Sorry for the bad screenshot.
Here is a little design I am doing for a dropped shifter (toe will be 35mm shorter). View is looking at it from the engine to the left (back view of the shifter). It is designed so that I don't have to change the heim joints length or where they sit on the spline.
Plan to 3d print it in resin to check the fit and function, and then probably send to a print bureau for 3D nylon PA12 print.

I would like to do the brake pedal as well, but that is one complicated piece(!). Maybe I purchase a scanner for that. The shifter was relatively easy to measure the governing dimensions.

 

Keith, if you want the 3D CAD model for the Brake pedal, drop me a message with an email & I'll send it to you.
About 5 years ago I modeled and machined both a new lower gear and also a lowered and extended (out) brake lever.
The relevant posts are here:

https://www.f800riders.org/posts/2827757/

https://www.f800riders.org/posts/2843017/

 

Kieth, if you are successful in this venture, I advise you to look up any Patents on this, and if there are none at all, then Patent your idea before anyone else can.

Otherwise, you may financially regret it. I know from personal experience.

Flook 😎

 

I suggest that you also look into product liability, especially re the brake, if you sell to the general public.
If someone stomps on the brake and it snaps and they run into a truck, you could be found liable

 

I just want to clarify, I am not going into the shifter business and it will be for my own use. Might share it with a company as the design is very easy to manufacture, but there is not really a market for it.

 

Ah!!
There is something very satisfying about designing, making and fitting something to solve a specific problem.
Also gives a unique identifier should some low life steal the bike 👍

 

I love the effort that many of us take to make our bikes unique and to function better for us individually.

 

Try this:

😉

KLI-F800ST-2012

 

Did a test installation, only minor contacct with the protective sidestand sleeve. A short test ride revealed a need for loctite on the toe assembly, I will also substitute the stainless steel hardware for aluminum to eliminate any pendulum effect over large bumps.

 

Shifter toe is moved out a bit & lowered 35mm to match the Knight Design 35mm drop. I got new BMW Sonora boots & the extended toe misses the mesh part of the boot (stock part would abrade the mesh).
One final adjustment will have a low profile 8mm nyloc for the shifter nut connection

 

Printing cost of the lever, about $3 of resin (ABS Tough, Elegoo). The metal hardware a bit more-once finalized, will compute total cost, but I estimate about $20