The challenges that I can see are distance to the pegs (range of rider's leg length)
Height (most of the crash bar mounting points are quite high)
Rotation at the mounting point (simple U-bolts may not be enough to prevent rotation on the crash bar).
Thoughts?
Edit: Why would these not work? The could be mounted on the lower crash bar tube. They would be adjustable for leg length simply by choosing where (fore and aft) on the bar they are mounted. Since the force from your leg is pressing forward there would be less tendency for the mount to rotate. When not in use they can be swiveled back out of the way. These and similar are available for ~$80.
I've been looking for a set that will clamp onto stock 2012 adventure crash bars, I think they're like 22mm in diameter. Daves are fine if you have long legs but I'm liking what Rick has. Last I messaged Rick, he wasn't making any??
Rick, highway pegs are high on my list of wanted accessories. Anything you can add to the mix would be welcome here for sure.
Do you have a link to that picture of the pegs that you posted?
I tried a set from Amazon similar to what Rick posted, I never could get them to stay tight and not rotate when in use. They ended up in my junk drawer.
Is that a training wheel I see on the other side of the skidpan??? You remembered to take it off the left side for the photo but we can still see the right training wheel! :nerd:
I have a 33" inseam so mine were out front and perfect placement. Multiple variations of what I did could be fabricated to accommodate different inseams and seat configurations. The first set up was just a quickie with little thought put into them. I just needed something top work. The second set up was the cat's meow. Jimz owns the bike now along with the highway pegs, maybe if he reads this he will post up some images. I have some photos of the fabrication and final set up I will try to find and post. They worked great for me.
The challenges that I can see are distance to the pegs (range of rider's leg length)
Hight (most of the crash bar mounting points are quite high)
Rotation at the mounting point (simple U-bolts may not be enough to prevent rotation on the crash bar).
Thoughts?
Edit: Why would these not work? The could be mounted on the lower crash bar tube. They would be adjustable for leg length simply by choosing where (fore and aft) on the bar they are mounted. Since the force from your leg is pressing forward there would be less tendency for the mount to rotate. When not in use they can be swiveled back out of the way. These and similar are available for ~$80.
I made something very similar. I used 1" electrical Conduit, welded a tab to bolt to my SW Motech skid plate/crash bar, put Superhawk passenger pegs on the ends.
I like the idea of a sleeve and pins for easy removal. I may just score the conduit so it has a place to break in a crash.
I recently installed these, Love them. Attached at the skid plate was correct distance for me. I drilled four holes into skid plate to accommodate. I really like how big they are. Feels safer having a bigger landing pad for the feet. Yet the fold up nicely. http://shop.enduroguardian.com/HWY-pegs-for-all-Adventure-bikes-HWY-1.htm
I love Adventure bike owners. THESE ARE MY PEOPLE! Innovative, industrious, and frugal!
The picture that I posted in the first post was of some commercial pegs. Thanks for the feedback on them (i.e., unsuitable).
OK, so guys with long legs are pretty much set with what is already offered (e.g., enduro guardian, etc.). They can be mounted on the front of the skid pan low enough to be comfortable.
V-Strom pegs are available in bulk directly from China from the supplier to Suzuki. No problem there if we want good looking pegs. Although the cheaper pegs liek those I'm using on the passenger peg lowering kit might be easier to fit.
The void seems to be for guys like me with shorter legs. And one of my legs is slightly shorter that the other two.
I'll feed all this into TRIZ tonight and see what I get. Right now I'm playing me new guitar. I got a Seagull S6 Original for my birthday and I'm trying to learn dust in the wind.
Maybe you could do something similar to the Enduro Guardian idea, but offer different center bar shapes to place the pegs in different locations.
If it was straight in the middle for mounting, then bent toward the rider, then straightened out, the folding foot peg goes on the end. Brings it back an inch or two. It would also work with a variety of different skid plates, so people could buy the components they want. The Enduro Guardian peg height is good, not too high, and it never drags on corners.
I have the Happy trails highway bar and took off the chepo HT pegs and put on those oem style from china that Rick talked about above. My only complaint is that the highway bar can dig in to the earth during a drop(even with the pegs folded all the way ^up) and that is exactly what happened on Murphy's Hog Back. The highway bar pushed back the Happy trail skid plate about 1/2" but I was able to kick is back into place at the "scene". Highway pegs do not belong off road, but most are semi permanent mounts.
