Toe-to-Heel shifter.....
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From: Lewisville, TX
At first I hated it and just used the toe shifter. Now that I am having to wear decent shoes to work I use the heal shifter. It took a while to get used to but I actually like using it every now and then. I found that the floor boards dont get in the way at all.
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Joined: May 2007
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From: Greenfield, Massachusetts
I just took mine off. First, my feet are small, and I could not really get to the heel shifter without totally lifting my foot up, back, and then down. (yes it was adjusted as low as it could be.) Much easier to just slide forward like always and use the regular shifter. Plus, I found if I wanted to slide my feet back on the floorboard, I couldn't do it with my left foot. By removing it, I expanded my choices of foot position on the floorboard. I gave it a try because lots of people love it, but it wasn't for me.
Now I need to get one of those nice caps to cover up the ugliness there now :-)
Now I need to get one of those nice caps to cover up the ugliness there now :-)
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Joined: Feb 2011
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From: Central Jersey
I was going from Central Jersey up for a weekend ride around the Catskill Mountains with a friend of mine back in May, we got about 20 miles into the trip and came along a road that had stop lights on it like every half mile.. i was wearing my favorite pair of jeans, which are boot-cut, and as we're riding i'm thinking to myself "hmm, my jeans seem to be hanging over my heel shifter, hope its okay"..well it wasn't.. came to a stop at the first light, my jeans were wrapped around the heel shifter so badly that i couldn't put my foot on the ground, and almost fell over because i was unbalanced.. unwrapped my jeans, and sure enough, it happened again before the next light, and the light after that..3 times in a row, no joke...i yelled to my buddy who had a tool kit on his bike, we pulled over, and i took an allen wrench and removed it right there.. haven't put it back on, nor want to.. never really used it anyways
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From: 40 miles Northeast of Indy..
Once I had floorboards, I'd never go back.
I don't use and even took off the heel shifter, U'll just have to see if U like it.
I didn't mind the heel shift with flat shoes, but with my boots I felt like I had to left my leg to high 4-5 inches every time, With my bad back I didn't need the stress on it as we do mostly country riding and I do a lot of shifting.
I don't use and even took off the heel shifter, U'll just have to see if U like it.
I didn't mind the heel shift with flat shoes, but with my boots I felt like I had to left my leg to high 4-5 inches every time, With my bad back I didn't need the stress on it as we do mostly country riding and I do a lot of shifting.
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Joined: Feb 2011
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From: Northern Kentucky
Took awhile to get used to the heel shifter. I lowered mine all I could and now love it. I would say I use it 99% of the time.
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Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Columbus, OH
I agree with fish-r-ride and SGT Jim. My heel shifter had to come off after my pants caught on it coming to a stop. I thought it was just me having a special moment, but it happend to a buddy of mine riding his Street Glide in a parade. If his jeans didn't tear he would have dumped his bike...