Manky Monkey Motors

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http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/vids/SHiftyEmail.wmv

Can't remember which site I nicked it from but it was just an experiment to see if I could email video attachments! Apparently I can! ;D

Funky little clip though ;)

Yeah, made me smile. :D

You can see why they call em suicide clutches.

Suicide clutches are the foot-operated ones.

Yeah---------Have another look------Thats definateley a suicide clutch.

I rode a old WLC at the war and peace show in kent years ago, scared the hell out of me, tried changing gear and ended up on the wrong side of the road :o



Funny now, but never ridden one since ;D

Not too bad solo, try pulling out of a junction two up with a suicider

Was thinking of making my Z400 foot clutch and hand change, the realised it was a stupid idea ;D ;D

Can't be that stupid. Harley and Indian used them for years. Try them for a while. Takes about 1/2 hour to get used to.

Works fine on my trike! Mind you, it IS a Reliant engine! ;D
Hello & welcome Prowler by the way. ;)

Bugger me...you're right, Prowler. Just watched it again, saw him drop his hand down to change. Mine's on the side of the tank. Must be a vid of his first go on it.
Manky, look at the yellow 5-wheeled Goldwing. That was hand-change too.

Is that including the time it takes to pull it out of the hedges?!!! ;D ;D ;D

They definately take some getting used to, but once you've mastered it, they're great. Not been in any hedges, but it did have me off a couple of times. Check out the vid of me pulling away one-handed. Now, THAT takes some practice!!!

Obviously all our Reliant trikes are hand gearchange & foot clutch -feels perfectly natural to drop my hand off the bars to shift gear. Thinking of using a hydraulic slave cylinder this time round instead of the previous linking rod between the pedal & the clutch, just to tidy things up & smooth the action a little.

I have to drop my hand off the bars to change on my trike currently.  (for anyone who doesn't know, my current gear changer is a gold club).

Going up I do clutchless changes with my left hand, coming down is a little hairier - clutch with left hand, right hand comes across to do the change.  With bog standard GT550 forks it can get a little interesting at speeds less than 30 when the front has a mind of it's own specially with only one hand on the bars!  Fun tho.......

Don't get the low speed handlebar shake with our Reliants cos they've got low headstocks which push the standard forks out at more of an angle. Makes it more stable but heavier on the steering at low speeds.