gear lever too close?? help

[jonnywave]

I am struglling to get my toe under gear lever when i have my motox boots on, its a Dakar 650 . Ankles arent as flexible as it used to be ..
Is there another option... ??????

 

[Taff]

I had the same problem when I did the off-road course. I was told to use the upper lip of the off-road boots to change up a gear. IIRC the boot sole was about half a centimetre bigger than the upper. Hope that makes sense. Obviously changing down isn't a problem.

 

[HullTraily]

Using the lip on the sole of the boot is the method I use as well, but it is possible to loosen the gear lever where it attaches to the spline and rotate it to give yourself more room.

 

[boboneleg]

use your heel...................

of course I don't have a choice (the clue is in my name)

 

[brassmonkey001]

Rotate it on the splines as necessary and also bend the toe lug forward a bit. That's what I did.

 

[Ginger DJ]

Take the rubber out of the footpeg

 

[Spout]

Rotate it on the splines as necessary

By just moving it one notch on the spline you may find this a tad high (for when you're not wearing motocross boots)
The Touratech lever moves the thing about half a notch on the spline. I found it a good compromise, easy to get my off-road boots under, and still usable in normal boots.