For those who lowered their footpegs and found that their gearshift lever was now too close to the footpeg, here is something that I did last summer shortly after I bought my bike.
I needed to shorten my gearshift lever approximately one inch. I didn't want to do any cutting and rewelding because I didn't want to damage the chrome finish or the rubber piece. The simplist fix that I came up with was to remove the rubber piece from the original locating stud and reattach it to the lever in the desired location with a 5/16" X 1 1/2" shoulder bolt. If you are unfamiliar with shoulder bolts, go to McMaster-Carr http://www.mcmaster.com/# and search for part # 91259A587. Most industrial supply retailers carry these. Be sure to get hardened alloy steel. A 1/4-20 hole will need to be drilled and tapped at the desired location. I used Loctite and a jam nut to secure the bolt to the shift lever. The excess lever was cut off, rounded over, and the bare metal was painted with silver paint. Here are some pictures to help better understand what I am talking about: (By the way, shortening the lever one inch was almost too much for me. If I had it to do over, I would have shortened it between 1/2" and 3/4". Also, the extra bolt in the picture is 1/4" too short.)
I needed to shorten my gearshift lever approximately one inch. I didn't want to do any cutting and rewelding because I didn't want to damage the chrome finish or the rubber piece. The simplist fix that I came up with was to remove the rubber piece from the original locating stud and reattach it to the lever in the desired location with a 5/16" X 1 1/2" shoulder bolt. If you are unfamiliar with shoulder bolts, go to McMaster-Carr http://www.mcmaster.com/# and search for part # 91259A587. Most industrial supply retailers carry these. Be sure to get hardened alloy steel. A 1/4-20 hole will need to be drilled and tapped at the desired location. I used Loctite and a jam nut to secure the bolt to the shift lever. The excess lever was cut off, rounded over, and the bare metal was painted with silver paint. Here are some pictures to help better understand what I am talking about: (By the way, shortening the lever one inch was almost too much for me. If I had it to do over, I would have shortened it between 1/2" and 3/4". Also, the extra bolt in the picture is 1/4" too short.)