dingy Posted March 18, 2011 Share #1 Posted March 18, 2011 Carl, I saw in another thread you weren't comfy on the first Gen. due to long legs/over 6' tall Would a set of pegs like this help. They are strong, a lot better than the engine guard mounted ones. Last picture is for reference of bike with knee air deflectors still on. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Raider Posted March 18, 2011 Share #2 Posted March 18, 2011 You peeked my curiosity on this one. Do these come as a kit or are they custom made? I know what it is like with long legs and no where to put them. I'm 6'4" and all leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryZ Posted March 18, 2011 Share #3 Posted March 18, 2011 These look really good (I hate my clamp-on highway pegs!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiCarl Posted March 18, 2011 Share #4 Posted March 18, 2011 I knew I'd seen something like that before. Any chance I saw them at MD last year? I think that's definitely a better solution than clamping to the case guards. The Kuryakin Buckhorns I have on the case guards are ok for my leg length. I'd think anyone with longer legs would find them cramped. My major issue is the leg spread to get around the fairing lowers. I only use them for an occasional stretch, and then only on the open road without traffic around me. I'm just not comfortable having my feet away from the controls when there is a chance I might need them in a hurry. IMO if you added forward controls to them people would be beating a path to your door (assuming they're not red:rasberry:). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingy Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted March 18, 2011 You peeked my curiosity on this one. Do these come as a kit or are they custom made? I know what it is like with long legs and no where to put them. I'm 6'4" and all leg. The actual foot pegs were bought at Iron Pony near Columbus, Ohio. About $30 I think. The rest of it is all hand fabricated. Extender bars are 3/4" round steel rods, mount plates are 1/4" carbon steel. It also required replacing the bolts that were used to mount them to the frame due to the added thickness of the mount plate. My concern about selling these are a liability issue. These suckers are strong. If the bike were laid down this peg could cause the bike to flip by digging in to ground. One thing I did to help possibly minimize this was to use a 3/8" grade 2 bolt that mounted the round extender bar to the adapter plate. My hope was this would bend or shear in case of impact. Haven't got to test this out yet though. Yes Carl, this made MD last year. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painterman67 Posted March 18, 2011 Share #6 Posted March 18, 2011 yes dingy it might cause a problem on a hard highspeed laydown. Now on the other hand it would also be of great value on the hard lowspeed droop as it would protect the engime guard and also the 90 degree pipe from the water pump to the thermo housing. I would love a set my self if you plamn on making them.In black of course. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggletooth Posted March 18, 2011 Share #7 Posted March 18, 2011 (edited) So you would want me to sign a waiver before you send me the set you are going to make for me? Wink, wink..........hint......hint. Ahh DANG! Don't look like they would work with the '86 chin. Edited March 18, 2011 by Snaggletooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painterman67 Posted March 18, 2011 Share #8 Posted March 18, 2011 So you would want me to sign a waiver before you send me the set you are going to make for me? Wink, wink..........hint......hint. I was thinking the same thing David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted March 19, 2011 Share #9 Posted March 19, 2011 Interesting, but I'm not sure I'd use them. I run my Kuryakyn highways off the vertical brace on the guard with an offset mount. It actually gets the peg even farther forward, and if I go down it's a lot easier replacing the guard... if it can't be bent back out... then possibily ripping up the frame. :cody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Raider Posted March 19, 2011 Share #10 Posted March 19, 2011 So you would want me to sign a waiver before you send me the set you are going to make for me? Wink, wink..........hint......hint. I would also be willing to sign the waiver you want us to sign before you make up the set for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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