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Hello all,
Does anybody knows where can i get a BIGGER gear shift pedal, the one that i have on my 04 triumph america is too small...
any ideas will be appreciated. aftermarket products are welcome too..
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Triumph only offers a heel-toe shifter.
Why do you need a bigger pedal? Are you sure the arm isn't bent from a tip over?
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Also, there is a lot of room for adjustment of pedal position. I moved mine up a bit and found it more comfortable and easier. You might want to try moving it.
Bob
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I too could be interested in a bigger gearshift PEDAL/PAD (like wide & soft). Otherwise, the geometry of the original shifter is good.
As I commute daily, through lots of traffic, my big toe gets very sore from upshifting. Sounds funny, but it ain't.
Anyway, I am now trying a heel-toe shifter that I traded something else for. But, the angles of that shifter are all wrong. The toe piece cannot be mounted high enough (unlike the original toe only shifter.) This is limited by two things on the heel-toe shifter. First, a clearance slot just aft of the rotation/bearing. Second, the front ball-joint/attachment for the shift rod will hit the exhaust pipe. Also, with the heel-toe shifter, the heel pad is much too high, and cannot be adjusted separately. So far, my choices are a sore big toe with the orginal shifter, or clumsy upshifts with the heel-toe shifter.
--Tom
02 TBA; 130 mains; TBS; Nology Coils&Wires;Unifilter/opened Airbox; -AI/snorkels; -2 baffles;Progressive 440s & Springs
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So far, my choices are a sore big toe with the orginal shifter, or clumsy upshifts with the heel-toe shifter.
Maybe mount a vertical shaft on the shifter and turn it into one of them hand shifter like the very old HD's had. Yeah, now that would save your toe!! 
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Others will scowl at this.... but wear safety shoes. I'm a city commuter too, but have the added disadvantage of really (stupidly) small feet. I have to wear safety shoes (well I wear boots) at work, and have found them the easiest way of changing gear for me.
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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Others will scowl at this.... but wear safety shoes.
whaddayameanotherswillscowl?
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Yesterday, I made the mistake of riding in DC area traffic with my wing-tips dress shoes. The top of my foot was sore after the two-hour ride. My regular riding boots have a pad in that area, I now can say that makes a difference. But, I can' show up for a meeting in riding boots (they already think I'm strange for riding a bike...) Quote:
I too could be interested in a bigger gearshift PEDAL/PAD (like wide & soft). Otherwise, the geometry of the original shifter is good.
As I commute daily, through lots of traffic, my big toe gets very sore from upshifting. Sounds funny, but it ain't.
Anyway, I am now trying a heel-toe shifter that I traded something else for. But, the angles of that shifter are all wrong. The toe piece cannot be mounted high enough (unlike the original toe only shifter.) This is limited by two things on the heel-toe shifter. First, a clearance slot just aft of the rotation/bearing. Second, the front ball-joint/attachment for the shift rod will hit the exhaust pipe. Also, with the heel-toe shifter, the heel pad is much too high, and cannot be adjusted separately. So far, my choices are a sore big toe with the orginal shifter, or clumsy upshifts with the heel-toe shifter.
Al
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Others will scowl at this.... but wear safety shoes.
whaddayameanotherswillscowl?
Others (though may be not on this forum) have had strong words about this... the whole "if you have an accident it'll cut your toes off" debate. UK safety - steel toe caps - shoes meet a standard and if they cut your toes off you wouldn't have had much chance of keeping your foot...
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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Yesterday, I made the mistake of riding in DC area traffic with my wing-tips dress shoes. The top of my foot was sore after the two-hour ride. My regular riding boots have a pad in that area, I now can say that makes a difference. But, I can' show up for a meeting in riding boots (they already think I'm strange for riding a bike...)
Your lucky. Those leather soles aren't fun. They do make it real easy to cut a rug though.
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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Good news there - being in the restaurant business, I trashed the OEM leather soles in short order. They've been resoled twice with oil-resistant rubber soles. No way I'm riding with leather soles. My moon-walking isn't as smooth as it used to be......<g> Quote:
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Yesterday, I made the mistake of riding in DC area traffic with my wing-tips dress shoes. The top of my foot was sore after the two-hour ride. My regular riding boots have a pad in that area, I now can say that makes a difference. But, I can' show up for a meeting in riding boots (they already think I'm strange for riding a bike...)
