[JerryH]

It is NOT oem. No 1200 ever came with rider floorboards or a heel and toe shifter. When I first got my '85 it also had a heal and toe shifter. I absolutely hated it. I also thought it was oem. As soon as I found out it wasn't, I ordered stock pegs and a shifter from eBay. WOW!!! What a difference. It actually felt like riding a motorcycle rather than the Titanic. It felt 300 pounds lighter, and 1000% better. On the setup I had there was no way to adjust the shifter.

 

[JerryH]

Most of these setups use the stock shifter with the rubber removed. There is a notch in the heel/toe shifter that engages the stock shifter. This causes even more play in the shift linkage, causing a more imprecise feel. With the heel and toe setup, shifting felt very loose and awkward. Shifts were usually very clunky. Once I switched back to pegs and a stock shifter, the feel was greatly improved, and most of the clunkyness went away.

The stock shifter attaches to the splined shift shaft coming out of the engine. You might be able to adjust it one notch up or down, but it's tight. Due to the engine design, the shifter is actually under the cam cover. The heel and toe part of the shifter should have a non adjustable pivot bold right in the middle. Mine was loose due to stripped threads, making things even worse.

 

[JerryH]

Floorboards and H&T shifters are an abomination on a Goldwing. The floorboards make it harder to get you feet on the ground and promote dropping the bike, the H&T shifters are sloppy, give a poor feel of shifting, and don't do the shift forks any good. In an effort not to offend people who like this junk, I'm holding my real opinion back.

I agree with your real opinion. My first and LAST experience with a mess like this.