| Author | Message | ||
     Rpm4x4 |
I am wondering if anybody makes a shifter like I saw on a Harley. It was a rocker looking thing with 2 pedals. One front and one rear and it rocked in the middle. Basically shifting up or down you would use the bottom of your foot. After a lot of city riding I find the top of my foot sore. Really sore. I’m not a racer or a person that hammers hard through gears very often but my sore foot just got me to thinking about options. If nothings available I am going to make something. Has anybody done this? If so please post pics. I have searched this on this forum and did not find anything but if it has been discussed feel free to post a link. BTW,(sorry for my newbieness)but can someone tell me where I find my PMs on this site? | ||
| Glitch |
Doubt you'll find any shifter like that. You may be able to mod something though. The PMs someone sends you will be sent to the e-mail you signed up with...n00b!  | ||
| Rpm4x4 |
In that case I'm gonna see what I can do. I will post up what I came up with. If anybody has an additional shift lever that can be had for cheap PM me. I think I might need it for a test model. I don't want any down time. Thanks Glitch for the info on the pms. I thought I was supposed to respond through this site. I'm not a noob to forums, just this one. This site is like using a mac when your used to a PC. LOL Eventually I will figure out how this site works  | ||
| Strmvt |
I'm gonna assume your wearing tennis shoes. A good pair of boots with a "shift pad" where the lever hit the top of your foot will solve your problem of the foot hurting but won't help in the shift lever your looking for =P | ||
| Rpm4x4 |
I am actually wearing my work boots as I commute with it, but you are correct, I dont own ridding boots. Size 14 is hard to come by. | ||
| Pwnzor |
I'm curious as to where you would put a shifter like that...? | ||
| Rpm4x4 |
I'm curious as to where you would put a shifter like that...? Just straight forward. Not saying I would shift like that all the time but it would give me another option. With a foot my size with a shoe on I can reach 2 inches past the centerline of the shifter without leaving the peg. It doesn't seem like much of a stretch to go 2 inches further. It might be a terrible Idea but I'm gonna try it anyway. I think I will make a bolton part first. Something quick so I can use it for a few days and see if its even practical. That way if it sucks I wont have a lot of time into it. (Message edited by rpm4x4 on April 16, 2008) | ||
| Pwnzor |
Well, keep us posted on that, it could conceivably be a helpful item for other big-footed individuals such as yourself, or perhaps even someone with an injury to the ankle or limited range of motion. | ||
| Irideabuell |
PM "Rich". He fabricated one for himself as I recall. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
it's known as a heel/ toe shifter in the chrome world. i can't see how you could make it work with the foot peg location on these bikes. RPM, please tell me you don't want to put highway pegs with forward controls on your bike. i'd hate to have the elves rescue your bike from obvious abuse if that were the case. | ||
| Jimduncan69 |
what kind of shifter does diablobrian have?? i think to shift all he has to do is press a button. that is located up by his clutch lever. they might work for you. | ||
| Firebolt32 |
My brother has this on his FatBoy and my dad has this on his ElectraGlide. When I ride on of their's I still shift like it mine. It's weird using the forward control. | ||
| Pwnzor |
Diablobrian has an electric shifter with ignition interrupt. Smooth as silk, so they say. There are a lot of pushbutton shifters out there, which would look a lot cleaner than what is being proposed here. Can you imagine -- scraping your floorboards on a Buell? seriously, I'm curious to see what he comes up with, because it may be a very cost effective solution to a problem. | ||
| Kyrocket |
My friend had a 2000 Yami Roadstar with the shifter you're looking for. IIRC it's also on his '97 Road King. Although it was a police edition bought used. | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Back in the day, heel/toe shifters were the norm on Italian bikes. Italians in the fifties tended to wear very finely crafted shoes, and they did not want to soil them whilst ridding their Ducati Elites. The shifter was a rocker mounted just above the foot peg, and on shifted by pressing down on the toe to shift down, on the heel to shift up , if memory serves. Here is a photo of me riding on a similarly equipped Ducati in 1959. The shift lever is mounted, as was the fashion of the time, properly on the right side.  Here is the foot lever, shown in red, copied from my 1959 Ducati shop manual.  This was the street set up. For racing, conventional rear sets were used, very much like todays Buell. | ||
| Ccryder |
Jon: Who stole your kickstarter? That's the first 1-into-2 I have seen on a Ducati. I had a Ducati Dianah MKIII with the desmo top end and 4" tack with factory clip-ons and reverse cone megaphone. SWEET sounding for sure. Like always, why did I not keep that bike???? Neil S. | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Neil, Perhaps you forgot that the kick starter was on the left. Of course years ago, with the primitive ignition systems, the large carbs, and always wanting to look like a road racer, "bump" starts were the order of the day. The preferred method was a couple of quick steps, then bumping on the seat side saddle, so one could easily dismount and push again if the fire didn't start.  The dual exhausts were a European thing. I don't remember seeing any over here. By the way, the photo was scanned from my "Instruzioni per le Stazioni di Servizio" (shop manual) May 1960 edition. A work of art itself. And yes, you definitely should have kept that Diana. Still a great ride today. Now just don't ask me why I sold my Norton Manx for $700, ok? | ||
| Silverado140 |
Jon - Regardless of shifter positions and the actual purpose of this thread... let me just say, WAY COOL PHOTO!! I wish I had a picture even half as cool of me riding my buell, I'd blow the thing up & hang in on a wall for all to see. It looks like something from a James Dean movie. |
