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Been riding for years with my shifter level due to an unfortunate downshift or two at the wrong time. Most my riding partners ride with shifter high.
What are most of yall doing? Shifter high so that toe is always under shifter? Or level so that when your standing bottom of boot is just at top of shifter?
Been looking at pros pictures and hard to tell on most.
What are most of yall doing? Shifter high so that toe is always under shifter? Or level so that when your standing bottom of boot is just at top of shifter?
Been looking at pros pictures and hard to tell on most.
Never raise your shifter.
The Shop
Every bike I've owned has been set up that way.
Level on my 350 (extended hammerhead shifter)
*With a level shifter you will see that most riders ride with their foot pointed outward to avoid touching the shifter during jumps and whoops etc. It make sense for you foot, knee and leg to be straight. Better control.
* Try placing an empty boot on your footpeg and under the shifter and see what angle it creates (way forward). Having the shifter up allows you to keep your foot in one position unless downshifting. I find it easier to raise my foot to downshift under braking than to lower my foot under acceleration. So saving energy by less movement is a benefit to me.
I too have size 13s. Been running level forever. I enjoy the diverse reasons for one way or the other.
I still have stock shifter on my 13 ktm. Had HD on my past two bikes.
Ryno actually has a good video on this somewhere.
http://www.zeta-racing.com/pedal/shift_revolver/index.html
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