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 Which do you like better; Toe shifters, or Heel-Toe shifters?
Hi folks, for those folks who have used both just toe shifters and heel-toe shifters, which do you like better please?
Last edited by Peter Aawen; 04-20-2024 at 03:37 PM.
Reason: Expanded title to briefly ask the question... ;-)
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I prefer heel/toe. Took a couple years to find one and boards for our 2013 RT. Rivco came through in 2015(?) with some. Was not much available in 2014.
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I don't like them. But it's like nearly everything else. It just depends on the person.
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I am a foot pegs and toe shift guy. Probably because my preference has always leaned towards sportier machines instead of the large touring rigs.
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I was going to put a heel to toe on a Goldwing some years ago and was at the shop talking to the mechanics and he said he seem people have transmission problems because of them because the way they would put more pressure on the lever not realizing the we're doing it and also rest there foot on the shifter so I didn't put one on don't know if he was right but he had been working on GW for years and was very good
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I have a "dead" left foot from the ankle forward. I had to give up playing the steel guitar because I could no longer work the foot pedals with my left foot. The SE transmission on the spyder was "friendly" to my situation.
My last two wheeler had heel/toe. That made it easy for me to shift through the gears by putting the weight of my heel on the shifter. Eventually though I had to give up the two wheeler altogether because I could no longer support the bike with the dead left foot.
For me, I liked the heel/toe shifter method. I only had one SM transmission. My first Spyder a 2008 SM/5. Heel/toe shifters were not available at that time, but it was before my foot went dead.
Last edited by ARtraveler; 04-20-2024 at 05:33 PM.
 
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Heel/toe for me! Way more comfortable on long trips. Had it on both of my wings.��
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Last edited by Peter Aawen; 04-20-2024 at 09:16 PM.
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After years of toe only shifters my last Royal Star came with a heel/toe shifter. After I got used to it I really liked it. Now that I am on a SpyderRTL I really like the thumb shifter.
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Loved the heel/toe shifter on my H-D bagger, but I really enjoy blipping my down shift paddles 
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All the bikes I have ever owned were toe shifters and I have had a few over the last 45+ years. I recently bought a used 2014Triumph Thunderbird Commander and it had a heel/toe shifter on it. I just couldn't get comfortable using the heel shifter. So I removed the heel shifter portion. It was a simple fix, since the Thunderbird just had a bolt extending the toe shifter to the heel shifter. Now life is good.
Last edited by Peter Aawen; 04-21-2024 at 03:19 PM.
Reason: hell/toe... ;-)
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As Ron said earlier, we are all different. I found I had to install heel/toe shifters on all my bikes, because a size 15 riding boot is pretty tall at the front and had trouble getting under the toe shifter. I really grew to like them, but of course, I don’t need one on my SE.
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I am in the Toe Shifter family. That's because my first bikes were a Honda 750 Shadow then a Honda Goldwing. They were toe shifters and that's what I got used to. When I went to my Harley Ultra Limiteds I had heal shifter removed. Couldn't get used to it. Now I love my Paddle Shifter.
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I've had both on my many 2 wheelers and I prefer the heel/toe shifter.
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Toe shifter all the way. (Not counting thumb shifting)
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