Savatgy shifter bent

GeorgiePorgie
Edited Date/Time 1/31/2016 6:04pm
Stuck in 1st or 2nd gear. Wow. They can ride in 1st and 2nd around the entire track ? I figured atleast 3rd!!! That's insane. Those bikes run.
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mattyhamz2 1/30/2016 9:24pm
1/30/2016 9:24pm
A lot easier when you have a 3 speed transmission Wink
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ML512 1/30/2016 9:28pm
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mattyhamz2 wrote:
A lot easier when you have a 3 speed transmission Wink
They have a five speed...
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If anyone would know it would be ML.

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mattyhamz2 1/30/2016 9:30pm
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mattyhamz2 wrote:
A lot easier when you have a 3 speed transmission Wink
ML512 wrote:
They have a five speed...
The wink was for the sarcasm lol
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ML512 1/30/2016 9:34pm
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mattyhamz2 wrote:
The wink was for the sarcasm lol
No DRT transmissions here... Laughing
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Corey_Tallent 1/30/2016 10:17pm
1/30/2016 10:17pm Edited Date/Time 1/30/2016 10:19pm
just proves how really badass this guy is and people say he is boring to watch race?!?!?!?



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tvo314 1/30/2016 10:36pm
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I'd probably be riding around that track in first gear too.
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Sully22 1/31/2016 8:24am
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any photos out there of the shifter? congrats to joey and mitch and the whole PC crew!
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burn1986 1/31/2016 8:43am
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Yeah I was wanting pics of it too
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PFitzG38 1/31/2016 9:42am
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how does that even happen with a billet shifter, and why is the cotter pin on the top with the foot peg pivot?
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moto455va 1/31/2016 10:13am
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PFitzG38 wrote:
how does that even happen with a billet shifter, and why is the cotter pin on the top with the foot peg pivot?
BECAUSE MAN,,,, BECAUSE!!
4thGearPinned 1/31/2016 11:15am
1/31/2016 11:15am Edited Date/Time 1/31/2016 11:17am
Do the 250 guys actually run works trans with 4 or 5's when they're 5 or 6's stock!? I thought only the big teams were re-gearing.. I don't know why you would take away any gear with the smaller displacement.... Wonder what ratios short uses......... So many questions.
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LungButter 1/31/2016 11:20am
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Crazy it bent like that from catching a tough block.
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nytsmaC 1/31/2016 11:23am
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Also curious about the footpeg pin being upside down, is that done on purpose for some reason?
4thGearPinned 1/31/2016 11:27am
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LungButter wrote:
Crazy it bent like that from catching a tough block.
Maybe it was warm from the motor which helped it bend what seems " so easily. " ?
Sr_Vet_Rider 1/31/2016 11:53am
1/31/2016 11:53am
LungButter wrote:
Crazy it bent like that from catching a tough block.
4thGearPinned wrote:
Maybe it was warm from the motor which helped it bend what seems " so easily. " ?
Surely you are kidding, right ?

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Sr_Vet_Rider 1/31/2016 12:00pm
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PFitzG38 wrote:
how does that even happen with a billet shifter, and why is the cotter pin on the top with the foot peg pivot?
I know that some teams have avoided using billet shifters, to avoid snapping the shift shaft. I have seen several sift shafts bend or snap off, because the shifter was stronger than the shift shaft.

As far as the foot peg pin being upside down. I'm guessing that either Savatgy or his mechanic had a situation in the past with a list cotter pin and they want to keep an eye on it. Catching a tough block or other bike, etc, could rip it off and possibly have it cause an issue ? Only speculating....
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bvm111 1/31/2016 12:34pm
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LungButter wrote:
Crazy it bent like that from catching a tough block.
4thGearPinned wrote:
Maybe it was warm from the motor which helped it bend what seems " so easily. " ?
Sr_Vet_Rider wrote:
Surely you are kidding, right ?
I think he was... And stop calling me Shirley Tongue
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jimmie 1/31/2016 12:57pm
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bvm111 wrote:
I think he was... And stop calling me Shirley Tongue
Walked right into that one.Pinch
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MxKing809 1/31/2016 1:25pm
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nytsmaC wrote:
Also curious about the footpeg pin being upside down, is that done on purpose for some reason?
Few ideas.

Wouldn't catch on a tough block and compromise the pin?

Easier to keep an eye on?

Wouldn't rub in ruts and get compromised?
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cayman 1/31/2016 2:16pm
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Bought a used race team EXCF from the french KTM importer and it was set up the same way.
The mechanic told me it avoided the pin getting damaged by ruts, roots and rocks.
Guess it's the same here (except por the roots and rocks).
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philG 1/31/2016 3:07pm
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I would never put pins in like that, its got more chance of damage facing forwards than it has the other way round.

And thats forgetting the effects of gravity , should the split pin break.

I do like to see how different guys do stuff, my favourite in the SM world is people who route the front brake line down the outside of the fork leg, so it cant rub on the disc, but can always get ripped off with contact.

Bear in mind that we change wheels for fun, its not exactly hard to keep on top of.

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GuyB 1/31/2016 3:57pm
1/31/2016 3:57pm Edited Date/Time 1/31/2016 3:59pm
Here's a better view.

Joey said he wasn't sticking his hand anywhere near the sprocket.



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aeffertz 1/31/2016 4:27pm
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Wicked! Better to be bent than to snap though, I suppose. Kinda crazy how many times it has happened in recent history.
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Huevos 1/31/2016 5:30pm
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GuyB wrote:
Here's a better view. Joey said he wasn't sticking his hand anywhere near the sprocket. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/01/31/122162/s1200_013116savatgyshifter.jpg[/img]
Here's a better view.

Joey said he wasn't sticking his hand anywhere near the sprocket.



Smart decision right there.
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Xeno 1/31/2016 5:38pm
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The Hondas run steel shift levers for this very reason.
4thGearPinned 1/31/2016 6:04pm
1/31/2016 6:04pm Edited Date/Time 1/31/2016 6:06pm
LungButter wrote:
Crazy it bent like that from catching a tough block.
4thGearPinned wrote:
Maybe it was warm from the motor which helped it bend what seems " so easily. " ?
Sr_Vet_Rider wrote:
Surely you are kidding, right ?
you know the last time I touched my shift lever with my hand to see how warm it is?

never.

Not once in 15 years of being on a dirtbike. I have no clue how warm it could be but metal is more malleable when warm....... making something like a snag bend it easier...

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