[left that other site]

Shifting is what makes it FUN.

I buy special boots just so I can enjoy shifting.

I LOVE riding because you do more than just SIT there. 🏍

[Zuriel]

**I buy special boots just so I can enjoy shifting.**

During my many years in cornbelt IL, beginning in 91 used an 82 Honda cm450e (a very versatile scoot) for about 5 years commuting year round (my wintertime motto: If the roads are bare I am there), 15 miles to an off farm steel fab shop, then 3 years 19 miles to another steel fab shop. Both required steel toe shoes.

The taller toe made shifting slightly awkward, so I welded a second ‘pedal’ to the shift lever which the toe of my boot fit under with maybe a half inch to spare, moved the lever a tooth or 2 on the spline. It worked great, never had to change foot position, except when I wanted to stretch out on the homemade front footrests. And since the bike was my always ready ‘horse’ to check cattle and fences on the hilly bumpy pastures, shifting between 1st and 2nd gears was used far more than when on pavement.

But here woodlands TN, while the deer may not be as big as the flatlands of northwest IL, they are more populous it seems and succeed in killing bikers much more often. (I wouldn’t be surprised if Lewis county averages at least one fatality a year.)

So, in honoring my good wife’s wishes, road motorcycling is over for me. :(

[Dr. Sivana]

I LOVE riding because you do more than just SIT there.

There are still manual shift cars for those that want them (few do). You are describing recreational riding. If you are on a motorcycle, you are NOT just sitting there. You are travelling, very fast if you want, lane splitting in states that allow it during rush hour. You still get the sound and the vibration, and the road feel. When you are done, you are ten or 200 miles away from where you started, and you spent hardly any money on gasoline.

It's not for me, I love just sitting in a 1970 Olds 98 or 1961 Imperial with extra room, six walls, and four wheels, but I respect the reasons that people choose motorcycles, and I doubt it is just for the shifting for most.

[Drago]

You still shift the bike with your foot...e-clutch can eliminate the left hand clutch action if selected to “on”:

https://powersports.honda.com/technology/e-clutch