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To operate the hand shift..

You start the bike by kicking it through, control grip opposite the
throttle, operated in a similer way as the throttle..retard to start, then
advance as you pick up speed..cars and bikes advance automatically now of
course.

While pressing down on the clutch with your left foot, you would select
first by pushing the gear shift forward with your hand, the lever was on one
side of the tank (Harley, I believe, had a left hand shift, right hand
throttle, Indian..a right hand shift, left hand throttle..anyway, I would
remember better had I ever operated one, but I only read about it..and
thought the foot clutch thing was a stupid idea, so I really didn't retain
the info all that well). Each of the successive gears was selected by
pulling the lever back..most had three..some had a reverse as side cars were
very common then.

James Franklin
2411 Pine Summit DR. E
Jacksonville, Florida 32211

808-225-0994 (cell)

From: Ruari McLennan <r.mclennan@shaw.ca>
Reply-To: W650riders@yahoogroups.com
To: W650riders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [W650riders] Henderson
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:17:19 -0700

Thanks for the primer, James. How did the hand shift work, exactly? Twist
shifting?

And on another unrelated topic, I vaguely recall my Dad telling me some
bikes had a hand operated timing advance control lever for descending hills
etc., but I didn't listen well enough, do you know what proportion pre-
1960 had them? And UK or Britbikes?

Ruari

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Franklin" <jimw650@hotmail.com>
To: <W650riders@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [W650riders] Henderson

> Most of the early motorcycles had them, at least early American
> motorcycles..my book on American motorcycles features over 100 makes..I
> left
> it at my brothers house where I cannot look at it right now, but I do
> remember seeing the foot clutch/hand shift on many of them..I think
> technically, it has to be the spring loaded foot clutch and not the
> "see-saw" type to be an actual suicide clutch, but having a foot operated
> clutch on a motorcycle doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
>
> We didn't start getting hand clutch/foot shift in USA made motorcycles
> until
> after WWII. The HDs made under license by a Japanese company made the
> change before the licensor ever considered it, and the original
> Springfield
> Indian (which owned Henderson) went to its grave with foot clutches.
>
> Suicide shifts were the spring loaded foot clutch, hand shift guys.
>
>
>
> James Franklin
> 2411 Pine Summit DR. E
> Jacksonville, Florida 32211
>
> 808-225-0994 (cell)
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Ruari McLennan <r.mclennan@shaw.ca>
> Reply-To: W650riders@yahoogroups.com
> To: W650riders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [W650riders] Henderson
> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:53:10 -0700
>
> Errr... Despite my vast knowledge of other fields, I'm still groping my
> way
> in bikes - what's a suicide shifter? Jake making the wrong bikini joke?
>
> Ruari
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tachokay@cs.com
> To: W650riders@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [W650riders] Henderson
>
>
> Close, but no suicide shifter... I thought only Harleys and Indians had
> the suicide shifter...
>
> In a message dated 7/12/2007 6:07:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> r.mclennan@shaw.ca writes:
>
>
> Hi:
>
> Here's that '31 Henderson again.
>
> Ruari
>
>
>
>
> Rrrose.
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