Folding gear shifters

[EricV]

@magic - Glad we have that cleared up.

 

[lund]

I just bought the Woodcraft folding toe piece and cut and drilled the Yamaha shift lever. Not that hard with basic tools. LINK

Since you're in Canada, you could just buy it off ebay.ca HERE

Eric, Can you post a picture of the shifter modification from your bike?

 

[EricV]

Eric, Can you post a picture of the shifter modification from your bike?

It's been too long. I may have taken pics, but was just copying other work posted to the forum already. Searching for 'Woodcraft' came up with what you want to see:

Folding shift lever via CBR600R

[smg id=1230 type=preview align=center caption="IMG 0403[1]"] Love my bike but thought the OEM shift lever looked like a cobbled POS. as a dirt biker, I know what rocks, roots and tip overs can do to a shift lever.. really didn't understand why Yamaha would not have made a folding shift...

www.yamahasupertenere.com

And read thru this thread too:

Folding Shift Lever: <$30 and <1 hour

Reviving this as I had my shift lever bend in a fall yesterday… This seems like a very good and affordable option. Curious how this mod is holding up after some time has passed now? I went to the dealer who had the shift lever… 106 bucks new I was thinking like 50 bucks.. Comparing my bent...

www.yamahasupertenere.com

In a nut shell, you remove the rubber, cut off the existing peg flush, drill the hole for the Woodcraft tip bolt, then countersink it so it fits nicely, assemble with locktite flavor of your choice and you're done. I used red, since I didn't think I'd be pulling this off unless it was destroyed. It's easier with a drill press, but can be done with a vise and standard drill too. IIRC, it only took me about 20 minutes to do once I had the shift lever off the bike, if that. Totally worth it.

There is also a ready made one for the XT1200Z/ZE sold in Germany by Off-The-Road for 100 Euros or so.

Pro Tip - Make sure you countersink the correct side...

 

[Tenman]

Anybody ever try to bend an offtheroad gear shifter out a little. Mine is barely touching the case. I’ve straightened many steel dirt bike shifters

 

[holligl]

Eric, Can you post a picture of the shifter modification from your bike?

Here is the Woodcrafter. I have replaced the rubber once and is well worn again.

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