View Poll Results: Do You Give A Shift????
Yes Heel Shifter
238
58.05%
No Heel Shifter
172
41.95%
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Do you Give A Shift????
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,091
Likes: 1
From: new jersey
got rid of mine after about a month...felt i needed extra room.....and i only wear a size 10... i couldn't imagine someone with 13s or 15s trying to wedge their foot between the pegs.
I am a little on the short side 5'6" ..and i actually ride with my feet pretty far back on the boards and my knees bent kinda like a mid-controll stance...especially in the turns..it really makes an 800# bike feel ALOT more nimble then it should....
I am a little on the short side 5'6" ..and i actually ride with my feet pretty far back on the boards and my knees bent kinda like a mid-controll stance...especially in the turns..it really makes an 800# bike feel ALOT more nimble then it should....
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,979
Likes: 15
From: USA
First bike with one, I don't use it at all. It'll come off eventually.
To me, it doesn't make any ergonomical sense. You have to use all (exaggerating) your muscles in your leg to lift your heel up, on the other hand it's just one little toe flip. I don't get it.
To me, it doesn't make any ergonomical sense. You have to use all (exaggerating) your muscles in your leg to lift your heel up, on the other hand it's just one little toe flip. I don't get it.
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,384
Likes: 3
From: California
Never had one until my first Harley in '02. Have had four Harley's now and with each one, I've ridden briefly using only the front shifter, like in the old days of my Interceptors and GoldWings. Always go back to the rear shifter after just one ride.
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Road Master
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 862
Likes: 1
From: N Dak
Agree, Size 13 doesn't help either. Still on there but it will come off...
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,314
Likes: 31
From: Eastern PA
Use mine 100%...I think Harley was on to something here and I think they are/were right. I did get the extended lever for the rear it gave me about 2" more room on the floor boards, I do recommend this add on.