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PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:07 pm 
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I saw this today and thought it was awesome. what do you call it when you run that shifter linkage outside like that? http://www.loxlee-loves-engines.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Skoty-Chops-Hot-Rod-Race-500x333.jpg

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:21 pm 
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:28 pm 
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I don't think it caught on enough to get named. 8)

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:16 pm 
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So I'm the only one here that thinks its cool?? man...

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:54 am 
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no im with you with the cool look

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:16 pm 
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love4theluv wrote:
no im with you with the cool look
8) cool

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:45 pm 
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I don't think that was a shifter i think it was the/a brake control but i have been wrong more then once.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:58 am 
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That slike a hand shifter like motorcyclists use. It's refered to as a "suicide" shifter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_clutch

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:01 pm 
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Also known as a "jockey shifter" in motorcycle lingo.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:16 pm 
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:signiagree

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:46 am 
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LUVTRKR wrote:
I don't think it caught on enough to get named. 8)


Yes this probably! ^

Haha, cool pic though!

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 5:38 pm 
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I like the look of rat rods! Cool shifter too! I like it!


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