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Suicide Shifter
The terms suicide clutch, and suicide shifter or jockey shifter, refer to some motorcycle, motorcycles' foot-operated clutch and Gearshift, hand shifter to change gears. "U.S. Pat. No. 1,110,249 issued to Bailey, which uses a jockey shift handle adjacent to the seat to shift gears, while clutching is achieved by means of a foot operated pedal above the left foot peg or floor board. This combination has proven precarious and is commonly referred to as the suicide shifter." See also 2004/0182669 A1, 192003570; 192003620; 19209900S 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 Chopper (motorcycle), choppers. Modern motorcycles do not require removing a hand from the handlebars to shift gears, using only the fingers for the clutch and the toes of one foot to select gears. In contrast, the fanciful slang " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chopper With Jockey Shifter
Chopper may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Chopper (comics), ''Chopper'' (comics), a horror comic book mini-series * Chopper (film), ''Chopper'' (film), a 2000 Australian film by and about Mark "Chopper" Read * Chopper (Judge Dredd), Chopper (''Judge Dredd''), a character in British comics anthologies ''2000 AD'' and ''Judge Dredd'' * Chopper (video game), ''Chopper'' (video game), a 2009 iOS video game * ''Chopper I'', a 1988 video game developed by SNK Playmore * Tony Tony Chopper, a character from the manga and anime ''One Piece'' People * Christopher Hope (journalist) (born 1971), British journalist * Mark "Chopper" Read (1954–2013), Australian criminal, author and recording artist Transportation * Chopper (motorcycle), a type of customized motorcycle * Chopper bicycle, a customized bicycle modeled after the motorcycle * Raleigh Chopper, a model of bicycles * A colloquialism for helicopter * A nickname for the British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotive * Chopper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
