shift lever travel

[motodolan]

Sooo unfortunately I stuffed my ninjette in a corner yesterday. I'm ok, the bikes not in a really really bad way I guess but she's pretty beat up.

During the accident my shifter pedal was bent and seems like the throw to shift up is longer than before. Partially due to the bend of the pedal but also because if I pull hard enough the pedal will actually reverse and flip all the way to the footpeg. I did ride the bike home and it seemed to shift and ride normally aside from that. If I used the clutch the travel of the shifter seemed more exaggerated, however quick shifting it seemed significantly shorter to actually kick it up into the next gear despite the fact that the lever itself would travel past that point. All downshifting seems to be functioning normally.

My question is, what actually determines the travel of the lever? ie what makes it stop the travel when you're shifting up/down? Is it part of the transmission or a mechanical function of the lever?

[Motofool]

Welcome, Donald !!!

The selector mechanism is one thing and the transmission is another.

The lever turns a cam cylinder, one stroke at a time.

That cylinder makes the forks slide the dogs and gears.

[Ghostt]

check the arrangement of the shift lever be sure the cranks on each end from a 90 degree angle with the rod.

The position of the rod to the levers can get so far off that insted of rotating them it pushes them sideways. think about the levers being full circles or discs. The rod needs to be Tangent to those circles