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What would you do? 
I rode today to LA traffic on the 101. During the normal slow traffic I had to shift down to the first gear in the number 1-2 lane and "peng" the Transmission stayed in Neutral. Not able to shift I pushed the bike thru traffic to the side lane, to check the problem. The broken part is the 5 adjustment holes that broke off and the linkage dangling free.130 mile away from home on a busy freeway on ramp, cars rushing behind my As... I lay next to the bike and fixed it with parts I had on my bike to make it home save.
Has any one similar problem with this shifter?special with this adjuster section?
Picture of the fix will come tomorrow.

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No fix/input from me on this, but glad you are okay.  That is a busy area and this could have been worse; glad you are safe!

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Here my temporary and final fix.

Clamp from the charcoal canister as temporary fix on the freeway, to get me home and now the final fix at home.

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I like to see people's solutions to problems when they are out away from home....helps give me ideas if I ever need to use them.  I grew up on a farm, so I became pretty good at fixing things with what we had on hand.  

Nice job getting it home, good repair!

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Looks pretty weak with all those holes in it. I'd replace it with a different one. That one could break again.

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7 hours ago, KTMrad said:

Looks pretty weak with all those holes in it. I'd replace it with a different one. That one could break again.

There is nothing weak on it except the adjuster holes for the Ball joint.

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what's the purpose of the aerospace  UMPCO "Adel" cushion clamp loop (with no cushion)?

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7 minutes ago, robertaccio said:

what's the purpose of the aerospace  UMPCO "Adel" cushion clamp loop (with no cushion)?

The clamp hold my Charcoal canister before I used it to fix my broken shifter on the 101 in LA. see first picture.

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The ball joint is apart of the shift linkage to the transmission. And this is how it is connected. Now is back and working again, just stronger.

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Mr. J,    Sorry to say - That is the most labor intensive piece of " engineering " I have ever seen.  The stock part. 

           Bags

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