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View Poll Results: Who uses a Heal Shifter
I use a heal shifter
860
59.89%
I DO NOT use a heal shifter
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 05:22 PM
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use mine all the time
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 05:26 PM
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Another "use it all the time" voter
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 05:26 PM
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I also started a few years ago using my heel. Now it feels totally natural for me now to upshift with the heel after putting into first, then tapping with the toe to downshift.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 05:32 PM
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+1 on use it all the time.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 05:35 PM
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Keeps the toe from turning black on my shoes.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 05:37 PM
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I have both shifters in the past and just use what Harley has on the bike when I get it.....I have had no problem with them....like my 83 Wide Glide has the heel shifter....but then my 07 had the toe shifter.....now my two touring bikes have the heel shifter and I never thought about seriously changing them
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 05:46 PM
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OH.....what gota have the heel shifter,in use all the time,love kickin that ***** into gear....................
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 09:31 PM
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Tried it out when I bought the RK but never really became a fan of it, took it off for more room and haven't looked back.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 09:42 PM
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Had mine removed before I took delivery. Damn things just get in the way...
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 09:46 PM
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Rode a touring bike for a few hundred miles with one. Hated it at first, then i learned to ignore it, then i started to use it. Never got to loving it, but could see the use.
 
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