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  • sundancevette

    Oct. 15, 2009 9:43 p.m. sundancevette New Reader

    I've got a 1986 Nighthawk 450. The previous owner bent the shift lever pretty good. Does anyone know of an aftermarket shifter that would fit, and still clear the engine cover and exhaust? Or if there is another bike with the same shifter, (correct me if I'm wrong but I think the cb400 was the same basic motor).

  • alex

    Oct. 15, 2009 9:45 p.m. alex Dork

    If it's not completely hosed, you can pretty easily remove it and bend it back in a vice, or hell, even with your hands sometimes. They're pretty soft. Unless it's FUBAR, I wouldn't count it out quite yet.

  • sundancevette

    Oct. 15, 2009 9:54 p.m. sundancevette New Reader

    nah, it's got a pretty good crack in it, and the splines (on the shift lever) are wasted.

  • 44Dwarf

    Oct. 16, 2009 7:44 a.m. 44Dwarf HalfDork

    call Fred at sky cycle salvage. http://www.skycycle-salvage.com/

  • 914Driver

    Oct. 16, 2009 8:43 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork

    I did a search on BikeBandit for a 450 Honda Nighthawk application and found nothing. When I said show all, no specific bike, but put in Honda shift lever I got this:

    http://www.bikebandit.com/product/A4475684

    $12. Worth a phone call anyway.

    Dan

  • Woody

    Oct. 16, 2009 8:33 p.m. Woody SuperDork

    I think that bike is the CB450SC. Assuming it is, I did a cross reference on the part number and I found this:

    CB450SC A (86) MOTORCYCLE, JPN, VIN# JH2PC054-GM400004 Assembly: PEDAL, GEARSHIFT (Honda Motorcycle Code 0494369) (SKU: 24700-413-003) 1 $34.08

    CB450T A (82)
    CB400A A (78) CB400TI A (78)
    CB400TI A (79)
    CB400TII A (78)
    CB400TII A (79)
    CB400T A (80)
    CB400T A (81) CB450SC A (82)
    CB450SC A (83)
    CB450SC A (85) CB450SC AC (85)
    CB450SC AC (86)

    Motogrid rules for old Honda part numbers.

    http://www.motogrid.com/pages/parts/viewbybrand/7/default.aspx

  • sundancevette

    Oct. 17, 2009 7:30 p.m. sundancevette New Reader

    Thanks, this is EXACTLY what I was looking for.

  • 914Driver

    Oct. 17, 2009 8:16 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork

    Go ahead, ask a car question. =~0

  • Josh

    Oct. 18, 2009 1:31 p.m. Josh HalfDork

    Woody wrote:

    Motogrid rules for old Honda part numbers.

    http://www.motogrid.com/pages/parts/viewbybrand/7/default.aspx

    Bookmarked. Thanks, this will be useful.

  • sundancevette

    Oct. 18, 2009 6:50 p.m. sundancevette New Reader

    In reply to 914Driver:

    Sorry, I know that answers to all car questions.

    :-P

  • Woody

    Oct. 18, 2009 8:57 p.m. Woody SuperDork

    Josh wrote:

    Woody wrote:

    Motogrid rules for old Honda part numbers.

    http://www.motogrid.com/pages/parts/viewbybrand/7/default.aspx

    Bookmarked. Thanks, this will be useful.

    I had to clean it up a bit, I couldn't just cut and paste it here for some reason. But once you figure out how to search Motogrid, it's easy to figure out and read on their site.

    Once you find your part number by bike model (using the left side of their search box), then do a search by part number on the right side. All bikes that use that part will come up.

 

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