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Does anyone have experince using the rocker gear lever shifter.
What is your opinion, will this help someone with a big foot.
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2004 Bonneville America
1997 Daytona t595
1998 Speed Triple t509
1997 Ducati M750
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Re: Rocker Gear Lever
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Learned Hand
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Learned Hand
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the bigger the foot the more you will hate the rocker lever.
it is not long enough to fit your foot between the pegs.
my foot fits but I wear an 8.5 any bigger will have problems.
search the tech section and you will find several discussions
on the subject , including how to mod the lever to work better
for you.
Pete
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Loquacious
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I rode one with the rocker lever on and hated it... and my feet are smaller.  Was glad when I picked mine up and it had a normal lever.
Gina
03 America - Pretty stock - except the TBS wheel... 
06 America - missing, presumed in bits. With it's TBS wheel... 
09 America - It's very blue....
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3/4 Throttle
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I have a size 11 shoe and when I picked up my bike it had the Rocker gear shifter I could not wait to take it off and replace it with the stock one. My foot didn't fit beteween it, I had to ride with my foot on top of it, now that was unconfortable as you could get. I tried tlo modify it and the crome peeled off so into the spare parts box it went. A true waste of money!!IMHO
05 TBA Mulberry/Silver, Thunder Bike pipes, K&N single Filter, 132 main Jet's, Snorkles Removed
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Mmm based on your experiences sounds like I should sell the brand new item. I wear size 11.5 boots so that will not work.
I will check my current shifter and see if there is a way of adjusting it.
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2004 Bonneville America
1997 Daytona t595
1998 Speed Triple t509
1997 Ducati M750
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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Yes you can adjust the shifter, the rod has jam nuts and you can spin it to raise and lower the pedal, like a turnbuckle kinda.
Some people have trimmed the rear peg of the rocker lever shorter so it takes up less space on the board.
Benny
Black & Silver '02
Too many mods to list
Not enough miles ridden
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I can not remember the last time I upshifted with my toe. Seriously. And that was on somebody else's bike. I had the rocker lever installed before I took delivery of the bike, and being my first motorcycle, I found it a bit awkward at first, and used the toe-shift quite a bit. I had to learn how to use it, but do like it a lot. I wear size 10.5 boots, so there is an issue of foot room, but it is not a major issue. (I rode 350+ miles yesterday, and another 325 today.) I use the rear pegs a lot when I'm "getting there" on the freeway, but when traffic, lights, or other conditions dictate, my feet are wear they belong. I could modify the rocker, or get foot boards, but after nearly 29k miles, what's the rush. It works. 
Keith
Houston
Ridin'Texas
'04 Speedmaster
AI removed, Pingle, UNI Filter, 1 shim, straight-through slash-cut TORs, Stage 1 DynaJet, 140 mains, 3 turns, 16/42 final drive, 115K
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3/4 Throttle
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i'm a 13 wide and love my rocker. ymmv.
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
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