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Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
04.21.2023
Works good after a few modifications
| 2005 GL1800 30th Anniversary with standard riding pegs. I've had heel-toe shifters on my last three Harleys since 1981, so I've been wanting one for the Wing as the stock shifter has been messing up my riding boots. There are some issues with this item that need to be addressed. First thing I did was to grease the pivot bushing and bushing spacer -plus the two chrome washers to keep them in place and for lubrication. The pivot bolt is an M8 chromed hex, but the hex head is 1/2". I replaced that with a stainless steel M8 socket head cap bolt (Allen). The pegs supplied are bottom of the barrel and the three rubber rings do not fit tightly enough. They will roll under your boot causing non-solid shifting. They use a chrome Allen head (4mm) bolt through the peg and into the shifter plate, but have SAE threads at 5/16-24 to thread into the shifter plate, which is a good thing as those are standard Harley shifter peg threads. As others have mentioned, the front peg is too large for this application. I removed the front shifter peg body but retained the supplied Allen bolt and installed a stainless steel bushing and two Delrin spacers on each side of the bushing to create a shifter peg with a smaller OD. I replaced the rear shifter peg completely using a black knurled peg from Amazon with a built in 5/16-24 stud. As to the plate, it is some pretty chrome and solid piece; however the factory only welded half the bushing used for the pivot bolt before they chromed it. Likely for appearance reasons, but they should have done a full weld. The weld is hidden behind the plate, so you don't see it. The final modification I did was to use a copper sleeve over the stock shifter peg rubber. This sleeve fits inside of the slot of the shifter plate and distributes the shifting force evenly instead of compressing a small area of the rubber shifter peg. I applied grease to the ID of the slot and top/bottom of the copper sleeve where it contacts the shifter plate slot. The result of these modifications created a much more solid shifting. I did notice that the upper area of the shifter plate slot does hit my exhaust manifold covers, but they do flex. There is now a wear mark in those covers. The only other thing I may do is to install a needle bearing in place of the shifter plate bushing. |
Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
Heel toe shifter
| Wanted a heel toe shifter but didn't want to spend $400 on it. This one does the job. Have had it on my bike for a week and had no problems with it. Never had a heel toe shifter, so took some getting use to ut driving. Works great. |
Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
Heal toe shifter
| Well made, but not for plus size feet (14) had to add an extension to heal peg otherwise heal was resting on shifter. Road a little over 300 miles yesterday and all worked well . Shifted like my 96 ACE that I’ve had for 26 years. |
Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
07.22.2019
Heel to Toe shifter
| I forgot to add if you do leave the front shifter off and you will, then you are using the stock shifter to down shift and get into 1 st gear. All I did is hit the front portion of the linkage a few times with a rubber mallet and it moved the linkage over to where I could shift with no problems. |
Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
07.22.2019
Heel to Toe shifter
| I am really pleased with this heel to toe shifter, I installed it on Friday and went on a 259 mile ride on Saturday, it performed perfectly. Nice chrome what a great deal for $54. I kept the front toe shifter off because I didnt have room for my foot, you won't either unless your a little person. I noticed that the center bolt that holds the shifter on started working it's way loose from shifting up & down so much. I will try some Red Lock tight and not torque it too much so it will stay in place. Good Job "Wing Stuff" |
Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
05.17.2018
Great for the Money!
| I missed the heel toe on my Harley, so when I added the Kuryakyn drop mount mini floor boards, this was a must have. Its built solid. The ring around the shift peg is solid. The pegs themselves are nice, but wish they were just a bit wider. Cons: Can't use the front peg that comes in the kit, unless you have a size 7 shoe. There was no way my foot was on the board with both shifters installed. Removed the front one. More foot room now, but only half the front peg is available for down shifting. So does it work? Yes. Shifting is smooth, and I don't have the 1st gear issue some have reported. Is it perfect?? No, but its $50.00.... I can live with it. |
Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
06.20.2017
Revision to last post
| Meant to give 1 star |
Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
06.20.2017
Worthless
| Purchased this for my wife's F6B. She wears a size 7 and can barely fit her shoe between the pegs. She didn't feel safe with it on so I removed it after one ride. Shifting is clunky with it. Now it sits collecting dust. I have the Kuryakyn floorboard and shifter combo. Works much better. |
Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
06.10.2017
Great product
| the fit and finish on this is very nice. it took longer to get my tools out then it did to put this on.it works great. |
Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
11.20.2016
Great Product, Great Price!
| I absolutely love this piece! It looks great and functions very well. The only negative thing I can say is that you have to double shift into first gear most times. For some reason, first gear is a little tricky but I have just made the habit of pressing down twice. |
Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
10.02.2016
Works well with mini floorboards.
| After adding mini floorboards to my 2009 Goldwing, I found that it was difficult to get my toe under the stock toe shifter. After adding this Heel/Toe Shifter, shifting was a bit easier, but it became much easier when I removed the toe piece. Now, I downshift with the stock shifter peg and upshift with my heel. I just rode from San Diego to WingDing 38 in Billings and it worked great. An extra benefit is that a naturally occurring, stronger heel shift helps to eliminate that frequently missed, weak shift from 1st to 2nd. I highly recommend this product. |
Heel/Toe Shifter for GL1800
ITEM CODE: AO451620, SKU: AO451620
01.25.2016
heel toe shifter
| put on my 2013 Goldwing and then took for a ride, it works great, but one of the allen head bolts started to back out so pulled over and retightened down and when doing so head strip out which means the bolts are soft, so be careful tightening down the bolts. the shifter itself works great. |