Heel & Toe Shifter

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alpeyton · #1 Unread post by **alpeyton** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:30 am

I have a Suzuki C50T, with heel / toe shifter. Had an unpleasant surprise with it the other day. I had just started off on an incline, still playing with the clutch friction zone, and when I picked up my left foot and set it on the floorboard, my boot heel hit the "up-shifter", and shifted it up to neutral. I was able to quickly stop, using the foot brake, and then start over again. I came close to dropping the bike. Lucky, no one was behind me.

So.....if you have a foot shifter, you might want to be aware of this little "possible", problem.

Al

Meanie · #2 Unread post by **Meanie** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:58 am

No problem. Lower the heel lever just below the point of normal boot contact. Then, in order to shift, you have to lower the heel just a bit to shift. Of course, this is if you wear boots all the time. Works for me. I can rest my feet on any part of the floorboard without worrying about shifting.

Keyoke · #3 Unread post by **Keyoke** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:21 am

Cheers for letting us know! not having a bike woth footboards, wouldnt have picked this one up, myself....

basshole · #4 Unread post by **basshole** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:52 am

I have a C50 and when I'm running up through the gears, I keep my left heel up just a bit and kinda feel my way around till I know my heel won't interfere with the heel shifter. It takes some getting used to but I like it.

embries · #5 Unread post by **embries** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:40 am

On my VSTAR1100 I ride with my toe forward (under the toe shifter) so then it's either slide the foot back for the heel shift, or lift the toe for a toe shift. Works very well for me.

jfeaz · #6 Unread post by **jfeaz** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:56 pm

not relevant, but the c50 is a nice bike. i was about 2 minutes away from buying one until i opted for the v-star to save money.