big foot problems

ok so i seem to get my foot caught under the gear shifter quite abit and usually at bad times. generally its when im commin out of one of the corners shifting and getting ready to hit a jump or whoops.... you get the picture.anyone else have/had this problem and what did you do to fix it? i tried riding with my foot back more on the peg but that isnt cuttin it.

Is the shifter lever too low? Are your toes pointed at the ground when you are riding or shifting?

now that you said that, i think that my foot is angled down some. ill have to check that out

Having my toes pointed downward is scary to me ... I like my toes parallel to the ground or if my toes are downward any and sitting on the front half of the peg, they will be well above the frame of bike....

I usually pick my entire foot up to change gears... Toes taps on the shifter do not work so well for me ...

Learning to ride on the balls of your feet will help with the toes pointing down.

But then you would have to move your foot a lot more to shift/rear brake, rather than just pivot your foot to operate either level... Right?

Depending on the terrain that you are riding on... Deep ruts, rocks, tall roots, log crossings, better have your toes up. Sometimes you have to lean back on the bike, that would be a time for me to shift weight & move my foot so that I've got the shank of my boot on the pegs with my bum over the rear of the seat/fender, but my toes are still up. I guess that my feet are pretty much always moving to brake, shift & move body positions but it's second nature to go to the balls of my feet in attack position now & I don't think about it.... But I always try to not let my toes point down, nasty stuff happens.

thanks for the help guys ..well i have size 13 tennis shoes but managed to fit in soem size 12 msr's. im headin down to the garage rite now to fart around and probably hit the track for a few laps so ill chime back in with what i find out

I know boots cost a lot of cash these days, but getting a pair of Garne SG's or the Sidi that have a hinge at the ankle has help me a good bit with my foot placement. My kids (7 years old) boots are soooo stiff & although I have tried to oil them & work them it is impossible for him to move his foot & have any feel.

bad, thats the exact problem my son has with his shifting. and yes im splurging for some garnes soon myself, that may be as much of the prob as anything else from the other boots ive seen compared to my msr's.. mine seem pretty big n bulky compared to the other higher end brands

The worst boots I've seen are the ones with the big Bozo tip on the end of the boots... These types are very hard to get under the shifter...

I got a new pair of SG-10's for $309.00 shipped. I thought is was a smokin' deal.

well i rode and wore myself out lol my foot is definately pointed down to get it under the shifter ill be moving the shifter up some tomorrow evening

I wear size 14 Gearne G 10s and I have hit neutral a few times, usually when I preload and I'm about to hit the far side of a creek bank or a jump (not a good time for this to happen). I have my shifter up pretty high and low and back Fastway pegs but the problem seems to be that the shifter hits the boot about mid-foot instead of at the toe end. My boots are new so I've been wearing them while cutting trails with a chainsaw and that has helped a lot in breaking them in and making them more flexible. A longer shifter would help but 10mm is not enough, I think it will have to be a combination of pegs, boots, shifter and maybe adjustments in stance to completely solve this. Tall bars, tall seat, low pegs, long shifter, good boots, modified brake pedal all add up and $700 later it's like the bike was made for you. People tell me all the time that they wish they were tall... be careful what you wish for.

t, ive been moving back and forth tryin to find the best spot for me for turning, ive gotten kinda gunshy in the corners the last month or so since the bike kicked out on me and went down a few times..... my knee joints have taken the brunt of the damage.
doug,im with ya. i think it is a few different things combining for the problems too... time to start customizing!!

I have the same problem as lankydoug... Accidental neutrals have cost me a couple of get offs, always seeming to happen at the worst time. I wear a size 12 Alpinestar Tech 3, which has a pretty large toe box. I hate the (lack of) feel these boots provide, so will be getting Sidi Crossfire ATs. Anyone gone from Tech 3 to Crossfire ATs that could comment on how the sizing translates? I'm unsure whether to go with 12.5 or 11.5 since I have a little bit of wiggle room in my Tech 3 12s, but I have heard some mention that Sidi's fit a bit on the small side.

Regarding the shifter, I raised mine a single spline from how it came when new, and it started hitting the chain when upshifting, so beware of that. Only a couple of shifts had chewed about a mm into the shifter.

I could use a shifter that's a bit longer and with a higher end. Any recommendations?