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29th January 2007
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Senior Chief Master Mechanic 1st Class
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Dreary Erie
Posts: 1,282 Sportster/Buell Model: Sportster XLH 883 Sportster/Buell Year: 1986
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oops my bad, I was just thinking it was air because of the ram it uses, Also alot of drag cars use airshifters too.
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29th January 2007
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Know It All
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Staten Island, NY & Star, NC
Posts: 198 Sportster/Buell Model: XL Street Fighter Sportster/Buell Year: 1988 Other Motorcycle Model: Norton 850 Commando Other Motorcycle Year: 1975
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Honda did an auto-tranny back in the 70's on their 750 4-banger. It just never sold very well.
This prompts another question. Why can't we have a reverse gear. It's not rocket-science or expensive. Parking a serious cruiser on the downhill side of a steep hill can be a pain in you-know-where.
'Specially for us aging troops that live/ride in urban hill-country.
Regards,
Bob G
...who thinks the solution to the Iraq war is "Kill 'em All, Let God Sort Them Out."
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29th January 2007
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Ride That F'N Sportster!!
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Carolina Coast
Posts: 12,041 Sportster/Buell Model: Highly modified 1200 c Sportster/Buell Year: 01 Other Motorcycle Model: H-D Street glide Other Motorcycle Year: 2013
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It's kinda like buying a Viper, Corvette, or Saleen or Cobra Mustang with an automatic transmission  what the hells the point.  kinda takes the fun out of owning a hotrod!!!!!!!!!! 
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Sportsters are like prison shanks, small..fast..DEADLY!
When life throws a curve...lean into it and open the throttle.
The wheels beneath me, the road ahead of me..These are the reason's why I ride!!
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14th February 2007
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Flat Track Racer
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 217 Sportster/Buell Model: 1999 Sporty
Reputation: 57
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Hi all, new here and getting a ton of good info and pics, thanks! I have screwed up feet and ankles, and it sucks trying to get my boot angled under that flat 1979 shift lever. So I just took an old exhaust clamp bracket that wraps around the pipe to hold it with a bolt and nut, made an 'L' shape by bending it, and sealed it in that liquid rubber stuff you coat tools with. I just screwed the shift toe-piece through the hole in the end of the bracket and into the lever, and now I have a 3" flat vertical with a 3" left 90-degree turn in it that rides atop my boot. Just push down to downshift, pick up to upshift, never move my boot from the peg, and never move my ankle but a fraction up or down of what I had to before. I suck at the picture thing, hope you get the idea, It like an upside-down "L", I am just going to take a piece of scrap leather and cut it in a strip and glue it over the top of the bracket to make it look a bit nicer; hope this helps...
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24th September 2009
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Biker
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 12 Sportster/Buell Model: 883 Sportster XLH Sportster/Buell Year: 1988
Reputation: 12
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Do you have mid mounts or front? If you have mid and wear boots, just rest your foot on the highway pegs and shift with your heel. the lip of my boots pull up the shifter nice and easy. Down shifting is even easier.
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24th September 2009
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Super Moderator
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Duarte, CA
Posts: 5,618 Sportster/Buell Model: Sportster 883L Sportster/Buell Year: 2006 Other Motorcycle Model: Honda CB350 Cafe Style Other Motorcycle Year: 1970
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xllent01
It's kinda like buying a Viper, Corvette, or Saleen or Cobra Mustang with an automatic transmission what the hells the point. kinda takes the fun out of owning a hotrod!!!!!!!!!! |
I agree. Automatic transmission makes a sofa out of any high performance vehicle.
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24th September 2009
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Drag Race Champion
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: North Jersey
Posts: 357 Sportster/Buell Model: XLS 1000 Sportster/Buell Year: 1980 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH 883 deluxe Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1989 Other Motorcycle Model: CB 450 (honda chopper) Other Motorcycle Year: 1974
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just a thought here, you said you have a heavy boot, buy a lighter boot and be done with it.
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1980 XLS sportster 1000, .030 over electric ign, accel coil and wires, s&s Super E carb, progressive rate shocks, quick bob tank and rear fender, custom wheels (21"frt), billet trees, drag bars, custom lighting, 2-1 exhaust, 82-95 controls, and probably more
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24th September 2009
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Senior Chief Know It All 1st Class
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,163 Sportster/Buell Model: KaOtIkEvO 1200ss Sportster/Buell Year: 2000 Sportster/Buell Model #2: xl883/1200SE Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2004 Other Motorcycle Model: **unfinished** Other Motorcycle Year: 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xllent01
It's kinda like buying a Viper, Corvette, or Saleen or Cobra Mustang with an automatic transmission what the hells the point. kinda takes the fun out of owning a hotrod!!!!!!!!!! |
amen to that!!! I get ragged all the time cause I won't buy a hotrod with an auto. I use the manual setting exclusively in my 740, but even thats not the same without a clutch. Gotta love doing the growling downshift when pulling into the parking lot!!!! |
24th September 2009
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Heart of Dixie
Posts: 5,941 Sportster/Buell Model: XLX-61 Sportster/Buell Year: 1983 Other Motorcycle Model: Honda CL350 Other Motorcycle Year: 1969
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He probably got rid of the Sportster and bought a car with an automatic transmission by now...this thread is from Jan. 2007!
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I never wanted a Harley, but I always wanted a Sportster.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it (especially if you don't know what you're doing). Most Sportster problems are owner-induced.
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24th September 2009
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Biker
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: E. TN
Posts: 46 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200R Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
Reputation: 14
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I have to agree with everyone. Automatics are for vans not bikes. ( Why doesn't Detriot know that 6 spd. trucks are in high demand). Anyway, my grandpa just welded a 1/2 inch rod to the shifter on his four wheeler after a tractor accident put him in a leg brace for life. He primed, painted and stuck an 8 ball knob on it. It works great and you can still use the foot shifter.
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