Does the shift lever adjust?

[bibleman]

Lovin' my new LT, but it is hard sometimes to get my left boot under the shift lever to upshift.

How hard is it to raise the lever a bit?

[BLBantz]

It adjusts. You have to take off the left side tairings, upper and lower, and you will see the shift linkages. The adjust with a screw type mechanism and set screw. It's not that difficult.

[bibleman]

Tairings?

Can you describe what they are?

[messenger13]

It adjusts. You have to take off the left side tairings, upper and lower, and you will see the shift linkages. The adjust with a screw type mechanism and set screw. It's not that difficult.Oh no no! NO Tupperware removal! :confused: Just take off the left footpeg mounting plate by removing the 3 Allen screws. Then there's a Torx screw above and below...and I think you have to remove the Reverse knob. That's it. Then you just carefully work that plate around the Tuperware...no big deal. Then you will easily see the linkage adjustment rod. This would be a good time to lube the linkage.

HTH

[dshealey]

Oh no no! NO Tupperware removal! :confused: Just take off the left footpeg mounting plate by removing the 3 Allen screws. Then there's a Torx screw above and below...and I think you have to remove the Reverse knob. That's it. Then you just carefully work that plate around the Tuperware...no big deal. Then you will easily see the linkage adjustment rod. This would be a good time to lube the linkage.

HTH

Hey, this time Joe is right!! :D :D :D

[messenger13]

Hey, this time Joe is right!! :D :D :DYea...it don't happen often. :o

[BLBantz]

Tairings are just like fairings only spelled with a T ;)

[messenger13]

Tairings are just like fairings only spelled with a T ;)I thought "tairings" was Tupperware + Fairings = TAIRINGS! Makes perfect sense! :D

[BLBantz]

I thought we did away with Tupperware when we did away with Farkle?

[messenger13]

Oh no. 'Tupperware' is a good word, and makes perfect sense. http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/images/smilies/yesnod.gif 'Farkle' is a stupid made-up word of questionable origin, that has little-to-no meaning, except for those that have embraced it. :crazy: 'Farkle' is a word for those too stupid to spell 'Accessory'. :think: I know, I know...it's hard to remember just how many C's there are, and how many S'es. But with a little massaging of the gray matter, I am confident that the collective smarts of bmwlt.com can be raised to new heights. My contributions don't count. :D



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[Daman858]

Wrong again, Joe.

"Farkle" comes from the Texas farkleberry tree (vaccinium abgoreum) which has bright red berries which adorn it. Hence, the name "farkle" to mean something that is an adonment or an "axcesorie".

And you can look it up!

[messenger13]

Wrong again, Joe.

"Farkle" comes from the Texas farkleberry tree (vaccinium abgoreum) which has bright red berries which adorn it. Hence, the name "farkle" to mean something that is an adonment or an "axcesorie".

And you can look it up!And I've read 10 other stories that one can "look up" and validate. This doesn't change the fact that the word is "a stupid made-up word of questionable origin, that has little-to-no meaning, except for those that have embraced it"! Period!


Don't you have some figure 8s you should be practicing or something?! :D :D :D


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[dshealey]

Joe, looks like "farkle" bothers you as much as using the word "cupping" to describe our tires "feathering" bothers me. :D :D :D

Cupping of a tire is NOT what we see on the LT tires, or most motorcycle tires. Cupping is a tire term describing the "scalloping" seen on truck/car tires when there is something amiss in the suspension causing a bouncing of the wheel which wears it to look like some scooped out sections around the tire. The cupping is related to the natural frequency of the suspension, and the pitch of the "cups" or scallops is not related to tread pitch. The front and back of the scallops is at the same heght, the center dished out.

Feathering is when tread ridges on car/truck tires wear angled inward or outward due to alignment causing the tire to be "scrubbed" a little sideways as it is rolling, bending the treads sideways as they are worn. On motorcyle tires with tread blocks this feathering is not side to side, but front to back, caused by braking/acceleration forces bending the tread blocks fore/aft. If each tread block shows the angled wear front to back, it is FEATHERING!

Unfortunately this misuse of terms is so ingrained now that even a couple manufacturers are using it incorrectly! :mad: :mad:

Now we both have pet peeves related to motorcycles! :D :D

Of course there is always the squealing "breaks". :rolleyes:

[4ridin]

I'm sorry guys, but I just gotta disagree. English is neither stagnant nor static. Remember back to your childhoods and there will be lots of words that were "made up" but conveyed a significant and valid thought, idea or concept.

I give you a short list: headbanger, dead presidents, mcJob, frankenfood, longneck, dot-commer, rocketship, airplane, comb-over, macular degeneration, heart-healthy, database, botox, blogs, breakout, television, globalization, fast-track, civil-union, faith-based, Google (as a verb), TiVo (as a verb), sheesh, gnarly, psyops, collateral damage, brewski, internet, CDROM, These are all newer (or older) "made" up words. While you may not use them every day, I'd be more than surprised if you couldn't give a succinct and correct definition of each.

