Originally Posted by
cb400bill
Scooper posted this a while back.
Stem shifters were a factory option in the seventies.
Here's the 1972 Order Form. Note that under P15, Item 4, control options, "Schwinn Twin-Stik" is a no extra cost option.
+2 Since Paramounts where basically order bikes not stocked by most deallers during the 70's you could order one set up with just about anything in the Schwinn dealers catalog. It is rare to see one with drops and stem shifters though most of the ones I have seen with stem shifters had upright touring bars.