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Dune Buggy

I need help setting up the transmission on my buggy?

Im building a buggy and im using the gearbox and engine of a 1980 Honda CB750 Custom and Im trying to figure out how to mount a way to use a hand shifter on it. thoughts and ideas would be greatly appreciated.

To add to the first poster a good idea to use 2 cables travel hand lever to shifter can also work. Shift lever is pivotal about 3 inches, mounted on a flange on one foot triangle so long that other pivot points and about 8 inches apart-tight housing ends held down cable where one end of the cable is attached, the other end is 3 inches above the pivot point. The other ends of the cables are on an iron 6 to 7 inches angle is fixed next to the gear lever and holds the cable outer casing and the cable ends are at the end of the shifter on the transmission shaft. cable can be routed on the part of buggy. It was a way worked on the method used on drag racing go-cart engine with Yamaha 250 and 650 Triumph engine. horns and trees have also been tried, cable worked pretty good and was cheap using parts Replacement drip tray and.

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