Sorry if this is out of bounds for the forum - LONG LIVE THE FARKLE!!

[dshealey]

I'm sorry guys, but I just gotta disagree. English is neither stagnant nor static. Remember back to your childhoods and there will be lots of words that were "made up" but conveyed a significant and valid thought, idea or concept.

I give you a short list: headbanger, dead presidents, mcJob, frankenfood, longneck, dot-commer, rocketship, airplane, comb-over, macular degeneration, heart-healthy, database, botox, blogs, breakout, television, globalization, fast-track, civil-union, faith-based, Google (as a verb), TiVo (as a verb), sheesh, gnarly, psyops, collateral damage, brewski, internet, CDROM, These are all newer (or older) "made" up words. While you may not use them every day, I'd be more than surprised if you couldn't give a succinct and correct definition of each.

Sorry if this is out of bounds for the forum - LONG LIVE THE FARKLE!!

I am not talking about made up words, and agree that these will always be added. My peeve is totally incorrect use of an already well established word or term, thus bastardizing it from it's original intent, weakening it and in the process ruining it's original descriptive meaning and translating it to something totally different, that has a different real meaning.

My case in point: Feathering and Cupping have been used for many decades to call out particular tire damage, each different and related to the descriptive term used. Now Cupping has taken over in the motorcycle world to describe the wrong type of damage.

[messenger13]

Joe, looks like "farkle" bothers you as much as using the word "cupping" to describe our tires "feathering" bothers me. :D :D :D Actually...(and this should scare you), that is another one of my pet peeves as well. And then there's the "no-CAPS people", and the "ALL CAPS PEOPLE". Eye yie yie... Where's the NUKE 'EM button on this keyboard?! :D

[dshealey]

Actually...(and this should scare you), that is another one of my pet peeves as well. And then there's the "no-CAPS people", and the "ALL CAPS PEOPLE". Eye yie yie... Where's the NUKE 'EM button on this keyboard?! :D

Not scared at all Joe! We agree on some things. http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/images/smilies/sssh.gif

Guess we can be buddies now? http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/images/smilies/happy23.gif

[BLBantz]

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[bibleman]

Oh no no! NO Tupperware removal! :confused: Just take off the left footpeg mounting plate by removing the 3 Allen screws. Then there's a Torx screw above and below...and I think you have to remove the Reverse knob. That's it. Then you just carefully work that plate around the Tuperware...no big deal. Then you will easily see the linkage adjustment rod. This would be a good time to lube the linkage.

HTH

Can you suggest a lube to use for the linkage? Anything special, or anything to be avoided?

[RonKMiller]

Can you suggest a lube to use for the linkage? Anything special, or anything to be avoided?

Lemon Pledge is the answer to all of the above, and it has been taste tested and approved by Grif. :D

But seriously, spray off the grime with lilberal use of some WD40, then wipe them clean with a micro fiber shop rag. Don't use any solvents. Then shoot a small amount of lithium spray grease on the joints and work them around a bit before tightening.

Some will argue that WD 40 IS a solvent, but that's another thread! ;)

[buddoggin]

What was this thread about again?

[KMC1]

Hey, I just got done Spooning, feathering AND cupping when I woke up this morning!
No farkling though, darnit.

:D :D

[GSinNC]

OK ... let me get this straight .... I spray Lemon Pledge on my tires to stop them from squealing and then I can use WD40 if my cup has feathers in it. Jeeeesh .... maybe I need to buy a Gold Wing after all!

[bmwrubbercow]

Hey, I just got done Spooning, feathering AND cupping when I woke up this morning!
No farkling though, darnit.

:D :D

I believe this man is the only one on this entire thread that is making sense. :) I think I wiil just go for a ride.............. :p

[bmwrubbercow]

Hey, I just got done Spooning, feathering AND cupping when I woke up this morning!
No farkling though, darnit.

:D :D

One final thought before I go though.. If you had farkled while engaging in those other activities this morning this morning I expect your spooning, feathering and cupping would have come to a screeching halt. :histerica

[TSQUARED]

Joe,

What would we all do in terms of entertainment without your constant words of wisdom. One of the principal reasons I lurk a lot on this forum is to catch your latest...you are an inspiration and an entertaining role model at minimum!

By the by, how are you doing with your X-Mas shopping for the GT?

Terry

[rkirker]

Hey, this time Joe is right!! :D :D :D

Joe Is never wrong !!!
He may not always be right though !! :D :D

[rkirker]

Can you suggest a lube to use for the linkage? Anything special, or anything to be avoided?

Use a good white lithium grease. I do it one a year. :)

[grifscoots]

Use a good white lithium grease. I do it one a year. :)

Can you get away with farkling using a good, white lithium grease, or is spooning the end all?