Heel shifter......!?!?
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Long Island, New York
2005 Road Glide, I use the heel shifter 1% of the time, but it is not in my way and does not bother my size 11 boots.
1970 FLH, I use the heel shifter 99% of the time. She has a long throw, using your toe requires you to lift your leg to shift gears, real PITA.
Takes me about two stop signs to get acclimated with which bike I am riding, then away we go.
1970 FLH, I use the heel shifter 99% of the time. She has a long throw, using your toe requires you to lift your leg to shift gears, real PITA.
Takes me about two stop signs to get acclimated with which bike I am riding, then away we go.
Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2023
Posts: 120
Likes: 79
From: NM
2005 Road Glide, I use the heel shifter 1% of the time, but it is not in my way and does not bother my size 11 boots.
1970 FLH, I use the heel shifter 99% of the time. She has a long throw, using your toe requires you to lift your leg to shift gears, real PITA.
Takes me about two stop signs to get acclimated with which bike I am riding, then away we go.
1970 FLH, I use the heel shifter 99% of the time. She has a long throw, using your toe requires you to lift your leg to shift gears, real PITA.
Takes me about two stop signs to get acclimated with which bike I am riding, then away we go.
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Joined: Mar 2021
Posts: 18,493
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From: backwoods
Curious do you guys adjust the front up high, or where thin boots? I get it pegs, but it just seems weird with a board under the shifter. Regardless either one you are swinging your foot around, it is just what you prefer. Do you want to lift toes, or lift heal?
It is funny this one of those topics, that isn't ever going a way.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,329
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From: Jackson, OH
One of the reasons I like the heel shifter is because I can adjust the toe shifter down. I don't need to get my 13 boot toe under it for upshifts. With the extended heel lever I have 100% access to the footboards with no lever interference.
Never done that with a stock one. I have done it with extended operating kickstand. After about 20 years, I put extended on my bikes, not for shifting, but so my foot could further back.
Curious do you guys adjust the front up high, or where thin boots? I get it pegs, but it just seems weird with a board under the shifter. Regardless either one you are swinging your foot around, it is just what you prefer. Do you want to lift toes, or lift heal?
It is funny this one of those topics, that isn't ever going a way.
Curious do you guys adjust the front up high, or where thin boots? I get it pegs, but it just seems weird with a board under the shifter. Regardless either one you are swinging your foot around, it is just what you prefer. Do you want to lift toes, or lift heal?
It is funny this one of those topics, that isn't ever going a way.
Or you LOL
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Road Captain
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 707
Likes: 332
From: Indiana
I thought I could do without it. I was going to take the one off of my 16 when I traded for the 20, which was the first year HD left them off. But I didn't and had to buy one later.
I found out within a few days on the 20 I had to have one and of course the dealer had one in stock. I use it more for bumping it into neutral than shifting.
I found out within a few days on the 20 I had to have one and of course the dealer had one in stock. I use it more for bumping it into neutral than shifting.