For those who have floorboards, how high do you adjust your toe shifter? This is my first bike with floorboards and I cant even come close to getting the front of by boot or shoe under the shifter. So its pretty much a matter of catching the shift lever with the sole/side of my foot. Or use the heel shifter.

So where do you keep your shifter set? I'm thinking about 1/4" taller than my shoe could be a target but that might be a reach for downshiting. Size 18 shoe/17 boot, have extended shift levers and extended floorboards if that matters.

 

There is no rule, try some different positions and decide for yourself.

 

size 18..wow. I would think you need at least 1/2 inch of room to slide your foot under the peg easily.

 

That.

Mine's at about a 30 degree angle to clear the steel toes.

 

Depends on how you use the shifters...

You can leave it low enough to just click into gear when down shifting, IF you use the rear shifter to up shift. And, again, the rear shifter would be low enough to click into gear before hitting the floor board.

If you do not use the rear shifter, for up shifting, you will need to leave enough room to get your toe under the front shifter. That would only be a comfort issue, if you use only the front shifter to shift up AND down.

 

I keep my toe shifter about 1/2" to 5/8" above the toe box of my boot. This gives me room to move my foot around on the footboard and minimize my boot getting caught on the shifter peg.

You just have to experiment to determine the optimal position for YOU.

 

Just enough to slip my toe under it.

 

You kinda answered your own question there...The toe shifter is for down shifts and the heel shifter is for up shifts. They only need to be high enough to do the deed.

Mark

 

The guys have it right.
For heel & toe use (which I always do) I keep the shifter ***** as low as possible.
This greatly reduces the amount of travel which you will need to raise your foot to change gears.

Some people choose to purchase and install elongated levers to accommodate their personal needs.

On my wife's '08 Heritage, I had to order an elongated heel (rear) shift lever, and had to have a shorter toe (front) shift lever fabricated because of her height due to the fact that she sits too far toward the rear of the bike.

Funny thing, she didn't have this problem with her '99 Heritage.
I think it had something to do with the seat vs handlebars positioning.
I wanted to make the "adjustment" with a seat change but she liked the sea and there wasn't very much difference (if any)in the cost of new shift levers vs a new seat.

Either way, she's happy with the lever(s) set-up and she always uses the heel-toe levers--even though it was a real challenge explaining it to her!

 

Ride aound for awhile and play with the adjustment. You will find what works for you in different traffic situations etc...