What do I need to adjust my gear shift?
The one that suits your riding position and the size of your feet. Adjusting the shifter height only requires the most basic of tools. Often all you’ll need is a pair of open end wrenches – one for the shift rod and the other for the lock nut.
How do you adjust the height of a shifter?
Adjusting the shifter height only requires the most basic of tools. Often all you’ll need is a pair of open end wrenches – one for the shift rod and the other for the lock nut. You need to be careful when preparing to adjust the rod length of the shifter. Look closely at the threads above the lock nut. One end of the rod is reverse threaded. Why?
What’s the difference between a toe shifter and a heel toe shifter?
Shifting Up. With a standard toe shifter, the rider must place his left foot under the lever and lift to shift into the next higher gear. When using a heel-toe shifter, the rider presses downward with his heel on the rear lever to shift into the next higher gear.
How does the foot shift work on a motorcycle?
To shift into a lower gear, the rider presses downward with the ball of his foot on the front shift lever. Because a rider isn’t wedging the toe of the boot under the shift lever to shift up, there is less chance of marring the surface of the boot.
The one that suits your riding position and the size of your feet. Adjusting the shifter height only requires the most basic of tools. Often all you’ll need is a pair of open end wrenches – one for the shift rod and the other for the lock nut.
Adjusting the shifter height only requires the most basic of tools. Often all you’ll need is a pair of open end wrenches – one for the shift rod and the other for the lock nut. You need to be careful when preparing to adjust the rod length of the shifter. Look closely at the threads above the lock nut. One end of the rod is reverse threaded. Why?
What happens when you move the gear shift arm?
If you move the gear shift arm around the splines so that it is not at 90deg to the rod, the torque will change a bit as it will a lot more if you fitted a longer shift arm, which was what I was thinking about (and done before on something else). So I’ve learnt something today.
What do you need to adjust shift rod?
Often all you’ll need is a pair of open end wrenches – one for the shift rod and the other for the lock nut. You need to be careful when preparing to adjust the rod length of the shifter. Look closely at the threads above the lock nut. One end of the rod is reverse threaded.