footpeg options

[benny]

here's another question from a newbie. are there options for changing the footpeg position? i think i've heard about that somewhere... i would love to move the pegs down and forward a little.

[taosports]

This will do both for $225.
http://tinyurl.com/mehsu5

[benny]

that's just what i'm looking for... time to start saving! thanks for the info.
ben

[boxermania]

Darn.....those things have gone up....I paid $150 in 04'

[awagnon]

Look at Suburban Machinery: http://www.suburban-machinery.com/R1150R.htm

I have no experience with these, but have heard they are top notch. I had peg lowering blocks on my RT, but found the shifter position to be a pain and eventually removed them. Also, as you know, peg lowering kits decrease the lean angle before the pegs rub the pavement.

[macx]

Awhile ago I did some research on this topic as my beat up 62 year old knees just didn't like the
bent knees feet back position of the stock pegs.

And paying much of anything that just moves them an inch or so didn't seem worth it.

I ended up getting a complete setup off a GS from beemerboneyard, including;
pegs & peg mount plates, brake pedal (I used my existing r1150r master cylinder
on BB's advice - larger diameter and of course is engineered for that specific system -
and they supplied me with the longer pushrod needed to make that work), and shifter and
shift lever that attaches to the trans - all off a GS.

Moved the pegs about 2" down AND 2" forward. MUCH more comfortable.

While I was considering this and asking questions about what folks thought, a couple
people questioned footpeg clearance.

I've had them on, now, for around 2500 miles and have no real problem. Only once or
twice when turning left onto a road in a curve that was sloped away from me and going
quite slow and turning a little tighter than I anticipated doing did i feel a slight contact
with the outer bottom of the peg. However, with the pegs down and forward, my toes
now don't point angle downward like with the stock pegs - my feet sit pretty close to
horizontal with the road - so I don't believe there's much of a chance of getting my
toes bent under the peg. And now that I'm aware of the limits - I have to use about all
of the chicken strip to get it to the contact point - I just avoid upshifting when making
a real tight / slow left turn.

I had to "adjust" the foot loop backwards a little on the sidestand, and also the footlever
on the center stand backwards and out a little. They aren't quite as easy to get to with
my foot, but the slight inconvenience is well worth it to me.

If anyone is interested, I've got a write-up of everything I had to do and before and after
pics I can post a link to (or search for posts by me and you'd probly find it too)

After having done it and ridden this much with that setup, I wouldn't have it any other way.