Right Hand Jockey Shift (Voodoo Child)

yamaha_dave

Hey guys... A few of you have asked for up-close pics of the shifting rig. It's just a piece of pipe welded to angle iron with a basin wrench used as the main shaft.

If I had it to do all over again, I would just use a large hinge from Lowe's (less rattle) and weld the shift rods on both sides.

Here's the pics...

Notice the red-neck (I can say that... I'm from Texas! Wink

) tie-rod ends made by welding a nut inside an eye bolt.

The tie-rod is just a piece of 3/8 all-thread I bent to shape.

I bolted the whole assembly (including my electrical housing oil can) to the two tubes originally located on the frame.

Just a piece of 3/8 rod welded into the head of the basin wrench. Plus a $12 shifter head I downloaded from Ebay!

I plan to cut the shaft a little and position a compression spring between the end of the outer shaft and the head on the basin wrench. This should prevent a bunch of annoying rattle...

Retiredgentleman

Nice job Dave, great photos.

yamaha_dave

Retiredgentleman wrote:

Nice job Dave, great photos.

Thank you! I'm hoping the compression spring will prevent any rattling. I'll certainly update the post once I take her on the first run. Hopefully- Sunday!!!

scotts

Very cool, but how does the right hand shifting work? Are you going to reach across your lap or is the throttle going to be moved to the other side or ???

yamaha_dave

scotts wrote:

Very cool, but how does the right hand shifting work? Are you going to reach across your lap or is the throttle going to be moved to the other side or ???

I was planning to reach across the bars with my right hand- hold the clutch in- reach across my lap with my left hand- and shift...

Very Happy

Just Joking!!!

Don't you usually let off the throttle when you shift? It will take a little longer but... Simply reach down with your right hand and shift while you're holding in the clutch with the left. It just takes a micro second! I didn't want the clutch on the shifter because in an emergency stop, I prefer to have both hands on the bars.

Hope this helps...

jayel

yamaha_dave wrote:

I was planning to reach across the bars with my right hand- hold the clutch in- reach across my lap with my left hand- and shift.....

that's called Motocross

jimmythetrucker · Full Member Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 1283

Yeah. And you're supposed to stand on your head and wiggle your feet in the air while you do it.

When you've misjudged that curve by about twenty miles an hour, when you're deep into it and realize you're gonna go over the high side if you don't change gears, you'll remember this thread when you let go the bars with your right hand and reach to make the shift.

yamaha_dave

jimmythetrucker wrote:

Yeah. And you're supposed to stand on your head and wiggle your feet in the air while you do it.

When you've misjudged that curve by about twenty miles an hour, when you're deep into it and realize you're gonna go over the high side if you don't change gears, you'll remember this thread when you let go the bars with your right hand and reach to make the shift.

Been there... Done that... In wheelchair for three months! Won't be doing that again!!!

This one is a Starbucks and back only cruiser! Wink

xsjohn

Definately better to be too slow into the cruve than too fast.......been there myself.......and it hurts.......

xsjohn

acetek · Full Member Joined: Feb 24, 2008 Posts: 68 Location: PNW

Whats that headlight off of ???"Hodaka "had something similar

yamaha_dave

acetek wrote:

Whats that headlight off of ???"Hodaka "had something similar

I purchased this headlight from American Legends.

It's a Delta 88 with halogen bulb included for around $140. Pretty good deal!

Click on the link above and scroll down to page 5.

These guys were great.

acetek · Full Member Joined: Feb 24, 2008 Posts: 68 Location: PNW

Thanks Dave that headlight is a cool find............. Like your bike be carefull shiftin.............

bryant · Full Member Joined: Apr 01, 2009 Posts: 86 Location: KY

I can vouch for the guys at American Legends being awesome to deal with. They've built some pretty rad bikes too.

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