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Message: [QUOTE="Timr, post: 768057, member: 16236"] Years ago, we were camping at Ambrose Lake in Rose City Michigan. Me and three other guys were pounding out miles on some of Michigan's fine single track when I had a close encounter with a pine tree. Crash damage was a partially mangled pipe and I sheered off the tip of my shift lever on my '84 KTM 250 MXC. I was able to limp back to camp in 2nd gear. There was no way we were going to find a new shift lever and we still had the remainder of the day and all of the next day left to ride. So, I took an allen Key, the kind with the 90 bend in it and used three small hose clamps to attach it to what was left of the shift shaft. I put it on the bike and adjusted the level of it to make sure I could fit my boot under it. We rode 40 more miles that day and about 50 the next before loading up and going home. I don't think I even missed one shift with that set up. [/QUOTE]