How do you use 'em ???
I mean.... i have always ridden bikes with gear shifters that work with both ends of the feet ( you know .. the normal ones ... like in Pulsar and the sorts ) ... but some other bikes have this 'toe-only' gear shifter which looks freakish to me ( Like in Karizma) .. so how do you shift gears with these shifters ?? .. i mean shifting down seems easy ,,, just hit it with the toe ... but how do you shift up ????
2007-07-16 06:03:33 · 7 answers · asked by Sergeant_Vomit 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Heyy thanks guys .. i was just being an idiot .. but driving the other kind of shifter all my life ( and never even hearing about the toe-only ) kind of made me feel .. you know ... not normal when i saw the toe-only shifter for the first time lol
2007-07-16 06:17:04 · update #1
Well you just use your toe by going underneath the shifter and shift it up. Basically you use the top of your toe. it may not sound feasible but everything i have ever ridden is like that. dirtbikes, quads, streetbikes etc.. You will get used to it very quickly
2007-07-16 06:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been riding for 51 years now and all but acouple I have owned were " toe shifters ", which is the norm for street bikes. You can get rocker shifters for about any bike, so if the toe thing is annoying then check out the option. You really would be confused with my 1947 Knuckle Head Harley chop which is a foot clutch hand jammer.
2007-07-16 12:28:58 · answer #2 · answered by ramarro smith shadow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer the toe only shifter. In fact, I bought my newest bike 2 weeks ago ( a 2007 Harley Davidson ultra glide) And immediatly changed it to toe only. To use, You just push down on the shifter to drop a gear, and put your toes onder the lever and lift, to go up a gear. Simple. You use the clutch the same as you did with a rocker shifter.
2007-07-16 06:10:42 · answer #3 · answered by randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me toe only is easier. I just started riding with a heel - toe shifter and I'm having a hard time getting used to it.
2007-07-18 09:21:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my cousin's dirt bike had a toe-only shifter...it's easy to shift up by putting your toe under ther shifter and pulling your toe up a little bit...
2007-07-16 08:14:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
duh...put toe under it and lift
2007-07-16 06:08:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
normal person would figure it out......
2007-07-16 12:54:38 · answer #7 · answered by DennistheMenace 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