Brake lever has a connecting rod. Try adjusting that, or if the range isn't enough, a new one would be easy to fabricate to the correct length. Cheap, too. The shifter is splined, refer to the above post.

 

heat huh... i'll take my propane plumbers' torch to it.

i adjusted the shift lever down two splines and it started hitting the exhaust braket and i could not down shift. i put it back up one and it's still too high. i haven't tried the brake lever bedause i think it will be much the same story. so, i'm thinking bending is the answer.

 

Don't adjust splines. That's old school. The linkage has two locknuts on it. Loosen those and rotate the Al rod so the shifter moves up or down.

 

got the buell pegs on there. they're an improvement.
as predicted, the pedals are too high. the gear shifter is bad and the brake pedal even worse. i have to lift my foot off the peg to get it onto the brake.
so, what's the fix? i'm thinking either bend, or cut and weld an angle into them.

 

Don't bend or cut anything:
https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=10161

Adjust it..

 

brake pedal?

 

i just read the whole thread. one spline is not enough. it doesn't drop the lever low enough. i still feel like i'm straining to upshift. i tried two splines but the exhaust bracket would not let me down shift. two splines is perfect for my gixxer.

so, i'm back to trying to figure out how to lower the levers A LOT.

 

I know a guy that just tried this, and he had the same problem as you he tells me. He could not get the adjustment he needed.

 

i'll figure it out.

 

a guy i play hockey with is the welding prof at the local college. i contacted him today and he said he'd weld up my levers. i'm gonna drop in to show him the bike and let him determine the best way to proceed.

 

So the combination of adjusting the connecting rod and moving splines wasn't enough to give you what you need?

keep us informed with what you end up with.

 

I ran a set of kawasaki footpegs in the exhaust mounts (thread is somewhere around here.....) that I believe were even a tad lower than the buell mod and I was able to adjust the shifter to work. I also adjusted the brake pedal as low as possible but still had to raise my toes a tad to apply it (when I do use it). It quickly became second nature to do that and became a non-issue.

 

i went to the welding prof's place tonight. he said he could ad a bit of aluminum plate to the pedals and get them lowered. i mentioned cutting a v notch out of the pedals, butting the ends back together and welding it up. he thought that sounds possible too.

i also asked him about welding bosses or spools on the bottom of the swingarm. he didn't like that idea because it will weaken the aluminum that makes up the swingarm. he suggested drilling and tapping the end of the extruded piece of the swingarm. he figures that would be stronger. has anyone done done this? did it work? got pics?

then he asked me to bring the bike by the college next week for more ideas.