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When I bought my '06 Wing last year it had Kury floorboards/heel-toe shifter on it which I found felt REALLY uncomfortable when I first started riding this bike, so I switched back to stock pegs. Early this spring I also picked up a set of used mini boards with the lowering brackets and rode a month with those. Nice, but not a monster change over the stock pegs. I figured at some point I'll try the Kury boards again and if I still don't like them, sell'em, so a week ago I put them back on.
Well, they're not as uncomfortable/strange as I originally found them - I think just because I'm now getting fairly used to handling this bike versus my cruiser. I admit it is nice having that more 'solid' feeling under my feet than one gets with pegs. Even with the stock pegs I thought I'd quite like a heel-toe shift and was thinking of buying one; I really like the one on my Vulcan but of course that's such a different foot position. One thing I don't like about the Kury board/shifter system but do like on the Vulcan is that on the Wing I can no longer get my toe under the toe shift. I HAVE to shift up using the heel, and I find the heel sometimes just a little far back. I think part of the problem is that my boots don't flex really well which makes it feel even a bit more uncomfortable. I mean, not bad, just a little off. I thought one of the Kury heel toe shifts I saw had the heel part a little farther forward and higher, but after reading some reviews I'm not so sure it is any farther forward.
I guess maybe I need to give it a few more weeks then decide. The part about having to reach back to shift up that still kind of bothers me is that feeling that's it's an extra motion. I find if I'm making a turn from a stop and need to shift up during the turn that with the stock pegs and toe shift, my toe is right there in position - ready to shift. As opposed to with the boards I have to conciously move my foot back to reach the heel shift.
Sorry for the ramble, just a little frustrated with myself that I have 3 sets of 'pegs' now and can't decide what's most comfortable. Figured maybe typing this all out might make things clearer in my own head, and just maybe someone would have some sage advice to boot.
Cheers,
Kerry
Well, they're not as uncomfortable/strange as I originally found them - I think just because I'm now getting fairly used to handling this bike versus my cruiser. I admit it is nice having that more 'solid' feeling under my feet than one gets with pegs. Even with the stock pegs I thought I'd quite like a heel-toe shift and was thinking of buying one; I really like the one on my Vulcan but of course that's such a different foot position. One thing I don't like about the Kury board/shifter system but do like on the Vulcan is that on the Wing I can no longer get my toe under the toe shift. I HAVE to shift up using the heel, and I find the heel sometimes just a little far back. I think part of the problem is that my boots don't flex really well which makes it feel even a bit more uncomfortable. I mean, not bad, just a little off. I thought one of the Kury heel toe shifts I saw had the heel part a little farther forward and higher, but after reading some reviews I'm not so sure it is any farther forward.
I guess maybe I need to give it a few more weeks then decide. The part about having to reach back to shift up that still kind of bothers me is that feeling that's it's an extra motion. I find if I'm making a turn from a stop and need to shift up during the turn that with the stock pegs and toe shift, my toe is right there in position - ready to shift. As opposed to with the boards I have to conciously move my foot back to reach the heel shift.
Sorry for the ramble, just a little frustrated with myself that I have 3 sets of 'pegs' now and can't decide what's most comfortable. Figured maybe typing this all out might make things clearer in my own head, and just maybe someone would have some sage advice to boot.
Cheers,
Kerry
