I'd like to get some leg room when I'm out on the highway. I tried this idea posted on this forum:
Long story short, it didn't work. I even bought the highway pegs that were specifically made to fit 7/8" bars (and they were not easy to find). The crash bars must be very skinny, even skinnier than 7/8". Even with using pieces of rubber in between the bar and the mount, I could not get it to tighten enough. No matter how hard I cranked down on that mounting bolt, the highway pegs were loose enough that they would pivot downwards with a little bit of pressure. Again, the problem is that the crash bar that I'm mounting to (as per the instructions in the post) is very skinny, which prohibits me from getting the mount tight enough not to move.
I really do not want to spend $300+ on the highway blades, and I don't even know if they are still in business. Call me crazy, but the lack of the ability to put my legs up really bothers me. In fact it bothers me enough that I am thinking of selling it and getting a different bike.
Has anyone else mounted the "standard" highway pegs on their bikes? I've seen a post where a guy was a metal worker and machined his own mount...I can't do that.
Homemade highway pegs (sorta) | ST1300-Handlebars / Footpegs
yeah. So there's no way I'm paying $300 for highway pegs. So I took off the covers and low and behold there are some bars there that items can bolt to! So I look around for cheap accessories and highway pegs. Hmmm....there's the online retailers (JC Whitney type folks), but I wanted to see...
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Long story short, it didn't work. I even bought the highway pegs that were specifically made to fit 7/8" bars (and they were not easy to find). The crash bars must be very skinny, even skinnier than 7/8". Even with using pieces of rubber in between the bar and the mount, I could not get it to tighten enough. No matter how hard I cranked down on that mounting bolt, the highway pegs were loose enough that they would pivot downwards with a little bit of pressure. Again, the problem is that the crash bar that I'm mounting to (as per the instructions in the post) is very skinny, which prohibits me from getting the mount tight enough not to move.
I really do not want to spend $300+ on the highway blades, and I don't even know if they are still in business. Call me crazy, but the lack of the ability to put my legs up really bothers me. In fact it bothers me enough that I am thinking of selling it and getting a different bike.
Has anyone else mounted the "standard" highway pegs on their bikes? I've seen a post where a guy was a metal worker and machined his own mount...I can't do that.