

By: east2westcoast

east2westcoast — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:51:51 +0000

Jockey shifting is to demonstrate the true art of riding.

By: DJ Chopper God

DJ Chopper God — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:48:18 +0000

Once ya switch ya never go back!!!

By: Bristolmania

Bristolmania — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:31:43 +0000

Real bikers jocket shift. The others fall trying to.