So Rick, here is what I want, a quick detach bar/pegs that I can remove and stow or leave at camp when going off pavement. I am actually considering cutting the HT bar just outside the frame, sleeving them and drilling holes using hitch type pins to attach them.
Way too high V2man "IMHO" but y'all seem to like it that way and it works. Those positions would be fine to stretch out for a bit or change position at "low speeds", but at slab speeds that position is not ideal.
I have approx 32" inseam and have the Happy Trails peg mount kit on the front support of my crash bar, I find it to be perfect in terms of a good stretch and particularly at high speeds.
I agree. I have a similar setup on my K7 Vee. The only thing they are good for is to set my leg on top to stretch it out. I like it enough that I would keep them there but still would like to find some I can actually ride with for a while. I have a friends 650 that has some mounted to the skid plate that are perfectly placed but I don't want a skid plate on mine.
I ain't sayin' they're fancy, but they're the parts I had laying around in the shop the night before a 5000 mile trip last August. Worked great, still on there. One oak dowel, four hose clamps, a little grip tape and about 15 minutes.
I have SW Motech crash bars and skid plate on my '06 Vee. I made a highway bar that bolts to the skid plate front mount. The pegs are honda passenger pegs from a sport bike. The bar is 3/4" electrical conduit. Other pieces are 1/8" steel.
"Right now I'm playing me new guitar. I got a Seagull S6 Original for my birthday and I'm trying to learn dust in the wind."
Rick
I have an S6 rustic and I love it. Great guitar for the $$$ and made by our Canadian friends in Quebec. I like that oak dowel idea from Bentwee, too. It appeals to the cheap bastard in me.
This is just too stinking simple. Everybody knows what is needed. They just need someone to make it.
A bar that is secured at the crash bar skid pan junction, extends out enough to clear the skidpan, and back and down enough for us vertically challenged folk. It needs to place the pegs lower than the crash bar mounting point version and further back than the common straight bar in front of the skid pan.
It should probably be square steel tube welded to a flat steel mounting plate. The plate should have a selection of mounting holes the popular skid pan and crash bar options.
It would be nice if there was an option for the amount of peg drop and rearward placement, but the thing could be made to order.
A really exotic version might retract into the crossbar at the front until needed, but the frugal version would have fixed pag placement.
Anybody could make this in their garage with a drill press, cut off saw, and stick welder.
I'm going to ordering some steel tube and making a few pull back highway bars. Choice of peg will be up to the rider. I am not very enthusiastic about this project since it doesn't require figuring anything out and the solution is not... shall we say "elegant", but I will make some.
Now for something to get excited about. Anyone remember this?
I remembered this skid pan musing I made a year or so ago when i tried to find out where the ideal highway peg location would be without the limitations we talk about in the posts above.
Sitting on my Vee2 my 32" inseam put my feet just in front of the controls. A little more thought and I realized floor Boards are more flexible that pegs when it comes to leg length.
We all want a good looking skid plate and a lot of us want something kinda bullet proof.
So imagine a skid pan with a full 3/16" steel or 1/4" aluminum main plate underneath stretching to the front. The bottom and at least first fold would be all one piece for longitudinal strength (no need to connect skid pan to motor in the middle).
Now see those cute aluminum accent panels. Imagine they were shaped a little differently and slightly higher up.... and folded out when needed to serve as floor boards. Nice accent pieces when bombing down the trail. Functional floor boards when needed.
I'm going to ordering some steel tube and making a few pull back highway bars. Choice of peg will be up to the rider. I am not very enthusiastic about this project since it doesn't require figuring anything out and the solution is not... shall we say "elegant", but I will make some.
Now for something to get excited about. Anyone remember this?
Now see those cute aluminum accent panels. Imagine they were shaped a little differently and slightly higher up.... and folded out when needed to serve as floor boards. Nice accent pieces when bombing down the trail. Functional floor boards when needed.
THAT is simply brilliant and would be in a class by itself.
Other available skid plate-highway peg options offer compromises in functionality (and for us who care about it) aesthetics. I would dump my improvised setup and buy something like this in a minute.
Now many will say, "I could have thought of that..." but seems until now, no one ever did...
" Simplicity the ultimate sophistication"
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