Custom Suicide shifter bike ride

sburns

sburns

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Ok so I am kinda new to the MC world, but this kinda blew my mind a little. Didn't know this was a thing.
Can't imagine doing this in slow manoeuvres or curves with hills.

 
sburns said:
Ok so I am kinda new to the MC world, but this kinda blew my mind a little. Didn't know this was a thing.
Can't imagine doing this in slow manoeuvres or curves with hills.

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Auto-clutch makes that a whole lot easier and safer. I strongly dislike that it is forward for up and backwards for down. I would probably put a linkage in to reverse that.
 
There was a point in history when foot clutch and tank shifter was pretty normal.

There are a couple guys still racing dirt flat track in the US vintage class with hand shifters, vintage Indians.
 
I see them once in awhile on the sportster facebook group I'm in. Usually it's crowd that's into rigid rear ends and +6" springer front ends without brakes needs a way to make their bike stand out from the others.
 
... any bike manufactured after 1972 MUST have a foot shifter on the left side where first gear is down and the rest are up.
so unless the bike is a '72 or older you can't certify a bike with a suicide shift... unless it ALSO has a foot shifter on the left....
 
bitzz said:
... any bike manufactured after 1972 MUST have a foot shifter on the left side where first gear is down and the rest are up.
so unless the bike is a '72 or older you can't certify a bike with a suicide shift... unless it ALSO has a foot shifter on the left....
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One down and the rest up is part of the requirement? GP shift can't be safetied? On the bike in the video, you could conceivably add a tab at the bottom to allow you to shift (poorly) with your foot, but it is all up from neutral.
 
Also I think in the video he mentions not having turn signals and has to use hand signals..... :rolleyes:
 
Canada's federal regulations are basically "cut and paste" USA federal regulations.
... you do know that most of those "American Choppers" contraptions can't be legally registered.

A couple of states have a "home built" class and a couple of states don't require insurance, but they're mostly working under the same rules.
 
sburns said:
Also I think in the video he mentions not having turn signals and has to use hand signals..... :rolleyes:
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There's a school of cycle art out there that takes retro too far. Suicide shifters are best left in the past, and the bikes manufactured with them belong in a museum. Hand signals, well, they're for when your turn signals short out.
 
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