Heel toe shifting is awesome!
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From: Vancouver B.C. Canada
Heel toe shifting is awesome!
My Fatboy doesn't have heel shifter, the previous owner took the heel shifter lever off and lost it. Today I went to the dealer and picked one up, tried it the first time, it is totally awesome, I found the floor board upshift is extremely hard for me, here is the solution, I am very happy with it. [\\
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Road Captain
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From: Nova Scotia
RE: Heel toe shifting is awesome!
Yup, love the heel \\;shift. Just kick her \\;with the heel. First ride that I owned with a heel shift. Some don't like the heel shift but that's why you can buy the cap to make up the difference in length. Gunner out.
Road Warrior
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RE: Heel toe shifting is awesome!
I don't much care for it. Have to lift my foot off the floorboard to shift and that just bugs me. To me, it needs to be under the heel with a shorter floorboard. I'm gonna take mine off and put the cover on the bolt. Glad it works for others, though.
Big Al
Big Al
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From: Gulf Coast of Mississippi
RE: Heel toe shifting is awesome!
The only reason mine is still on is that I don't have the cap for the end of the shaft yet...
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Don't like it... don't use it...
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Charlie D.
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Don't like it... don't use it...
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Charlie D.
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From: NJ
RE: Heel toe shifting is awesome!
I didn't use mine for months after I got my bike. \\;\\\\\\; When my wife got her Deluxe I realized why. \\;\\\\\\; My bike's rear shifter was set up too high which meant I had to just about lift my leg to shift it. Since I lowered it, it's much easier to use. \\;\\\\\\; \\;\\\\\\;
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Alot of people don't like it because it takes room from the floorboard. \\;\\\\\\; My wife insisted I take her's off to which I \\;\\\\\\;said, "take it off yourself". Gotta keep the little ladies under control
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HD does make a swivel for the rear shifter that allows it to be pushed out of the way when you're on the hiway. \\;\\\\\\; Very pricey though.
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Some riders complain about the rear peg getting caught in their pant legs. \\; Haven't had a problem with that yet. \\; \\; One thing I have done a couple times is downshifted when I meant to upshift. \\; \\; I don't know if this is a product of having two shifters to think about or just a brain fart.
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Alot of people don't like it because it takes room from the floorboard. \\;\\\\\\; My wife insisted I take her's off to which I \\;\\\\\\;said, "take it off yourself". Gotta keep the little ladies under control
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HD does make a swivel for the rear shifter that allows it to be pushed out of the way when you're on the hiway. \\;\\\\\\; Very pricey though.
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Some riders complain about the rear peg getting caught in their pant legs. \\; Haven't had a problem with that yet. \\; \\; One thing I have done a couple times is downshifted when I meant to upshift. \\; \\; I don't know if this is a product of having two shifters to think about or just a brain fart.
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From: North Georgia
RE: Heel toe shifting is awesome!
The heal shifter was the first thing to come off the bike as soon as I got \\;the \\;Fatboy \\;home for the first time.
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I still have the part (and now many others) stored in my garage. \\; I like the extra room on the boards, and am too old-school for how I've always shifted. \\; The cap cleans things up nicely.
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I still have the part (and now many others) stored in my garage. \\; I like the extra room on the boards, and am too old-school for how I've always shifted. \\; The cap cleans things up nicely.
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RE: Heel toe shifting is awesome!
gosh, if I'd known you wanted a heel shifter, I would have given you the one I took off my bike.
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I'm too old of a dog to learn a new trick.
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RE: Heel toe shifting is awesome!
A lot of people don't like them (or can't retrain themselves), but like you, I also think they are awesome. In fact, I even modified my Night Train to heel/toe using the factory forward controls. It saves me 2 changes of foot position when going from normal riding position to upshift.
B4:
* swivel foot to left
* move toe down (to clear peg)
* swivel foot right (positioned under peg)
* upshift
NOW:
* slide heel back (w/o removing from peg)
* upshift
B4:
* swivel foot to left
* move toe down (to clear peg)
* swivel foot right (positioned under peg)
* upshift
NOW:
* slide heel back (w/o removing from peg)
* upshift
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Texas
RE: Heel toe shifting is awesome!
I love mine since I switched to the extended levers. I have them set up in a way that the front shifter is raised high to allow for more forward boot movement and the heel lever lowered and extended of course which allows me to slightly raise my heel keeping the majority of my boot on the board and jam that puppy down. I rented an 08 Ultra last week, stock set up, the lever shortness and positions were very uncomfortable. Made me realize how much more comfort and room the extended levers provide! JMHO[sm=americanasmiley.gif]Happy 4th!!