Folding Shift Lever

[tom_d]

I thought this might interest some, Rocky Mountain ATV & MC in the US has been expanding their Himalayan specific parts and the are now showing a foldable shift lever and also a brake pedal from Tusk. Selecting Himalayan as your vehicle should show the correct parts.

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[Hctr154]

I got a shift lever from them a couple of days ago. They offer a +10mm in length which will definitely help the shifting when wearing big ADV type boots.

 

[TheElevatorMan]

Went ahead and ordered mine. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Ligonier]

Thanks for pointing this out. When my Himi was newer to me, I managed to stall and then dump here on her left side as I pulled away from a stop sign. Modestly embarrassing, I promptly got her back on her feet and hopped on, anxious to move away from my momentary malaise. I quickly discovered I could not shift gears. At all. The shifter had been bent/pushed inward and was now a stationary object. So rather than ride away, I was at the side of the road, on the center stand and under the seat for the tool kit, finding something with the leverage to pry the shifter back to functional. I bend it enough to get into 1st gear and limped it home at VERY modest speed. All this rambling to say....the Tusk lever would have been pretty helpful under those circumstances. I will order one.

 

[Overdrive]

A word to the wise, in the event of an ‘off’ aluminium levers (even with a folding tip) have a tendency to break or shear off, leaving you gear less (or one gear you have to select by hand) The steel one fitted as standard is easy to bend straight again, many times, enabling you to continue riding.
Not sure what the tusk one mentioned above is made of, but it looks like cast alloy. Pretty, but not very practical.

 

[Alan F.]

From the link in the original post, "The Tusk Folding Shift Lever is made from forged T-6061 aluminum and then heat treated, which makes this shift lever one of the strongest and lightest levers on the market."

I'd agree that cast aluminum would have been a bad choice of materials.

They offer a brake lever too now. I saw prices under $30 in a, quick Google search, I didn't look at shipping costs though.

 

[Turbofurball]

Forged ally can be bent back into shape once without problems, enough to keep riding until you can get a replacement ... it's not like the cheap cast ally stuff from China that's too brittle (see: the apparently single-use hand guards, lol)

Shame nobody makes a set of steel folding pedals for people doing full-on adventuring where resilience would be valued

 

[Hairy Potter]

I've been thinking of getting a honda crf250l gear lever, which is steel and has a folding tip, to mod the original Himi lever.
One like this honda gear lever, only £20.
Thought to cut the end off the original lever and bolt on the front of the crf lever, straightening it first. Make the distance to the tip a bit longer and if it is ever badly damaged then just unbolt and fit a new crf lever front end again. Looks like the original lever would be stronger so any give would be in the honda front end.

 

[MoPow]

I've been thinking of getting a honda crf250l gear lever, which is steel and has a folding tip, to mod the original Himi lever.
One like this honda gear lever, only £20.
Thought to cut the end off the original lever and bolt on the front of the crf lever, straightening it first. Make the distance to the tip a bit longer and if it is ever badly damaged then just unbolt and fit a new crf lever front end again. Looks like the original lever would be stronger so any give would be in the honda front end.

That could be a good mod. However why not just keep a spare Tusk lever on hand? Share pics if you do mount the Honda lever.

 

[2LZ]

Never had a problem with anything Tusk, but I try not to mash them into the ground either.
The only aluminum items I won't trust are the fancy looking foot pegs. On the rare occasion I do leave the ground, I need to make sure the pegs will hold my lard butt up. There's been some guys on the DRZ forum who've had bad results, but they ride for more aggressively than I do.

 

[Turbofurball]

My friendly local bike breaker has sold me a few pairs of second hand steel dirt bike footpegs that are nice and wide, they're generally of Japanese origin. I modify them a little as needed and they go on my trail bikes.

I haven't changed out the Himalayan's pegs yet, not sure if I want to say goodbye to rubber inserts or not.

 

[2LZ]

My friendly local bike breaker has sold me a few pairs of second hand steel dirt bike footpegs that are nice and wide, they're generally of Japanese origin. I modify them a little as needed and they go on my trail bikes.

I haven't changed out the Himalayan's pegs yet, not sure if I want to say goodbye to rubber inserts or not.

My buddy with a KLR put some really wacky pegs on his bike. Really long and wide. I need to get a pic.

I took the rubber inserts out of my Scram pegs thinking of overall grip.......then put them back in after I realized that water is a premium here, and I missed the insulating qualities of the rubber for street riding. If I was doing any stream fording whatsoever, they'd be gone.