Your lucky. Those leather soles aren't fun. They do make it real easy to cut a rug though.
Al
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Maybe mount a vertical shaft on the shifter and turn it into one of them hand shifter like the very old HD's had. Yeah, now that would save your toe!!
When I bought my first bike, it was a 1954 Harley FL, because that was the first year not to have that tank shifter. I don't want to go back now and have to have that tank shifter 50 years later!  
--Tom
02 TBA; 130 mains; TBS; Nology Coils&Wires;Unifilter/opened Airbox; -AI/snorkels; -2 baffles;Progressive 440s & Springs
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I changed mine out to the Kuryakyn Retro style. Matches my highway pegs. If you drill the lever hole a bit larger and get rid of the threads, any peg with a bolt will fit. 
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I wear Steel Cap side zipper boots and they work great. I don't know about losing a toe but i must admit I took a spill and the toe slammed against the top of the steel cap and I lost the nail. I do believe that without the steel cap I would have saved the nail. I still do like the steel caps.
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I have a hard time getting my foot under the shifter with steel toes on.So I wear runners.
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A steel toe boot will not cut off your toes in an accident. See MythBusters Quote:
Others (though may be not on this forum) have had strong words about this... the whole "if you have an accident it'll cut your toes off" debate. UK safety - steel toe caps - shoes meet a standard and if they cut your toes off you wouldn't have had much chance of keeping your foot...
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Also, there is a lot of room for adjustment of pedal position. I moved mine up a bit and found it more comfortable and easier. You might want to try moving it.
Might be a simple procedure, but how exactly do you move the gear shifter a bit upward.
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Kuryakn actually makes several shift peg covers that will fit our bikes if you just modify it slightly. The one I used is item 4034, which I just carved some of the rubber out of the center with my dremel to make it fit. As far as adjusting the position you can just use you crescent wrench to loosen the two bolts on the linkage to the desired position then retighten. The factory position is so low I could barely get my toe under the peg, but within a minute I had it adjusted to just the right height.
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Yesterday, I made the mistake of riding in DC area traffic with my wing-tips dress shoes.  I have a friend who swears that Crocs sandles are the greatest thing to wear when riding. I told him he was a crock! I also told him he apparently has never crashed a bike on the highway, yet. Jeez, what is wrong with people.
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I've had trouble with steel-toed boots in winter being uncomfortably cold. Even with extra socks!
John
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Might be a simple procedure, but how exactly do you move the gear shifter a bit upward.
The long rod has right threads on one end, left on the other. Loosen locknuts, twist rod longer or shorter to suit you.
EDIT: Wait, check that. I just got home and looked at my bike and its all coming back to me. Where the gear shift shaft comes out of the engine, loosen the arm and rotate it a notch or two. Finer adjustments with the rod length as I said above. Make sure there is still enough thread left in there so it will be safe.
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I know we're  a bit but I came off a Kwaka9 that I was on the back of. My mate gunned from a set of traffic lights and being a 18 year old didn't want to have to hold onto him due to man issues. I wish I had though. I Pivoted over the rear bar and landed in a configuration on the road where my back (cotton shirt) and my feet (thongs) were happily sliding along the bitumen together at the same time until I naturally uprighted myself and then I just remember sliding on my bum for ages. The girls we were showing off to in town must have loved the show but to be honest it was my pride that was hurt the most initially. Anyway, I left my thongs 50m up the road from the original posi of impact and got back on, and road home to change. Then as if nothing had happened we went back to the pub but in the morning, holy dooley. I lost my representative rowing seat out of that little childish episode cos I had some severe gravel rash on my back (4 inch diameter and deep) and my toes nails were scraped off with much toe skin too . Sure made me learn though  The funny thing was, I borrowed a helment off someone and told them "don't worry, I'll look after it". You should have seen the graze mark. Instant bin job  So yeah, you take the chances, you deal with the consequences 
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