lets see those old school / custom shifters.

[Philphine]

some of these aren't done, but i think they should work.

don't have a detail pic of this one. a bike i gave to one of my nephews. shimano 5speed stick with a piece of handlebar added for reach

a three speed twist grip with a piece of aluminum added to make it a stick. an idea i got from another forum

a suntour 5 speed i just put on my main cruiser over the weekend

a 5 speed shifter on my muscle bike project. nothing special about it. i'm just showing it to show where the next two came from

twin shifters on my touring/chopper/recumbent/whatzit project. made from two of the previously shown shifter. it's pretty ugly on the frame from where i cobbled it together so the fake gas tank is like a big shifter console

twin shifters again, but one is backward. the shifter is under the seat so one goes back to the rear wheel and one goes forward to the front chain ring. i was thinking about trying to find some "smile now, cry later heads for it, but i think i have an idea i like better. we'll see

 

[ohchusan]

here's mine.
bombshelterbikes over at freakbike nation gave this 5 sp shimano to me and i added the sparco gearknob for added bling! haha

 

[Gold Street Customs]

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: 8)

 

[icyuod2]

i freakin love it!
can we get some close ups? is it operational?

 

[rick74304]

The frankenshifter on my bbo project, made up of a bar shifter, part of a furniture hinge, tubing from a baby swing, and an actual mini cooper shifter. Not quite complete yet, need to come up with a cool index button.

Rick

 

[Ed_Straker's_Rat]

Here is my 4 speed suicide shifter, still a work in progress:

I broke the original Nexus 4 speed and couldn't find a replacement anywhere so I had to build one. The lever is made from an old Ikea shelf-unit brace with a ceramic insulator on the end. It attaches to the chain guard tab and pulls the cable that goes to the rear hub.

I made the gear 'indexer' out a piece of aluminium stock:

I will eventually run the cable more directly using some SS brake line, once I found a place that will sell me a 2' section

 

[bugsy_malonn]

Some great ideas here guys thanks

 

[Dman]

This is the jockey shifter I made for my first chopper many moons ago (viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10989). Excuse the poor photography...

It's a cut down (Shimano?) 3 speed grip shift with an internal sleeve for strength, end of the shift lever is tapped for a bolt, and the whole thing is clamped to a stub welded to the seat tube as it would normally clamp to a handle bar. It worked beautifully! Nothing like cruising along and slappin it through the gears...

 

[JoKeR63]

Almost forgot this thing. Electric shifter built from a lumbar seat actuator. Left button on handlebar is downshift, right is upshift.

 

[Bigcam59]

Tiki jockey shift.

 

[No Talent Clown]

I just did this one.

 

[jandroart]

Here's my shifter that I made to go with the Chief theme.

 

[maddogrider]

Almost forgot this thing. Electric shifter built from a lumbar seat actuator. Left button on handlebar is downshift, right is upshift.

Oh man thats cool

 

[Philphine]

Here's my shifter that I made to go with the Chief theme.

this is overall a good lookin' bike.

 

[Rev.LowBuck]

Here's a bump on an old thread. I got a glass eye from my eye doctor when I built this bike about 15 years ago. She'll get a refresh this winter but the shifter will remain!

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[Rev.LowBuck]

still not good at posting pics

 

[icyuod2]

Sure am glad ya dug this one up, Tonnes of killa shifters i missed the first few times round.

Thx

 

[g-ratter]

Almost forgot this thing. Electric shifter built from a lumbar seat actuator. Left button on handlebar is downshift, right is upshift.

Not the prettiest but the most innovative. Love it.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

thats really clean..do you have some closer pics of the shifter itself?



oh, and i just realized i never posted closeups of my shifter so here you go. . .

I'd add some fake blood on the blade edge and grip for that authentic look!

 

[fastmunny]

8-ball from mini billiard set + tilt knob from old tripod = my 3 speed shifter!