lets see those old school / custom shifters.

[icyuod2]

like the title says, post pic's of your old ,original or custom shifters.

heres a couple of mine to get things started.
n.o.s. suntour shifter. i added the filework (chain saw file) and eightball


old sportshift 3 speed(sturmey shifter) on an old ccm cougar.


another old sportshift(sturmey) found on a few of my bikes. (ccm marauder,ccm avenger)



i made this using parts from an old 3 speed thumb shifter welded to the frame. ss and another of those gold eight balls i love so much.



and i just started working on this one. gaboon ebony skull, with ss shaft.



lets see all those wierd and wonderful shifters. (please and thx)

[Gold Street Customs]

This is all I got,http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=9660but it was fun building the shifter works great It gets ridden quite often as my daughters trail a bike attaches to it.

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

I like that CCM muscle bike

[icyuod2]

This is all I got,http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=9660but it was fun building the shifter works great It gets ridden quite often as my daughters trail a bike attaches to it.

that is so friggin cool! more close ups/explainations please!

[icyuod2]

I like that CCM muscle bike

ccm maurader, just got that one. (been a long search for 1 i could afford)
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=14584

[bigblockthing]

i gotta know where you got the gold 8 balls from

[icyuod2]

sanders pro distributing here in town (billiard supply) $16.

gold, snake print and leopard print eightballs seem to be a sandard item for most billiard supply places.
http://www.seyberts.com/catalog/Premium ... 217-1.html

http://www.ozonebilliards.com/nopoba.html
i've also seen chromed and glow in the dark 8 balls

[Quanah]

Heres what I came up with for my 24'' Schwinn Sting Ray. It's the top 8'' of a '66 VW Beetle shift lever. The bottom, I made from flat stock and the frame bracket is from a ten speed Suntour shifter set from the '70's?

[icyuod2]

thats pretty slick! i like it alot. the piece that attaches the cable is a nice touch also, make's it look good and old.

[Quanah]

I made that cable pivot out of a tin can lid, doubled over, and cut about a 1/2'' wide. The gold color is the inside of the lid. Just drilled a hole for the cable and the pivot. Not too good of a pic. Dang! My bikes got a flat this morning!

[icyuod2]

I made that cable pivot out of a tin can lid, doubled over, and cut about a 1/2'' wide. The gold color is the inside of the lid. Just drilled a hole for the cable and the pivot. Not too good of a pic. Dang! My bikes got a flat this morning!

thx quanah

your linkage gave me a great idea for mine.

[Gold Street Customs]

Thats Cool !!!

[Quanah]

Icy, I was gonna use a piece of chrome, (nickle)?, plated chain also, just a link or a few, but didn't come up with a good way to attach the cable. I have a few ideas now and I'm sure you'll work it out. Lookin' forward to seeing your solution!

[kingofpainftw]

Here's my first attempt. cut up shimano 3 speed thumb shifter, bent 3 feet of weldable steel and bolted/welded it to the thumb shifter. i still need to do some more bending so i can get in to all gears while riding , and find a pineapple grenade for a shift knob

[icyuod2]

with a login name "kingofpainftw" i expected to see a corrosion of comformity skull on there (all spikey-bound to draw blood)instead ya got a child proofed shifter knob

just razzin, i love it. tennis ball included!