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Old 01-06-2008, 06:08 PM   #87 (permalink)
Rickster
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How do you like the heel/toe shifter?

The reason I ask is because even though I like it, I don't like how far I have to lift my heel in order to up shift.

Kuryakyn has a unit they call the "slick shifter" it moves all the linkage under the floorboard, so all you have to do to shift, is move your foot forward, or backward, and push down.

Besides less movement of your foot in order to shift, it also gives you more room on the fallboard to move your foot around. Handy on longer trips.

Msrp is $199.

I also got myself a different brake lever for the foot brake, it positions the brake pedal about an inch lower, so you don't have to raise your right foot so far to brake. I figure at 60 mph, it saves me about 30 feet in braking distance, because I can get on the brake about a half second faster.
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