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How long is yours? (Gear change lever that is)

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PHILIP2908:
Hello Chums,
Had my first ride in 20 years on the DK/DS Special but only got about 100 yards down the road as I couldn’t get it out of first gear.
Not a problem with the gearbox you understand, but I just couldn’t get my foot (with a trainer on it) underneath the lever to move it up. Either my foot has got bigger since I last rode a K2 in 1990 or the lever is too short.
Its not the lever I remember with a round rubber on the end, this one is oval and quite stubby.
This bike has slid on its (both) sides many hundreds of yards down American roads with its previous owner and most parts have been replaced from the breaker’s yard with any old Honda bits that happen to be lying around. This I think being one of them.
Can anybody measure theirs and tell me if what I have is the correct lever? The one I have is 14cm long?
By the way, the bike is great. Goes like hell (in first).
Thanks in advance.
Phil in Cheltenham.

Nurse Julie:
It looks like the lever is the incorrect one, which it looks like, or it's very bent. This is Grahams K2 lever. I can measure if it helps.

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Johnny4428:
Hi Phil, Mine is the same at 14cm but it is angled outward to be further away from engine if that makes sense.

SumpMagnet:
I'll have to find what box its in...but the shape of the lever looks a lot like my 750F2 one

Bryanj:
Lever is a later model

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