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| | | RBinTEX | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 13/03/2012 | | Posts | : | 122 | | Location | : | West Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2012 - 04:27 Post title : OEM shifter on floorboards | | | I just removed my rear kick on the shifter on the OEM boards that I bought last month.
It is shaped wrong and just plain old in the way.
The way it is made leaves a little to be desired and now that it is gone the shifting is MUCH better without the rear kick.
I now have a lot more room for my left foot and the shifter that came with the boards works much better than the original stock shifter with foot pegs. The shifter post is more adjustable and longer with the same throw.
I'm going to run it this way for a month or so to really see if I like, but recent riding tests today makes me think I will keep it this way.
Any others remove their rear kick and leave just the front on?
Much improvement and smoother shifts for me.
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| | | davetac1 | | Thunderbird | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,379 | | Location | : | Haverhill, Ma., United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2012 - 05:09 Post title : Re: OEM shifter on floorboards (Re: RBinTEX) | | | Nope!! All I did was adjust both,front and rear levers to a position that was comfortable for me.Dave!!!
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| | | Gala | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2012 | | Posts | : | 81 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2012 - 05:13 Post title : Re: OEM shifter on floorboards (Re: RBinTEX) | | | Heel shifters are good for one thing only....selecting neutral.
You must have incredibly large foot size for the heel shifter to interfere with your foot placement.
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| | | feduke | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2012 - 12:36 Post title : Re: OEM shifter on floorboards (Re: Gala) | | |
Gala wrote:
Heel shifters are good for one thing only....selecting neutral.
You must have incredibly large foot size for the heel shifter to interfere with your foot placement. |
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I've got to disagree. I have never had a missed upshift with a heel shifter. It is much more positive than lifting your toe. I prefer it, but I hope whatever works out for you works well. To each his own.
I do agree with your second statement though. I wear a size 13 boot and have no problem with foot placement. If you think the TBird is bad, try getting your left foot comfortable on a Rocket next time you're at the dealer! That's the only complaint I had with the bike.
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| | | RBinTEX | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 13/03/2012 | | Posts | : | 122 | | Location | : | West Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2012 - 12:56 Post title : Re: OEM shifter on floorboards (Re: davetac1) | | |
davetac1 wrote:
Nope!! All I did was adjust both,front and rear levers to a position that was comfortable for me.Dave!!! |
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Been trying to find that sweet spot for over a month! Didn't happen! 
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| | | RBinTEX | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 13/03/2012 | | Posts | : | 122 | | Location | : | West Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2012 - 13:04 Post title : Re: OEM shifter on floorboards (Re: Gala) | | |
Gala wrote:
Heel shifters are good for one thing only....selecting neutral.
You must have incredibly large foot size for the heel shifter to interfere with your foot placement. |
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Only 11-1/2 in size, but I wear a 4-E width to accommodate a special insert supplied by the VA for me.
The rear shifter is hard for me to use without using up a lot of my attention to driving the bike.
I have had several bikes with floor boards and shifters in the past, 2 Gold Wings, 3 Harleys,(one with a suicide clutch) and a Honda Phantom but I've never had the problems with them that I'm having with the Triumph's foot shifter.
I don't know what it is, but it is! 
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| | | feduke | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2012 - 15:13 Post title : Re: OEM shifter on floorboards (Re: RBinTEX) | | | Sounds like an individual case. Personally I hate the Harley brake pedal with their floor boards. I have to raise my entire footoff of the floor board and almost but my knee into my chest to get to it. Every other bike I've ridden with the same setup, I can just leave my heel on the floorboard at reach the brake pedal. That kind of thing can really be annoying.
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| | | curtis41 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 28/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 191 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2012 - 15:24 Post title : Re: OEM shifter on floorboards (Re: Gala) | | | Gala wrote:
Heel shifters are good for one thing only....selecting neutral.
You must have incredibly large foot size for the heel shifter to interfere with your foot placement. |
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Everyone to his own taste, said the farmer as he kissed the cow. :-) I wear a 15 EE boot and love the heel/toe shifter. With feet that big (BigFoot?), it would have been nice to have more real estate on the footboards, they are not very wide, nor are they very long. That said, it is a lot more comfortable on long hauls not to have a sore set of toes. And yes, you are right, much easier to find neutral with a heel than a toe. This is a lot like various options, some hate them, some love them, the same option. The new Thunderbird fairing, at least one of them, is ugly as sin, but some folks like them and think they look good. My sense is beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The thing I like about the footboards is they give you some room to move your feet around a little on the road. Also, their ground clearance is reasonable as well.
| | Post edited by curtis41 on 09 Jul 2012 - 15:24 |
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| | | RBinTEX | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 13/03/2012 | | Posts | : | 122 | | Location | : | West Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2012 - 15:39 Post title : Re: OEM shifter on floorboards (Re: feduke) | | |
feduke wrote:
Sounds like an individual case. Personally I hate the Harley brake pedal with their floor boards. I have to raise my entire footoff of the floor board and almost but my knee into my chest to get to it. Every other bike I've ridden with the same setup, I can just leave my heel on the floorboard at reach the brake pedal. That kind of thing can really be annoying. |
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I seldom use the foot brake except to maybe hold on a hill or at a red light or in an all out stopping emergency.
If I'm riding hard in the curves I use it to trail into a hard curve. But as far as using it to control the bike stopping in ordinary day to day driving it is not even touched for days at a time.
I see a lot of people using the rear brake only for stopping, and have found that they are the ones that cry out when they have and accident that they "had" to lay down the bike.
Fact probably is they locked the rear brake and slid down or released it when they paniced when it started siding and high sided the bike.
Using the front brake is where all the braking is at, the rear brake is for control.
Just my opinion of course, along with all the major driver training facilities that is!
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| | | feduke | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2012 - 21:38 Post title : Re: OEM shifter on floorboards (Re: RBinTEX) | | | I pretty much agree with you but, if you learn to gently modulate the rear brake during normal stops it can reduce stopping distance significantly as well as spread the brake pad wear out to make them all last longer.
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