Jackhartjr
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Hi folks, for those folks who have used both just toe shifters and heel-toe shifters, which do you like better please?
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Which do you like better; Toe shifters, or Heel-Toe shifters?
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FrogmanDave
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Toe shift.
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.
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.
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pegasus1300
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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.
Ex-Rocket
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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.
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Dasmoetorhead
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Toe shifter.
Peteoz
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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.:2thumbs:
Pete
Pete
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.
SpyderConvert
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I've had both on my many 2 wheelers and I prefer the heel/toe shifter.
Toe shifter for me. Maybe because I learned to ride with that type of shifting and as it is said, its hard to teach an old dog new tricks. The one bike I tried with a heel/toe shifter had me accidentally hitting the heel lever several times. The one conventional bike I own now has a traditional toe shifter and I find that it works just fine for me and there is no need for something different. And I prefer the paddle shifter on my RT to a conventional transmission, I guess a sign of laziness in my old age.
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