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First remove the gear shift lever pinch bolt with an English size allen wrench.  When I was an engineer with General Motors they had a firm target date of 1976 to convert over to completely metric.  They should have asked the machine shops what they thought.  Like GM cars today, Harleys are a mixture of English and Metric fasteners.  Most of the big stuff is still English.  Remember that the front forks went Japanese in 1973, the Carb in 1976, the starter motor went Hitachi in the late 70s and Nippondenso in 1983.  I hear the gears are from Korea and who knows what else is from what country.  One of the automotive trade magazines was going to do a comparison on the domestic content of Harley vs Honda motorcycles but the story got spiked.  I suspect it was because a Gold Wing has more American parts then a Harley.
This bike was wrecked once and the gear shift shaft got bashed up a little.  The lever won't slide off anymore.  I use this totally cool little puller made for battery terminals. Please do not try to pry the lever off with a tire iron. 
Because I was too stupid to remove the footpeg first, I could not get a good grip on the lever.  When it was half way out I switched to this position to get it the rest of the way.  Maybe a cheap Taiwan puller would work better for you.  Once again: Please do not try to pry the lever off with a tire iron. 
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