Project started
December 2020,
See the CAD version here
I designed a jockey shifter to match the style of the sissybar
and dash, and this was also 5-axis CNC machined from 6061 aluminium.
For the shifter knob I bought an old beer tap handle online
for €7.50. When it arrived it looked nice but was bigger
than I expected...
To install the jockey shifter I had to remove the whole primary
which got me thinking.
The main reason the primary needed to be removed was to access
the lower mounting screw of the jockey shifter. To make my life
a bit easier next time, I drilled a hole in the inner primary
so that next time only the outer primary cover will need to be
removed. While I had the primary off I decided to replace the
stock clutch with a new Competitor clutch.
After the new shifter was mounted it turned out the shifter
knob was really too big, my leg would hit it so I needed something
smaller. I ordered a piece of 8 mm plexiglass in the exact same
RAL color as my rims, cut it into squares and glued them together
with Acrifix glue, which actually dissolves a thin layer and
"melts" the plexiglass into one piece. I left the
pieces clamped together for the night and the next day started
machining.
I freehand machined a shape I liked, starting with a round
cutter and then finer and finer sandpaper. The final step was
polishing it with Mothers's polishing paste. The plan was to make
it look like something from the 50's or 60's and I am pretty happy
with how it turned out. Often less is more.
