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G51000 · 01-07-2008, 02:13 PM

With my MotoGuzzi Eldorado I have a 'rocker' heel toe shift. But the shift pattern is just opposite, push the heel down for 1st gear, then toe down for the rest on the up shifting.
I am not too fond of the system, I don't wear shiney boots so I don't have to worry about the top of the toe getting scuffed, that is about the only advantage I can see with the rocker.
I don't get as smooth of a shift when shifting down through the gears with my heel. You don't get the feel of the gear rolling in like you do with a toe shift. On the slower rpm engine I shift part of the time without the clutch, I have had people ask me if it was an automatic.
You sure got yourself a fine looking scoot there,I would probably have something like it if I would have saved more when I was young.

01-07-2008, 02:13 PM	#91 (permalink)
G51000 Newbie Joined: Dec 2007 Bike: 79 MotoGuzzi G-5 / 72 MotoGuzzi Eldorado. Location: Spokane WA. Posts: 23	With my MotoGuzzi Eldorado I have a 'rocker' heel toe shift. But the shift pattern is just opposite, push the heel down for 1st gear, then toe down for the rest on the up shifting. I am not too fond of the system, I don't wear shiney boots so I don't have to worry about the top of the toe getting scuffed, that is about the only advantage I can see with the rocker. I don't get as smooth of a shift when shifting down through the gears with my heel. You don't get the feel of the gear rolling in like you do with a toe shift. On the slower rpm engine I shift part of the time without the clutch, I have had people ask me if it was an automatic. You sure got yourself a fine looking scoot there,I would probably have something like it if I would have saved more when I was young. Last edited by G51000; 01-07-2008 at 02:15 PM.