moving shift lever ...... cons???

[mark ward]

My EMBARRASSING dump at Moab last spring, wasn't the 2 35+- go flying ones..... It was a sharp left, UP hill, and I tried down shifting to 1st at the last minute in the turn, and got caught in NEUTRAL. PLOP Jeff's brother came down and rode it up for me, as I caught my breath.  The other 2? worth it. (I struck so hard INTO the sand bank/wall the klr was still STANDING UP-RIGHT, As I left the bike. LOL Reminder to self,... NEVER TOUCH THE FRONT BRAKE ON DIRT.(Especially in a sharp turn on the side of HIGH MOUNTAIN. LOL) Hey it was ALOT of fun in Moab. On Friday, August 29, 2014 2:09 PM, "James W. Flower jwflower53@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

  This is an add to an old thread. I ran into a fellow cyclist last month who'd suffered three spiral fractures in his lower left leg when he tried ot upshift during a sharpish left turn. JW > Mine's lowered a notch so my foot can hover directly over it but stay relaxed. The stock lever wouldn't do this, it hit the lower cradle tube. I bought one from MSR and didn't have that problem. I do get paranoid that if I try to upshift on a left turn my foot will hit the ground (bike has lowering links and the minus-one-inch Progressive shock, with fork tubes pushed up through the triple clamp). 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