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I always use it. I get leg/hip cramps though (lifting my leg to use heel), and have thought about removing it, and just using the toe of the boot. To upshift though, I'd have to lift the front shifter up to get the toe of my boot under it comfortably - but then downshifting would be more of a challenge. so for now, it stays as is...
I found I only used it for finding neutral. I found I would rather have the rooms to move around then to use it maybe a few times a month. I chose foot room or finding neutral with it.
Drove it home from the dealership the day I bought it and removed it and filled the space with a kuryakyan spacer. Tried to get used to it on anther bike just couldn't.
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