April 23, 2024, 07:00:14 PM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
News: Manky Monkey Motors Merchandise now available Cool Items at cool prices http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/merchandise.html
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Gallery Login Register  
Manky Monkey Motors > Technical Section > Bike Tech > XS650 - Right side gear lever conversion
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: XS650 - Right side gear lever conversion  (Read 1878 times)
Tony oily bike
Hero Member
*****

Karma: 24
Posts: 4240
« on: December 30, 2016, 12:03:46 PM »
For those that seek a nod back to the British parallel twin with the gear lever on the RHS,  or maybe seek more of an American flat-track look, the good old XS650 can accommodate a conversion that brings the coverts the left-foot change to a right-foot change.

https://thexscafedotcom.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/xs650-right-hand-shift/

http://fullcirclevtwin.com/blog/?p=48
Logged
There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.

Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues

Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!

"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
Manky Monkey
Administrator
Hero Member
*****

Karma: 264
Posts: 55102



WWW
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2016, 03:45:53 PM »
The British righthand change always felt more natural to me.
Logged
On the last freedom moped out of Nowhere City.
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.18 | SMF © 2013, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!