help me -heel-toe shifter for the first time

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Oct 7, 2007 | 08:42 AM

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captjon37

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RE: help me -heel-toe shifter for the first time

How many notches did you lower? I know that question sucks i just wanted to get a starting point.

Oct 7, 2007 | 09:15 AM

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barkster99

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RE: help me -heel-toe shifter for the first time

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How many notches did you lower? I know that question sucks i just wanted to get a starting point.

For me, one notch front and back, but you really just need toremove and see.

Oct 7, 2007 | 09:15 AM

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easyglider

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RE: help me -heel-toe shifter for the first time

I had to add a small piece of metal to the heel of my boot so I could use the heel shifter to downshift.

Oct 7, 2007 | 10:56 AM

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RE: help me -heel-toe shifter for the first time

I swear by the heel-shifter and now that I've had a couple bikes with it I wouldnt want a bike without it.

Very easy shifting and to me it's just comfortable and natural to jab down at the rear peg with my heel as I go through the gears.

Now as mentioned above if you have BIG feet then your boot may not fit between the shifter pegs comfortably, but other than that I find it no trouble at all and REALLY like the heel/toe shifter.

Oct 7, 2007 | 11:24 AM

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captjon37

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RE: help me -heel-toe shifter for the first time

Well, I do have BIG feet but i just kick my feet sideways to heel shift. After all those years with a single shifter i find that a little foot adjustment is a small price for the heel shifting.

Oct 7, 2007 | 11:50 AM

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wjl24

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RE: help me -heel-toe shifter for the first time

I put mine down as far as it would go without bottoming out and not shifting. I really like it that way. Toe shifting is easier when you have a foot peg, when you have floorboards heel shifting is easier. When I'm downshifting I just slide my toe over, barely have to lift. I am thinking about an extended lever for the rear though. I put an extended brake pedal on the other side and it made a HUGE difference.

Oct 7, 2007 | 01:18 PM

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JBA111

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RE: help me -heel-toe shifter for the first time

Man I ran the heel shift for several months but rideing all these twisties here in East TN, NC, KY. GA,SC and VA it just seems to clutter up the shifting process, even on my Ultra. Now if my riding was mostly long straights or wide sweepers, or arround town redlight rides and bar runs, then the back shift would have been OK. But not for the rideing the 15K a year on the roads I ride. Matter of fact it was longer than my toe shift bar, so the toe shift bar came off and the heal shifter went forward so I got a 1" longer toe shifter and the EZ brake on the other side, Works for Me!!