Who uses heel Shifter?
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RE: Who uses heel Shifter?
i removed first day i got the bike.....however, after spraining my ankle and being unable to lift with the foot, i put it back on last week and it is working well for me with the injured hoof.
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RE: Who uses heel Shifter?
Mine fell off several times while on a road trip to Niagra Falls. I guess I was lucky I didn't loose it becaused it wedged between the floor board and engine. I took it off and left it off, since I never used it.
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From: Indy area
RE: Who uses heel Shifter?
I'm only a 10-1/2 - 11 but have nice proportions 
Was asked what's involved in adjusting the rear too-short shift lever. Here's how I did it (am not too sure about the number of splines at this point but you'll see what you need to do for yourself when you get to it).
First off, I gotta say I can see the reasoning behind using the same part for both but why the Sam H-e-double-l didn't they make it 1/2" longer and put the floorboards 1/2" farther forward?
When I loosened the clamp bolt, slid it off the spline shaft, and put it back on two splines lower it would hit the floorboard. As I recall, I could jam it down anyway and it would work, compressing the floorboard mat some. But I was concerned both about reliability and having it kicked out of my selected gear while going through a curve dragging my floorboard. So I detached the shift linkage and extended it a couple of turns. This rotated the shift levers forward which gave me the clearance I wanted in back and served to rotate the front one down some at the same time. I might have lowered the front by a spline itself, too.
Was asked what's involved in adjusting the rear too-short shift lever. Here's how I did it (am not too sure about the number of splines at this point but you'll see what you need to do for yourself when you get to it).
First off, I gotta say I can see the reasoning behind using the same part for both but why the Sam H-e-double-l didn't they make it 1/2" longer and put the floorboards 1/2" farther forward?
When I loosened the clamp bolt, slid it off the spline shaft, and put it back on two splines lower it would hit the floorboard. As I recall, I could jam it down anyway and it would work, compressing the floorboard mat some. But I was concerned both about reliability and having it kicked out of my selected gear while going through a curve dragging my floorboard. So I detached the shift linkage and extended it a couple of turns. This rotated the shift levers forward which gave me the clearance I wanted in back and served to rotate the front one down some at the same time. I might have lowered the front by a spline itself, too.
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RE: Who uses heel Shifter?
I don't use mine much but I like it on there. I guess I like the looks of it more than the function.
Fatboys have that old school look and it adds to it.
Fatboys have that old school look and it adds to it.
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RE: Who uses heel Shifter?
i run a size twelve, 90% of the time i use the toe, i have found though that when in top gear the heel shifter makes a nice place to rest your foot once in a while to change up your riding position... what i'd like to see is a heel shifter that is about 1-2" longer (further back) so there is extra room on the board also could have a hinged/spring loaded peg mount so that it would fold back out of the way and help keep pant legs and boots from getting caught on it... maybe i should start making/selling them??