The Vespas have a slick left side handlebar integrated shifter.

This is a bit beyond the scope of my shift on the fly project so I will opt for a more conventional push pull twist throttle.

The 4 speed Vespa shift selector showed up yesterday and I held it up in front of the Plunger shifter to get some idea of how much work I have gotten myself into. I thought I was going to have to move the clutch brake but the selector has to be spaced out about an inch and a half from the Plunger gearbox so the brake can stay where it is. The left side mounting bolt can be fastened to the clutch brake mounting bracket. I will have to make a simple bracket to fasten the right side mounting bolt.

I started looking at my MK8 trying to figure out how to mount the shifter, run the cables and quickly noticed that the frame is cracked again.

This is the 3rd or 4th crack in this frame not counting the Autograb cracks. This will get repaired when the Plunger gearbox is out of the frame.

Back 2012 I started a project to install a reverse chain drive and shift on the fly shifter on my 1997 Rokon Ranger. The reverse modification is documented here in Bob Gallaghers Rokon World message Board. Reverse has been working since August 30th 2012 with one minor shifter issue not related to the reverse drive. I wanted to test drive it a bit to make sure reverse held up before I started on the shift on the fly part of the project. I figure 9 years is long enough so I started looking again at shifters that could be modified to fit. Hodakas and Yamaha scooters use the same design ball shifter as my 1974 Rokon gearbox. Both of their shifters are large and complicated. Vespas use a cross shaped shift selector that works the same as the newer #17 Rokon tang shift selectors. Vespas have a very compact and simple cable operated shift selector that looks much easier to adapt to a Rokon.

This is a 4 speed Vespa shift selector that has a neutral between 1st and 2nd. On the 3 speed Plunger gearbox the neutral will be between reverse and first.