Suicide clutch
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suicide-clutch-321-18128586
title:
Suicide clutch
text:
The terms suicide clutch, and suicide shifter or jockey shifter, refer to some motorcycles' foot-operated clutch and hand shifter to change gears. Foot clutches (rocker-clutches) and hand shifters (tank-shifts) were found on early motorcycle designs from around the turn of the 20th century to the 1940s or 50s, and reappearing on modern retro styled custom motorcycles and choppers. Modern motorcycles do not require removing a hand from the handlebars to shift gears, using only the fingers for the
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Term for motorcycles' foot-operated clutch and hand shifter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_clutch
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2023-12-16T22:51:09Z
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