Clutch relocation

[pat_in_the_hat]

Just throwing this idea out there, but has anyone ever made a jockey shift where the shaft of the shifter has a joint where it pivots either in or out from the bike and engages/disengages the clutch? Think this is possible? The connection between the shifter shaft and the motor would have to be reinforced I believe.
Thoughts?

 

[pat_in_the_hat]

alright. after drawing it out, it would be simple to make and would really clean the clutch and shifter up, but would probably be really hard to operate. In fact, its a pretty stupid idea... I am way too bored at work....

 

[fredintoon]

Hi pat,
hook up the clutch cable to a clutch lever mounted on the jockey shift handle?

 

[chizler62]

I've done three like that over the years. I used a similar design like the mid 90's Suzuki king quads. Pull up on a knob to disengage clutch and pull lever to shift. Sort of like a power glide.

By the way, When you pull the clutch lever you're actually disengaging the clutch. When you're riding down the road the clutch is engaged.

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

Hey, Pat. Thoughts. The clutch pushrod needs about 400 lbs and at least 0.060" travel to work well. Any contrivance will need about a 50:1 leverage ratio to work that within human abilities. In an ideal/frictionless setup, that'll work out to about 8 lbs effort over 3" of travel...