[bulk] [dsn_klr650] shift lever

[Stu Mitchell]

Well, following the herd here just bought a shift lever from Schnitz Racing - a Moose brand for $31.95. Murphy being a close personal friend has taught me an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure I can just imagine trying to shift gears with a pair of Vice Grips on the gear rod Shellon & Stu ~~~~~/)~~~~~ "Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 2:56 PM To: Jeff Saline; onephreeone@... Cc: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Bulk] Re: [DSN_KLR650] shift lever I have not...but did buy an IMS one that's a bit longer than stock. Very solid and have had no issues to date. Have heard these are tough..but a bit more expensive than others. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Jeff Saline Date:02/05/2014 12:14 AM (GMT-05:00) To: onephreeone@... Cc: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] shift lever On Tue, 4 Feb 2014 14:58:20 -0800 (PST) chris kelly writes: I broke the lever on my 2005 KLR650. I need new one, has anyone used the longer "stronger" ones that Fred sells ? Did you feel it was worth extra money over OEM shift lever Chris you may think you can, & you make think you can't... and you're right!! <><><><><><> <><><><><><> Chris, I don't know about the shift lever Fred sells but I bet it is good. I put an aftermarket shift lever on my KLR in 2004 and I think it was from Dual Star which I understand is finally out of business. I did that on advice from this list but have other thoughts now that I have a couple of miles on my KLR. The Gen I KLR stock shift lever had a reputation as a bad player. The weak part was the weld where the lever mounted to the shift shaft. It would often crack and make shifting tough or it would outright break at the weld. The fix for many was to replace it before it broke. Some would fix the weld and never have a problem again. My thought is the stock shift lever is easy to fix with a couple of small welds. I think it might be better to have a shift lever that bends instead of having a stronger shift lever that might not bend and instead cause the shifter shaft to bend. One other mod to the stock shift lever is to add part of a large flat washer to the engine side of the toe end. That spreads the load if the lever is ever bent into the engine. Many aftermarket shift levers have a piece that does that. A guy could also change the length of the stock lever pretty easily if that is needed to allow a large foot/boot to use the shifter. Best, Jeff Saline The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650 .. .. .. .. .. ____________________________________________________________ http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/52f1c908e67ea49085cd6st04vuc> Never Eat This Carb Literally Never! 1 Easy Tip to Increase Fat Burning, Lower Blood Sugar http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/52f1c908e67ea49085cd6st04vuc> FixYourBloodSugar.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]