Can I change the gear leaver on my VL8oo k5 from a h+t

You need to pull the shifter off and move it to a different position on the shaft. One little notch makes a big difference on a shift-shaft.

The heel and toe shifter is brutal on gear boxes, any motorcycle I have had over the years the heel shift was never used in fact we, we meaning all my friends would ether cut that hell part off or purchase the actual toe shifter and install it. Some of the new cruiser type bikes come with these heel and to shifters and you can hear the rider slamming the gears. The toe shifter is a much more precise feel. You can also feel if the shift has go into the gear or a faults neutral with the hell you slam through it, makes me shiver just thinking of it. A question to you (you don't need to answer it) is how many high performance motorcycles have you see with a heal/toe shifter, I would hope none

Ideally, you will want your toes and heel to fit into each pocket comfortably snug, with your longest toe grazing the end of the toe pocket. You do not want the standard 1/2 inch of "wiggle" room as desired in traditional footwear.
Although it is perfectly fine for your toes to graze the end of the toe pockets, make sure that each toe can extend fully. If any of your toes are scrunched or curled due to lack of space, you need to go up in size. Alternately, if you wiggle your toes and they slip out of the toe pockets, you need to go down in size. Ultimately, you should find a pair that you are comfortable in and that allow you to perform activities freely and naturally-as if you are wearing no shoes at all!

You do not say what model you have but this may not matter. What you need is a heel toe shifter. You downshift with your toe and up shift with your heel. Kuryakyn may make one that fits your bike. But you may be able to fit one off off a Road Star if the spline is the same. The only other options would be to have a welder cut and extend the lever (If it is iron or aluminum.).

toe down for first, half click heel for neutral, then heel shift for 2,3,4,5. toe down to down shift.

If you wrap some foam rubber or a bit of cloth around the shifter you wil overcome the problem, and get a free shine at the same time. Unfortuantely, these bikes do not have a heel shifter. If you go to a bike shop, you might find one that has matching splines, that wat you can downshift using the toe shifter and up shift using the heel..

I have a problem with gear selection its very stiff can not move the gear leaver with my toes has any member had the same problemthanksHi What year is your SEI I ask because the very early ones had gearbox troubles and had to be changed over, but we had thought that everyone had been through this process now. It does sound like the selector fork,,,