Has anyone tried to mount highway pegs?

[lmmandel]

What rubber did you use? Anything special?

I cut up an old inner tube.

 

[sgl0226]

I cut up an old inner tube.

Thanks for the advice. I found some 1/16" rubber sheets and switched the brass sheets for the rubber. It seems a lot better.

 

[dennisj]

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I purchased and installed Kuryakyn Longhorn Offsets with 1-1/4” clamps (#7986) and Kuryakyn Switchblade Pegs, Male Mount (#4445). I used waxed lashing line on my engine guards to shim the 1-1/4” clamps to size. Clamp pinch bolt: 19mm Hex bolt – 70 ft. lbs. torque; Peg rotate screw: 1/4” Allan key; Peg flip screw: 8mm Allan key. Get these Allen screws tight.

 

[Sleekmachine]

Cool idea dennisj; I used gasket material, rubber didn't work for me.

 

[dennisj]

Hey Sleekmachine, Gasket Material? Another good idea. Were you able to get something thick enough to use a single covering of the engine guards or did you need to wrap the gasket material around the engine guards several times?

Cool beard too.

 

[roadventure]

What Immandel said...they are 13/16 aka 30mm...it is a metric bike afterall.

Yeah, I know, but somehow Yamaha (they build using the metric system too) can figure out how to supply 1" and 1 1/4" diameter bars to the American market.

 

[Sleekmachine]

@dennisj : single covering, I think it was a 1/32" sheet.

 

[dennisj]

Here is an update to an earlier post I made on this thread. I had originally used waxed cable wrap string around the 30mm engine guards to mount my 1.25" Kuryakyn Longhorn Offsets and Switchblade pegs. This actually (sort of) worked back in January and February when the temperatures were low. However, it did not last, as the weather warmed up the pegs began to slide around the guard pipe.

My solution was to use Aluminum sheet metal wrapped around the engine guard pipe. Here is a source for the material I used:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HRHB0SA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Here's the math:
30mm engine card diameter = 1.181102362", subtract this from 1.25" Kuryakyn 1.25" clamp gives us 0.068897638" or, rounded, .069", however .070" sheet metal is impossibly hard to work with, and it is not necessary as the clamps are not completely round and as it turns out .040" Aluminum is just perfect for this application and much easier to work with. This is the setup I currently use and my footpegs are anchored tight to my engine guards.

If anyone needs some of this material, I have extra and I can send you some in an envelope. Just send me a request via contact info in my Profile page.

 

[Robert Gibson]

An old bicycle inner tube works well for most applications, it's also a handy piece of kit to carry for emergencies. It can be cut into bands, or long strips to use as bungees.

 

[Bouts]

Still working on a solution, the inner tube worked for a while, but the pegs slid. I have some aluminum and will try that next. Spring will be the time I try again, since the bike is inside a rented garage and in hibernation till I take it out.

 

[dennisj]

I've been using mine for the past 20,000 miles and they are working well for me. Of course I don't stand on the highway pegs, just put my feet up there when my knees need some straight time.

BTW, I'm 5.11" with 32" inseam and I get my feet around the cylinder heads and onto the pegs. As you can see I used the 4" off-set peg mounts to get the pegs closer to me. The switch-blade style Kuryakyn pegs are great for this with the heal holders.

 

[Lori]

They are metric so I bought kuryakin pegs and added a rubber strip as a shim

FYI, this is what I am using (get the 1 1/4" sized clamp (you WILL need to shim it to fit the MG OEM bar).

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[Pete BoBeet]

Here is an update to an earlier post I made on this thread. I had originally used waxed cable wrap string around the 30mm engine guards to mount my 1.25" Kuryakyn Longhorn Offsets and Switchblade pegs. This actually (sort of) worked back in January and February when the temperatures were low. However, it did not last, as the weather warmed up the pegs began to slide around the guard pipe.

My solution was to use Aluminum sheet metal wrapped around the engine guard pipe. Here is a source for the material I used:
Amazon product ASIN B00HRHB0SA
Here's the math:
30mm engine card diameter = 1.181102362", subtract this from 1.25" Kuryakyn 1.25" clamp gives us 0.068897638" or, rounded, .069", however .070" sheet metal is impossibly hard to work with, and it is not necessary as the clamps are not completely round and as it turns out .040" Aluminum is just perfect for this application and much easier to work with. This is the setup I currently use and my footpegs are anchored tight to my engine guards.

If anyone needs some of this material, I have extra and I can send you some in an envelope. Just send me a request via contact info in my Profile page.

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That looks like a super sweet setup, dennisj! Thanks for the great photos and info. I will be ordering the same Kuryakyn setup as you. The part numbers were super helpful.