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Lamonster Floor Boards.
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Markubis
Member
From LaMonsters other thread on these:
So there are some extra steps to adjusting these.
Nothing against Lamonster, but had I wanted vendor/manufacturer opinion, I would have went to their site.
The good thing abut user forums is to get actual user opinion. Thanks for nothing
Tslepebull
Active member
Everything else I have ridden has had foot pegs so my experience is limited. How do the floor boards help and what advantage would they provide; besides looking freaking great!
Do you research things you buy or take manufacturer/vendor information on everything?
Microsoft made Windows Vista look good and sold a bunch, but user feedback, rightfully, killed the OS.
Seems this forum may quite close minded and not for me.
And in this case, it's user feedback which is, quite rightly, telling you that the easiest/most comprehensive way for you to understand the floorboard/brake pedal interaction is to watch the vid. :shocked:
It's not really all that long or difficult to see what's involved on the vid; it's even fairly straight forward to watch, but to explain it properly in text would be fairly long, difficult, & potentially quite misleading due to the various components.... yes, you do have to adjust the brake pedal 'differently' with the floorboards, but it's not as cut & dried as you seem to want it to be! So watching the vid is probably the best & easiest way for you to see exactly what's involved without getting confused or mislead by how it's written or what you read into what's written - cos we'd hate for you to go away with the wrong idea of what's involved.
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And in this case, it's user feedback which is, quite rightly, telling you that the easiest/most comprehensive way for you to understand the floorboard/brake pedal interaction is to watch the vid. :shocked:
It's not really all that long or difficult to see what's involved on the vid; it's even fairly straight forward to watch, but to explain it properly in text would be fairly long, difficult, & potentially quite misleading due to the various components.... yes, you do have to adjust the brake pedal 'differently' with the floorboards, but it's not as cut & dried as you seem to want it to be! So watching the vid is probably the best & easiest way for you to see exactly what's involved without getting confused or mislead by how it's written or what you read into what's written - cos we'd hate for you to go away with the wrong idea of what's involved.
Don't worry, I'm not going away with the wrong idea of the product, just going away
Jsmith8695
Member
With most foot pegs, you are reasonably restricted in how & where you can place your feet &/or put your weight on the pegs if you ever feel the need - unlike floor/footboards, which will let you move you feet around pretty much anywhere you like but still remaining in contact with the board & being aware of where the brake pedal is; and if you get a bit stiff & sore from keeping your knees in pretty much the same position for a longish (or shortish!) while, foot boards can be a great relief! Plus you can generally more readily stand up on them to ease the aches &/or stiffness that might develop in other parts of your body as & when you ryde for much more than 10 minutes, so foot boards usually make for a more comfortable ryde, especially for those of us with replacement parts &/or old broken bits that really don't like sitting still all the time!! :shocked:
Then there's the tendency of foot boards to stop the road spray being blasted up your trouser legs as can happen with pegs when you're ryding in the rain; the way the boards make it easier to climb aboard your machine, which is especially appreciated by many rear seat passengers as well as being handy for those of us who are getting just a little bit too rickety nowadays to prop on one leg on a peg while swinging the other leg around at nearly waist height; and then there's the way you can shuffle your feet around the board to keep the blood pumping through your veins instead of cutting any of it off from reaching your toes in the manner most pegs will! :shocked:
Yeah, I know it might make everyone who uses foot boards instead of pegs sound a little old & decrepit, but however old or young at heart we might really be, we've bloody well paid our dues & if we wanta be comfortable when we ryde, we've damned well earned the right to fit foot boards instead of pegs! :cus: Oh, and the boards aren't anywhere near as rough on our comfy loafers either! :thumbup:
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stillriding
happy old fart
Good grief...................What a total Anal Orifice...........:lecturef_smilie:
You definitely will not be missed.
C'mon people, he asked a question, we tried to tell him where the answer was, he didn't like that so he's gone. No more need be said 'bout that!
So please, let's leave it at that & get back on topic - Lamonster Floorboards on Rykers. :thumbup:
So please, let's leave it at that & get back on topic - Lamonster Floorboards on Rykers. :thumbup:
Valkrocket
Member
Just a little curious here. On my 18 RTL, if you have to slam on the brakes hard, the floorboard is made to shift down to allow for more brake pedal movement. In the picture above, the pedal looks real close to the new board. Will this new board also move down to allow for emergency braking? I do think this is why the question was asked.
Rykers don't have that 'drop away for emergency braking' feature, which is why in his vid, Lamont spends the time he does stressing that you hafta make sure to leave sufficient clearance for a heavy brake application.
WilliamTRyker
New member
Agreed. I have a question. Does using the floorboards require more travel from that position to the brake than being on the footpeg? I just ask because it would seem more tiring in stop and go (e.g. commute) riding?
