dltang
Very Handy Member
Okay everyone, here is my dilemma. I know many of you have had this same problem. Lamonster had this great idea for highway pegs. Billet bike parts answered the need with brackets for attaching the pegs. That was all fine and dandy if you had long legs. But I only have about a 30-31 inch inseam. I found that it was too far of a stretch downward and too wide, it actually hurt. So my wonderful husband made these brackets to attach to the billet bike part brackets and he even gave me his Switchblade footpegs. Here are a couple of pics.
So what is the problem you might ask. Well, after a 4 day ride and 1300 miles, this just isn't quite right either. I really want my floor boards and I find that where I was putting my feet was actually farther forward and higher, almost sitting on the bracket itself instead of the pegs. So we went back to the straight extensions but I didn't need them as high as they were originally made to elevate my foot. So my wonderful husband drilled a new hole in the brackets. I also was trying to figure out how to get the board closer to the bike. With the Clevis on, it put the board two inches further outward on each side which had me going back to that wide stretch. So here is what we did.
There are 4 inches from the hole that matches up to the billet bike part bracket to the hole that holds the floorboard. I got rid of the clevis and mounted the board directly to the bracket as in the pic below. It is amazing how much more comfortable this is. One other thing about not having the clevis in there and being so much closer to the bike and the original bracket that I noticed. There isn't nearly as much flex. The floorboards feel much more stable being right up close to the bike.
Here are a few more shots at different angles. I will know more after my two hour ride north on Friday and I give this a true test. I will keep you posted. Also, after my NoMagicNeon risers get here, I am sure it will be even better.
So what is the problem you might ask. Well, after a 4 day ride and 1300 miles, this just isn't quite right either. I really want my floor boards and I find that where I was putting my feet was actually farther forward and higher, almost sitting on the bracket itself instead of the pegs. So we went back to the straight extensions but I didn't need them as high as they were originally made to elevate my foot. So my wonderful husband drilled a new hole in the brackets. I also was trying to figure out how to get the board closer to the bike. With the Clevis on, it put the board two inches further outward on each side which had me going back to that wide stretch. So here is what we did.
There are 4 inches from the hole that matches up to the billet bike part bracket to the hole that holds the floorboard. I got rid of the clevis and mounted the board directly to the bracket as in the pic below. It is amazing how much more comfortable this is. One other thing about not having the clevis in there and being so much closer to the bike and the original bracket that I noticed. There isn't nearly as much flex. The floorboards feel much more stable being right up close to the bike.
Here are a few more shots at different angles. I will know more after my two hour ride north on Friday and I give this a true test. I will keep you posted. Also, after my NoMagicNeon risers get here, I am sure it will be even better.
