Using the toe-heel shifter
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Joined: Apr 2012
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From: On 2 rails...
I always liked it on my 2 previous bikes, after getting a new wg...I really missed it at first. It had been 30 years since I had forward controls.
Positioning it for your feet is the key to bliss.
Positioning it for your feet is the key to bliss.
Always use both. Upshift with the heel and downshift with the toe. Seems natural and second nature to me. But, then again, it's a matter of habit. 08 Ultra with extenders and boards. The boards do make a difference.
Last edited by rpeters282; Oct 5, 2012 at 09:24 AM.
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From: TOAK western branch
Do a majority of people use the toe-heel shifter? What is it that I am missing out on? It seems to me that it is not needed and does feel ackward. Maybe I am just not used to it since I am new to the world of Baggers. It gets in my way on occasions when moving my foot around.
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Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Southest Alabama
It’s simply and matter of preference. Some like black, some white, some green, some orange, some red and on and on. I prefer the heel shifter for up shifting and toe shifter for downshifting. I just find it a lot easier, when leaving a traffic light and trying to get a jump on surrounding cages, when I lift my foot, to hit the heel shifter insted of fumbling around trying to get the toe of my boot under the toe shifter as I am quick shifting into second and subsequent gears. Also, toe shifting is hard on the “piggies” wearing flip flops.
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From: Rockys
Maybe he rides his bike with those horse-riding-spurs on the heels of his boots, to hook under the bottom of the heel-shifter to downshift, in which case, remove the toe-shifter.
I can't imagine not having it now. A few weeks ago on a road trip to St. Louis my toe shifter stripped and I had to use the heal shifter to upshift and downshift until I got to the motel. Luckily it happend the last stretch before the end of the night. Moved the toe shifter to the heel shifter position that night in the parking lot until I came to a dealer for a new shaftthe next day. Because I could still move my foot behind the heel shifter to down shift (lift up) I didnt have to fix it on the side of the hwy.