Author Topic: 76 CB550 Longer Shift Lever?  (Read 336 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Hurricane6

  • Full Member
  • *
  • Posts: 16
76 CB550 Longer Shift Lever?
« on: January 16, 2023, 01:32:44 PM »
Has anyone installed a longer shift lever for the CB550?  I have a size 13 boot and the tiny shift lever I find annoying.  I’m sure there’s a universal type since it is a clamp on style.  Anyone do this before and love the result?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Offline Airborne 82nd

  • Expert
  • ****
  • Posts: 828
Re: 76 CB550 Longer Shift Lever?
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2023, 06:42:16 PM »
I have a fused ankle from a bike wreak in 68 so I went with a heel toe shifter.

Offline pekingduck

  • Enthusiast
  • **
  • Posts: 203
Re: 76 CB550 Longer Shift Lever?
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2023, 08:33:14 PM »
Nearly all the Honda shift levers on bikes bigger than 100cc have the same spline diameter and pitch.  This means dirt bikes like XLs, which often have longer shifters, will fit.   Just look at a 1976 XL350.

Offline Kelly E

  • Geriatric Hooligan
  • Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 2,344
Re: 76 CB550 Longer Shift Lever?
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2023, 10:00:35 PM »
Nearly all the Honda shift levers on bikes bigger than 100cc have the same spline diameter and pitch.  This means dirt bikes like XLs, which often have longer shifters, will fit.   Just look at a 1976 XL350.



Yep, I made rear sets for my 74' CB 550K out of a set of 82' V45 Sabre pegs that have a remote shifter attached to the left peg mount. The motor end piece went right onto the 550 shifter shaft.
Never Give Up - Never Surrender

The Rust Bros. Garage Collection
1974 Honda CB 550 K0                                            1971 MGB/GT
1975 Honda CB 400F Super Sport                          1972 MGB/GT
1977 Kawasaki KZ 1000 LTD                                   1985 GMC S15
1978 Kawasaki KL 250
1980 Suzuki GS 1100E
1982 Honda CB 900F Super Sport
1983 Honda CB 1100F
1984 Honda VF 700S Sabre
1984 Honda VF 1000F Interceptor
1990 Moto Guzzi 1000 Le Mans
1994 Kawasaki Concours ZG 1000A9
2005 Harley Davidson Fat Boy