Mods to Motorbike

Hi, i'm an above knee amputee (left leg) and was wondering if anyone can
think up a mod for changing gears on a bike. I lost my leg in a bike
accident (hit a car head on, young, stupid and pissed) I bought an old honda
125 farm bike for my son to zip around on and bugger me i got on and started
riding again, i use a 1 metre piece of aluminium tubing with the end 2-3
inches bent at right angle to change gears but it's a bit dangerous when ur
flat out across the paddock with one hand on the throttle wide open screamin
it's guts out bouncin round :>

I was thinking of something like a 3 position solenoid if there is such a
thing that self centres and punches down or up, or maybe a starter motor or
something that reverses the voltage for direction and having a couple push
buttons (up/down)on the handlebar. I also want to try go for my license and
would require this mod and another to raise/lower the stand to do so (not
even sure i could do it as i don't know what you have to do for the riding
test here in vic, am going to find out today). I know it would be easier to
go for a trike or quad bike but it aint the same. Even if i couldn't go for
the license i would still like to do the mod.

Anyway, hope someone can give me some ideas.

Thanks

Gary

 

In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:40:05 GMT

You could talk to Roper at Moto Moda
(http://members.austarmetro.com.au/~motomoda/) about importing a Guzzi
Convert automatic. That's what Peter Cusack (at the hip amputee) uses
with a sidecar.

You could also look at using a drag racing airshift sorta thing.

As for the stand, hunt out a Yankee Goldwing mailing list or web forum,
I believe there are such things for Goldwings.

You might also want to pick the brains of the bods on the Motorcycle
Modifiers list. They do all sorts of wierd things there!
http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~ddped/mcmodrau.htm

Zebee

 

Exactly what's on Mr. P. H. Pete's trike ... perhaps he can let you
know who did the work?

-----sharks

 

Some bikes[older] have righthand shift &for rear brake a thumb lever like
the GP boys use after some damage.

 

another option would be to swap the sides of the gear leaver or buy an old
norton, I know they had the leaver on the wrong side on pre 76 models. Then
just use the front break and just use the enginee compression foor the back.
The only problem with the nortons were they had crap breaks, would have to
swap the front disk with something a little more modern

 

Gary,

About 2 years ago I was in Surfers and went on a Harley ride with my wife
and an amputee( he actually was wheel chair bound). He had a sidecar so he
didn't have to put his legs down.

He had a metal pole about 1 meter long, attached to his gear shift, with a
hand leaver that was the clutch. He was able to change gears quite easily
and without any hassles. His front brake leaver had also been combined to
the rear wheel ( aka linked brakes ). This was all certified by the QLD RTA
as he needed to hold some sort of tourism drivers permit.

 

Then of course there's
http://www.peraves.ch/standarde.htm

Electric shift is an option, and the sidestand problem is taken care of.


But what you probably need is a solenoid shifter and some sort of remote
sidestand. The solenoid shifters have a pair of buttons mounted on the
left handlebar, one for up and one for down. Centering is taken care of
by the spring in the gear lever.

A competent bush mechanic should be able to rig up a cable-actuated
sidestand.

Moike

 

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Moike

 

This could be fun, a pitched battle between a troll and a loon...

Gary

 

See!

Moike

 

I was gunna reply 'til I saw this bit...

Damn wheelists!

Other people have mentioned the Kliktronic. They're damn expensive now
they have an Australian distributer (an opportunity I should'nt've passed
up) and I'm well on the way to wearing my second unit out. They do work
well but falter a bit in hot summer traffic. I'll be looking at
manufacturing my own next time.

Other people have relocated the gear shift with linkages to the other
side. Alice had a nifty looking heel operated brake, toe operated gear
change on his. It's all personal preference and what works for you. Where
there's a will, there's a way.

 

Or in fact most brit bikes pre mid 70's

JL
(which bit ? all the above - right change, crap brakes, etc)

 

Well, i'd like to thank everyone for their input. i'm on an extremely tight
budget and things won't change for a while. What i'm going to do is try and
rig up a mount with 2 starter motor solenoids (one above, one below) behind
the existing gear lever and weld a small tail end on the gear lever so i can
attach the plungers of the solenoids to this extension and leave the
original lever for able bodied riders. Not sure if the plungers are free
moving when no power applied (i hope so). Lots of things to check, current
needed for triggering solenoid, plunger travel distances etc. Anyway, gonna
be a good little project for me. Any comments most welcome and thanks again
to those that contributed. And the kliktronic, well, umm, thats about 3x the
price i paid for the "chook chaser"!! (farmbike).
Will work on the stand issue later......

Thanks

Gary Smith

 

I sense a disturbance in this farce...

Darth Pat