KENAROO
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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 lever stock on the S-10. I did some research and found that the 2003-2004 Honda cbr600r shift lever is the same length. but would need a few tweaks to make it work correctly as the ball joint shank was male and the pivot bolt hole ID is larger than the s-10. it was pretty easy to find online.
to make this happen I needed the following
1qty: aftermarket folding shift lever for 2003-2004 CBR600RR (E-bay)
1qty: CBR600r Pivot bolt. (OEM)
1 QTY: 6mm x 1.0 ball joint with left hand threaded female shank (mcmaster carr)
The CBR shifter has a male threaded shank and needs to be replaced with the female one. I just drilled out the existing ball joint thread and installed the new one with a closed nut. I used loctite to make sure it doesn't come off.. I was a little worried I'd notice the nut while shifting but I don't.. the S-10 spring washer and large washer are reused...
Total cost: $36 plus shipping.. I have about 500 miles on the mod and it works well.. I noticed that If I hit it too hard I can flip up the shifter.. to where it flops... I need to work on the that. but it doesn't happen often.
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 lever stock on the S-10. I did some research and found that the 2003-2004 Honda cbr600r shift lever is the same length. but would need a few tweaks to make it work correctly as the ball joint shank was male and the pivot bolt hole ID is larger than the s-10. it was pretty easy to find online.
to make this happen I needed the following
1qty: aftermarket folding shift lever for 2003-2004 CBR600RR (E-bay)
1qty: CBR600r Pivot bolt. (OEM)
1 QTY: 6mm x 1.0 ball joint with left hand threaded female shank (mcmaster carr)
The CBR shifter has a male threaded shank and needs to be replaced with the female one. I just drilled out the existing ball joint thread and installed the new one with a closed nut. I used loctite to make sure it doesn't come off.. I was a little worried I'd notice the nut while shifting but I don't.. the S-10 spring washer and large washer are reused...
Total cost: $36 plus shipping.. I have about 500 miles on the mod and it works well.. I noticed that If I hit it too hard I can flip up the shifter.. to where it flops... I need to work on the that. but it doesn't happen often.