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Moike the Squid
Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject: For Rob G ~ Sarah's twist-shifter finished... |
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Here's the finished twistgrip shifter, waiting for the grip and
nylon end sleeve to be installed.
What you're looking at is a billet MSR throttle tube with the
end machined open so it slides up on the clip on. A Kawasaki
KX-250 dirtbike push-pull throttle cable housing and cables.
An MSR clutch perch that has had it's ID machined as to allow it
to mount on the throttle tube, and an MSR clutch lever.
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Moike the Squid
Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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And the custom bracket and shift shaft cable bellcrank I
fabricated. After this photo I decided the bracket had a bit
too much flex and braised in an additional brace to box it up
a bit.
The bellcrank is nothing more than three large fender washers
braised together, (the one in the center about 1/16th of an inch
in diameter smaller) some 1.5 inch round bar stock, and the very
end of an MSR shift lever for a Honda XR-100, which just happens
to be toothed exactly the same as a GB500 motor shift shaft.
The bellcrank is then drilled and cut to accept the cable barrel
ends. The channel created by the smaller washer in the middle
of the washer sammich has been braised over, and then
filed/sanded smooth, to give the cables a soft channel to run in.
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Moike the Squid
Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the cable bellcrank installed on the shift shaft...
The hole in the bellcrank is not threaded. It gets filled with
moly lube, and the threaded bolt on the bracket slides into the
hole and keeps the bracket and bellcrank pulley dead center.
It also helps keep the pulling force of the cables dead equal,
and keeps the cables from pulling 'up' on the shift shaft instead
of just rotating it.
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Moike the Squid
Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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And, with the bracket and cables in place... I used a longer
allen bolt to replace the stock allen bolt in the countershaft
sprocket cover, and cut a spacer to go on the longer allen bolt
between the countershaft sprocket cover and the bracket.
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Moike the Squid
Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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And finally, an overall shot of the installation...
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SRADkneedragger
Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 15 Location: West Texas
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 9:19 am Post subject: |
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ok
1st why? Lost limb? Loss of range of motion?
2nd SHEER genius!
GREAT engineering! _________________ If your not living on the edge your taking up too much space |
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bmcsheehy
Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 991 Location: Massachusetts USA
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 10:11 am Post subject: |
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Very good,
How does it work? _________________ Bill
High Performance Sidecaring... ...There is nothing "HACKED" about it.
2006 ZX-14 / HANNIGAN HP.
2011 Concourse / California Friendship III.
2016 Suzuki Bandit 1250s
1936 Ford Fordoor Humpback
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Moike the Squid
Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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SRADkneedragger wrote: | ok
1st why? Lost limb? Loss of range of motion?
2nd SHEER genius!
GREAT engineering! |
Thanks, and here's why...
http://cancer.iu.edu/osteosarcoma/patients/stories/sarah.php
'radical limb salvage' is doc-speak for full length artifical hip and femur,
with the last four inches or so of her actual femur to the top of the knee
belonging to someone else. For some reason sitting upright on a bike
and moving her foot forward and backwards on the footpeg to shift, and
lifting up on the shifter to shift gears, fatigues her really fast, within 10
minutes. Most of it has to do with the amount of muscle missing in the
outside of her left thigh.
Weird part is it's all body position. She can drive/shift the RGM in the
kneeler position all day with no problems at all.
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SRADkneedragger
Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 15 Location: West Texas
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Chemo and radiation! I too am a Cancer survivor. Hodgkins Mid 1960's. I was actually one the early field trials for Cytoxin and was one the earliest successful Hodgkins cases. Back then they were still trying to figure out the radiation dosing and as a result they burned me up pretty badly still a small price top pay! I've Been in remission since the 60's!
Oh and if your were my hero before now your really my hero! Thanks for making another Cancer survivors dreams come true!(Mine! Now I'm building MY sidehack!) _________________ If your not living on the edge your taking up too much space |
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