HowTo: Middle assist peg

[RICZ]

A bum hip (osteo arthritis) makes getting on and off my F3L agonizing and difficult. Since my rider boards are way forward in position #4, I can't use these boards for mounting. So what I do is place my left foot on the passenger board, toss my leg over the seat and achingly ease my way into the saddle. Not a pretty picture to those observing. Dismounting is equally frustrating.
Eyeing the fixture (don't know its name) at the aft end of the bar that supports the rider's board, I thought that's an excellent location for a peg that can make it easier for me to mount and dismount. With no modifications to my bike, save for a longer bolt that replaced the original, here it is, thanks to a Harley used parts store. Oh....and a hip replacement is in the works.


Sorry for the upside down pix. They are rightside up in my files. If anyone can rotate them, please do.

 

[al0vely]

My first mod was the third peg from Lamonster - essential for me to assist as you described. Your recycled part does the same thing only cheaper.

 

[Entropy]

Howdy;

Good job!

Reckon I'm a-plannin' ahead fer me joint job too, lol ...




Best o' luck with ye surgery. I gots a neighbourhood full o' bionic bipeds - sure don't look none too pleasant, aight.

Cheers
E

 

[RICZ]

I spent all of $1.83 on the peg project. The used Harley parts store gave me the peg and adapter because it was old and they only had one. I only wanted one for the left side, so that was OK. At Ace Hardware, the bolt was $1.50 and a tension pin was 33 cents. The satisfaction of working it out myself - priceless.
Placing the peg in line with the frame cap gives me the exact height I need to be able to throw my right leg over the saddle.

 

[RICZ]

I UPDATED THE MIDDLE PEG.........
The original was a trial, a used one off a Sportster. I did not like that it was skinny and that the rubber rotated under foot. I figured a flatter one would be better and a nicer one. Got these on eBay for $36 shipped and they are exactly like the Chinese ones I saw at an H-D dealer priced close to $100. Since they come in pairs, I put one on each side.

 

[Little Blue]

Assist Peg

Very helpful, and good looking.
Thanks for your updates.
Enjoy your Ryde and Always Ryde Safe. ....:thumbup:

 

[tntnj]

Good Idea :thumbup: That would be good up grade for vertically challenged (Shorter) Riders.

 

[troop]

Great idea. Gonna put a set of Kuryakyn Trident dually pegs to good use, along with some black mounts. Doing both sides will actually work as an alternate footrest place. :thumbup:

 

[RICZ]

I have limited ability to swing my leg over the saddle while on the floorboard. The middle peg gets me high enough to do that easily. It also helps the wife to get on as she finds the passenger board too high. Remember, we ain't teenagers - far from it.

 

[JP58]

Troop where did you get the mount and what size bolt do I need.

 

[RICZ]

When using those yoke style mounts, you need a longer 10 mm allen head bolt in order to hold the tubes together. The head will need to be ground to a smaller diameter in order to fit into the yoke as the supplied ones do.
I did not like how far that mount stuck out, so I sawed off some. if you are going to do that, be very careful you cut below where there's a reduced diameter so the bolt will have something to catch on.

 

[troop]

Just received my ebay (Chinese) black mounts today https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-2-25...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 and they only took 12 days. I did shorten them up by 1/4" each side, and as RICZ mentioned, I did have to grind around my M10 - 1.50 x 50 SS bolt heads to get them to slide in. Only took a couple minutes on the grinder. Gonna order some different pegs tonight, as I wanted to make sure everything went together. Nice thing too is that the middle assist pegs will work nicely as heel rests with my homemade floor boards. Good call :thumbup:

 

[RICZ]

Just received my ebay (Chinese) black mounts today

I first looked for these at a local H-D stealer and they were priced right against a C note. Guess where they were made....yup, the disease factory called China and they looked EXACTLY like the eBay units.

 

[JP58]

Just received my ebay (Chinese) black mounts today https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-2-25...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 and they only took 12 days. I did shorten them up by 1/4" each side, and as RICZ mentioned, I did have to grind around my M10 - 1.50 x 50 SS bolt heads to get them to slide in. Only took a couple minutes on the grinder. Gonna order some different pegs tonight, as I wanted to make sure everything went together. Nice thing too is that the middle assist pegs will work nicely as heel rests with my homemade floor boards. Good call :thumbup:

What length bolt did you get for that mount?

 

[RICZ]

I used bolts that are 50 mm long. The female hole goes all the way through, so no worry about it being too long. But 50 mm used all the female threads.

 

[lloydw1]

11/6/2019 left hip. 12/23/2019 right hip. Back to work on 2/13/2020. Getting my hips replaced has proved to be one the the best decisions I've ever made. My only regret was waiting so long to just get them done. Riding is more enjoyable and the reason I got the surgeries. BTW I high recommend Can Am Spyder Accessories: Ultimate floor boards.

 

[tntnj]

I use the passenger boards to get on to my F3L . I added a backrest and found I can't raise my leg high enough with out bothering my hips soccer I started using the passenger boards to get on and off the bike .

 

[troop]

Finally got my $20 ebay pegs and got them installed. I went for a different look. Grippy and make nice heel rests for my floorboards

 

[Yabbadabbadoo]

Troop, thanks for the info I just ordered the same stuff from ebay. I was looking for something at a reasonable price.

 

[JP58]

I finished my third pegs today.