OK... First, a little history lesson, if you don't mind; that's called a "jockey shift". A jockey shift goes directly to the gearbox, as opposed to tank shifters with linkage. The "suicide" is descriptive of a certain clutch arrangement on jockey-shift Harleys whereby the clutch pedal was springloaded like on a car. You had to keep your foot on the clutch while stopped. If you or passenger shifted and you had to put your foot down suddenly... Stock Harleys and Indians had a pressure plate that held the clutch in place so you could put your foot down while waiting.
Now- as pictured, where is/was your clutch (assuming you are/were using one?!)?