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Posted by Troll
 - July 09, 2013, 07:30:12 AM

I guess it's more a matter of what you get used to. When I ride my W, I have to use the toe method, but the seating position makes that normal and easy...On the Drifter, with the feet forward position, I would find the lifting up to upshift quite awkward.

Posted by Nanook
 - July 09, 2013, 07:14:27 AM

I just think toe shifter are softer to use for upshifting and mainly does'nt require as much movement from the foot, the heel staying always at the same place. I started using the heel shifter because of my problem but found it require too much movement you don't have the choice to slide the feet backward or completly lift it up to reach the back shifter then slide everything forward again to down shift. Maybe it's just me and there is something i'm doing wrong but I don't find this as efficient as just pivoting the feet on the heel just to upshift or downshift with the toe shifter.

Rob

Posted by Troll
 - July 08, 2013, 19:13:39 PM

Yeah, same here...Step down on the front for 1st, and back with your heel for everything else...but I have had a heel/toe shifter since I got a foot shift on on my '68 EGlide. Before that, I had a foot clutch/tank shift. My BSA and my Guzzi had toe only, but that's the only ones like that.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - July 08, 2013, 18:00:28 PM

 Rob a bit confused on this, I use the toe shifter to shift down only, and the heel to shift up only so I never need to get my foot under the toe shifter. I also have a Front Engine guard, so went and too pictures of the set up. I was worried at first with the floor board and engine guard mounting bolt might be in the way but it is a non-issue once it was mounted up.

Posted by Nanook
 - July 08, 2013, 12:07:51 PM

I have a 800 with, I think, the oem crashbar, the only problem I have is that the toe shifter comes really close to the crashbar. So close in fact that I can't slide my foot really far underneath and have to shift with the tip of my foot, almost on my toe nail actually! Anybody experienced this? I now use the heel shifter but would like to get a shorter toe shifter to fit. Any suggestions?

Thanks
Rob

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