Who uses heel Shifter?
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I just purchased an '06 FLHX and got a good ride in this past weekend. My first bike with a heel/toe shifting mechanism. Couldn't get used to the heel part of the shifter. Got me to thinking, why is it there in the first place? Most bikes do not have one. Racing bikes certainly don't have them. The presence of the rear shifter makes you have to place your foot on the floor board from a stop between the two levers, plus once there, limits movement from front to back no matter the shoe size. Using the front shifter for both up shifts and down just seems so much easier. You never have to reposition your foot to reach the rear lever. I took the rear one off, mounted a spacer on the spline to bring the front one closer to the foot. It just seems so much simpler to me. I mad a concerted effort to use the rear lever but just didn't get it. Am I missing something?
Jim M
Warwick, RI
2006 FLHX
1993 XLH
Jim M
Warwick, RI
2006 FLHX
1993 XLH
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RE: Who uses heel Shifter?
Size 11, and use mine all the time, Made adjustments to the height and would not be without it.
plus using it reminds me of how cool "CHiPs" really was.
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plus using it reminds me of how cool "CHiPs" really was.
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Size 13 here as well. I LOVE my heel shifter. lowered the front to almost flush so i downshift without even lifting the foot. Gotta find a way to do the same for the heel. I had ample foot room until i installed the crash bar pegs. gotta adjust them out a bit and life will be good!
For those of you that have removed the rear shifter rod... send it to me! I'll use it to extend mine
Have a well shifted 1
Moose
For those of you that have removed the rear shifter rod... send it to me! I'll use it to extend mine
Have a well shifted 1
Moose
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RE: Who uses heel Shifter?
00 Fatboy use it all the time, 04 Ultra use it all the time. I have mine adjusted to where the shift barley misses the floorboard, which means I barely raise my heel to shift it. Oh yeah size 10!!! 
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