Highway pegs for the new RT?

[NEXUS]

Highway pegs-Handbrake

Just my two cents but highway pegs on a stock Spyder RT is scary! I installed some on my '14 and the first time I had to brake suddenly (think someone pulled out in front of me if I remember), getting my foot off that peg and back down to the floorboard and then trying to find the brake took extra seconds that I didn't have. I got braked in time but got the heart racing for awhile. So if you install them, figure out an extension for the brake that puts it just off that peg. They are OK for a bike or your Harley Tri, but scary on a bike that has no handbrake! As I said, just my two cents.

You're absolutely right.:thumbup:
Since the first Can Am Spyder I owned I preached this to the engineers at the factory the four times I've been there.
They told me I was less than 5% that really wanted this.

It boils down to just one thing Safety-if I have highway pegs on and my feet are sticking up away from the brake pedal
how much faster with my hand be to the handbrake then my foot to the brake pedal. How many more feet would
I travel?

So at night when the deer standing on the side of the road suddenly gets into my headlights who's going to be faster?



This is a old subject and riders from 2 to 3 wheels would understand more than just somebody who just only rode a Spyder.
Every Spyder I ever owned had a handbrake for this reason alone. Because I like my highway pegs also..

I just wish BRP would offer this as a OEM accessory.


Nexus

 

[justsmile0808]

I have the same dilemma - but, being only 5'2, I will not be able to stretch to the very front of the floorboard to utilize that highway peg position. Can it be mounted further back? I have order the brake pedal riser, as well. Here's hoping for a more F-3 kinda ride...

 

[justsmile0808]

Hey Monk - coming from an F3-S, I am use to guiding the machine with the balls of my feet (utilizing the pegs on the Unit) - having my legs/feet dangling on these boards are a serious adjustment. I am looking for more of the recliner position and less of the riding lawnmower position. I think Can Am is almost there with combing the F3 with the RT for 2020 - we vertically challenged ryders just need help in modifying it to get it just right.

 

[justsmile0808]

Hey Smitt15 - can you please share a pic of the Slingmods pegs modified and installed for your 2020 RT? And maybe include the template? At 5'2", I am desperate to have my dangling legs elevated.

 

[Peteoz]

Just my two cents but highway pegs on a stock Spyder RT is scary! I installed some on my '14 and the first time I had to brake suddenly (think someone pulled out in front of me if I remember), getting my foot off that peg and back down to the floorboard and then trying to find the brake took extra seconds that I didn't have. I got braked in time but got the heart racing for awhile. So if you install them, figure out an extension for the brake that puts it just off that peg. They are OK for a bike or your Harley Tri, but scary on a bike that has no handbrake! As I said, just my two cents.

Scary, Poli ?? Sorry, I don’t get that, unless you don’t have them, or your foot, in the correct position :dontknow: . I have highway pegs on my F3, and can get the ball of my foot down to the brake just as quickly as lifting my foot off the stock board to get the ball of my foot on the brake. Highway pegs are designed to give your legs a bit of a stretch on a long trip on the highway. I use mine only when there is a long stretch of unbroken freeway in front of me, but realise that even then, a roo or a deer could jump out in front of me, so I am always aware of the need to possibly drop that foot down to the brake.

Pete