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In case anyone fancies a stainless DIY shift lever with roller bearings, the BOM contains
- 2 bearings 22x8x7 from Inliner rollers.
- 30x2 stainless tube
- 20x5 stainless flat bar

Use a small lathe to manufacture the bearing seating surface in the tube and a spacer in between.
Cut, bend and weld the rest.

What does it weigh, compared to the original?

Haven't put it on a scale, but it's certainly heavier considering it's made from stainless steel instead of aluminum.

Also considering we're not talking about a Moto 3 high end competition bike and the usual VTR rider is kinda "plus sized", these 100g certainly won't affect riding performance...

At the end nobody said it has to be steel. You could always switch to aluminum, if your welder supports that option.
In this case I'd use thicker material though.

Great work!

Is the function better with the roller bearing?
Maybe more precise than the original shift lever?

Twinfreak

At this age most of the originals must be a tad slack

I like the idea, well done

Chris.

You can drill, ream and press in a phosphor-bronze plain journal into the original lever, this helps. Then fit decent quality rose joints on the shift rod to finish the job.

twinfreak wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 11:28 am Is the function better with the roller bearing?
Maybe more precise than the original shift lever?

Yep, less slack yields to more precise shift operation.