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Hello, as you can see I'm new to here and to the motorcycle world in general. I recently ran into a problem and found this place, and I feel as though you guys may be able to help me. I have a 1974 Honda 360T, just got it two weeks ago, first bike. Long story short, bike feel down on the left side, bent the shifter lever, I rode it home fine, everything shifted fine. I got home, tried to bend the shifter back while it was still on, I didn't bang or pull to hard, decide to take it off, shift it down to 1st gear before I take the shifter off, get it off attempt to bend it back (I got it to bend back slightly) go and put it back on, now I can't shift into any gears at all, when I push it down it gets stuck and I have to physically apply pressure to bring it back up, won't shift up into any other gears. Any help? I'm hesitant to take it apart, since the screws are nearly stripped. Any help would be awesome, thanks. sorry if this is in the wrong place.