View Poll Results: Heel to Toe Shifters--what is your preference?
Heel and Toe?
332
59.82%
Toe Only
223
40.18%
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Heel to Toe Shifters?
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 328
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From: South Central Virginia
Up in the Air
When I first got my 08 FLH I thought I was going to like the heel/toe, but since then my left knee has been killing me........ I Know it is coming from lifting my knee up everytime to shift because if I don't ride it for a couple days my knee quits hurting. I've seen lowering kits, I might go that way. But for now I'm Thinking Toe only
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2007
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I have left the heel/toe on so far just to try it out. I haven't had any trouble with it yet but I haven't done any long rides either. I did make sure that I have the tools in the saddle bag to take it off if the mood strikes me.
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Joe Kucinski
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Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Missouri
To add to my previous comments, a heel shifter is a much more positive way of shifting gears. It's much easier to exert a force downward with my heel than it is to pull upward with my toe. Also, the heel shifter doesn't mess up the shine on my boot toe.
Here is a question for those who favor the toe shifter. Is it because your previous bike(s) had a toe shifter and that's what you got used to and find it hard to change?
Here is a question for those who favor the toe shifter. Is it because your previous bike(s) had a toe shifter and that's what you got used to and find it hard to change?
Last edited by sparky_mo; Jan 7, 2009 at 06:44 AM.
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Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Lived 52 years in Thomasville NC and moving to Edgewaterpark NJ in Feb.09
Interesting, when I first got the Ultra I could not stand the heel shifter. Did not take it off. I have been riding and racing for many years and the real adjustment for me was the use of the clutch to shift. In racing never took time to use the clutch. Now, after about 5,000 miles I can't stand to use the toe shift on the Ultra. I guess things change with time, or is that with age??