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K2-K6:
Foot clutch on some model too  :o usually left side.

Spoke to someone at a bike meet with such device, he used it with such casual ease but did say you don't want to be tipping to the left when stationery and in gear for obvious reasoning.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I drove an old Jaguar open racer back in the 1960's  to take it for it's Mot (no age exemptions back then) - IIRC the gear lever was on the right side outside the vehicle on a fixed door or door hinge panel - no synchromesh of course - it had a huge supercharger bolted over the front bumper area.

I had a job to keep it in a straight line due to the firm suspension - deviating from the correct road position as I looked at the shift pattern attached to a big brass plate - it had a manual pawl lock to avoid accidentally selecting reverse. I was glad to get it to the testing station undamaged.

SumpMagnet:
I don;t think the bike in the pic is an accurate representation of anything...more an artists rendering.

The early Indians used girder type forks with a leaf spring before swapping to teles. The pic looks like a springer front end. Either that or it's a custom build.

I think it's a convenience thing to get rid of the bathtub. That and to make the TwentyOne look like a Bonnie...if you drank enough. I know how long my dad hunted for a decent pair of bathtubs for his. In the end he got a decently matching pair, bought from 2 different stalls at the Bath & West show.

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