Thanks for channeling my thoughts 5T!Great tips Gary! Thanks!
I just watched a video...excellent info and yes a thorough expose on the matter.
Brilliant contributions from so many people! Motorcycles do bring people together. Every citizen should have one and learn how to repair them. We would have one big family of citizens looking after eachother.
Dare I say world peace too!
... Many of the link sets that come with a rearset kits are pretty short on the actual shift length (sometimes only 1 or 2" long), which means it takes a lot of effort/force to shift the bike when linked to rearsets...
The stock shift lever is almost 6" long, and may take 10lbs of force to make a shift while stopped, sometimes more. That 10lbs has to be counteracted at the shiftshaft hole in the sidecover.
Shorten that shift lever arm to 1-1/2", and the required force quadruples, 40lbs, or more. Which, again, must be counteracted at the shiftshaft hole in the sidecover. cleanout and grease that hole...
Lube that shift shaft side cover bore with lithium grease doped with WS2, every time I have a side cover off.