Jockey/Suicide Shifter Projects?

[Guest]

Anyone out there successfully completed a jockey or suicide shifter setup? I have an 81 gs650g and am interested in seeing if and how it can be done. I would prefer to have the clutch lever on the shifter itself.

[tkent02]

Better idea, part out the bike, (I need a good 650 head) and shoot yourself. So much simpler.

[dackcommabig]

So shoot myself first, then part out the bike? Your comment was too helpful it confused me.

[tkent02]

Either way is fine.

[mmattockx]

Anyone out there successfully completed a jockey or suicide shifter setup? I have an 81 gs650g and am interested in seeing if and how it can be done. I would prefer to have the clutch lever on the shifter itself.

While I agree with tkent02's evaluation of how useful a suicide shifter is, yes it can be done as it isn't rocket science to make a gearshift lever that sticks up so your hand can grab it and install a clutch lever perch and cable on it. I would make a mount for the shifter lever to pivot on that bolts to the bike frame and run a linkage to the gearbox shift shaft but that is the result of about 15 seconds of consideration of the problem.

You aren't going to find any info on this here on this, because most people here want a functional motorcycle and not a hipster abomination. I would suggest you cruise the H-D custom type bike and cafe bike websites for ideas, I have seen such things over that way. Hell, something like that may be easy to find on pinterest as a starting point.


Mark

[greg78gs750]

sheesh, haters gonna hate. srsly tho, this site is a bit more....conservative? in our bike mods. A better place to ask might be oldskoolsuzuki (are they still around?) or dotheton or somewhere like that.....good luck......

[Nessism]

I've never seen an experienced rider make such a request.

Suicide shifter on Suzuki GS650 = pouser trying too hard to be cool.

[MechMessiah]

I haven't seen it on this site, I'm kinda new here though so... It's a cool idea though. I've always liked them as long as it fits the style/look of the bike.

[tkent02]

sheesh, haters gonna hate. srsly tho, this site is a bit more....conservative? in our bike mods. A better place to ask might be oldskoolsuzuki (are they still around?) or dotheton or somewhere like that.....good luck......

No, those guys like to go fast, or at least create the illusion of being able to go fast.

[cowboyup3371]

There's a reason they are called suicide shifters

[dackcommabig]

I am more interested in how it would mechanically work. Maybe jockey shift in left hand and gear shifter could be the clutch pedal!

[JTGS850GL]

Or put the shifter in the middle of the seat and make it a butt shifter. The silly things that people come up with to ruin a bike.

[GS1150Pilot]

The problem you're running into here is the fact that, mechanically, it puts form directly into the way of function. Why ruin the bike (unless it's already been Sawsalled to hell) and make it perform unsafely? Tom's suggestion may be a bit extreme. Russian roulette would be the compromise this might afford.

[JJ]

STUPID idea... There is a reason they stopped using them decades ago.

[tkent02]

STUPID idea... There is a reason they stopped using them decades ago.

Along with external crankshafts and manually advanced ignition timing...