greg_in_npvl
V65 Rider
All,
Did a search and found this thread.
https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?8940-ST1300-MCL-Peg-Lowering-Kit&highlight=adjust shifter
Great info and great pics. I'm not looking to lower my pegs, just the shifter as I'm really having to tuck my toe/foot under the shifter to cleanly lift it into gears 2-5. I don't want to develop sloppy shifting habits. Every bike I've bought with a good transmission was sold with a good transmission.
Anyway, in reading the first post in the above thread at step #8 it says "reinstall one spline over. This should move the peg lower by about an inch." Am I reading this correctly? One spline movement drops the shifter position a whole inch? That seems excessive. I've made previous shifter spline adjustments on my old rides (V65 Magnas and V65 Sabres) and never seen that amount of movement from a single spline adjustment. Granted, all parts of the shifting linkage was to the left of the V65s. This shifting linkage is much more intricate on the ST1300 as I can see how it's routed.
I thought this would be an easy adjustment on the ST1300. As I'm finding with this bike, nothing seems as easy as I'm used to
One last question if you're all still reading this, the service manual says to remove the exhaust to access the shifting hardware. I've skimmed posts where some of you were able to do without removing the exhaust. Don't have the ability to have this bike on a lift. Is this going to be a difficult job with or without the exhaust removed?
TIA!
Greg
Did a search and found this thread.
https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?8940-ST1300-MCL-Peg-Lowering-Kit&highlight=adjust shifter
Great info and great pics. I'm not looking to lower my pegs, just the shifter as I'm really having to tuck my toe/foot under the shifter to cleanly lift it into gears 2-5. I don't want to develop sloppy shifting habits. Every bike I've bought with a good transmission was sold with a good transmission.
Anyway, in reading the first post in the above thread at step #8 it says "reinstall one spline over. This should move the peg lower by about an inch." Am I reading this correctly? One spline movement drops the shifter position a whole inch? That seems excessive. I've made previous shifter spline adjustments on my old rides (V65 Magnas and V65 Sabres) and never seen that amount of movement from a single spline adjustment. Granted, all parts of the shifting linkage was to the left of the V65s. This shifting linkage is much more intricate on the ST1300 as I can see how it's routed.
I thought this would be an easy adjustment on the ST1300. As I'm finding with this bike, nothing seems as easy as I'm used to
One last question if you're all still reading this, the service manual says to remove the exhaust to access the shifting hardware. I've skimmed posts where some of you were able to do without removing the exhaust. Don't have the ability to have this bike on a lift. Is this going to be a difficult job with or without the exhaust removed?
TIA!
Greg