My brother left me his SuperGlide, which needed a bit of work to be roadworthy. Very close now, have just a few small items left.

Dumb question time...

When the kicker pedal is in closed position (facing forward), I can't put my foot on the footpeg, as the pedal and my calf need to occupy the same space. I'm pushing 290, so my calves aren't necessarily dainty.

I've checked numerous pics of similar bikes, kick lever is in same position.

The quick fix is to leave the pedal 'open' perpendicular to the bike. But having something like that sticking out behind my leg on a fast moving bike just doesn't appeal.

Forward controls could be an answer, but I'd like to keep the stock controls. The bike is an FXE, but I want to retain the kick capability.

What's a budding Harley enthusiast to do?

 

Nice looking Scoot....... You can turn the pad to a vertical position and that will give you a little more room plus add 1" longer foot peg and that should do ya......

 

The kicker arms that the whole arm swings out of the way gives a lot more room with mid controls.


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Either swap it out for the fold away arm which I personally never liked because of that skinny arm or man up and get over the phobia of just leaving the pedal out , 40 years of riding with one that way I've never had a problem.

 

Haven't had a kicker bike since the mid 80's so I can't contribute to your question. I just have to tell you that your bike is f'n awesome.

 

Just flip the pedal out liked Twisted said, five miles down the road it will vibrate to that position anyway. No worries.

 

Lol, yes it will. Very nice FXE BTW.

 

Thanks everyone for the constructive comments, and also the complements.

All credit for the bike goes to my brother. He took it down to the frame, removed unnecessary tabs/mounts and had it powder coated. The front forks were spun on a lathe to remove the reflector pads. Other than being balanced, the motor is a bone stock 74 cube with 18,000 miles.

I've added new master cylinders and calipers, braided stainless lines, new tires, replaced chrome parts that were pitted, and spent numerous hours with #0000 steel wool and polish on the spokes and rims to freshen it up.

Also added Khrome Werks baffles, have read about the low/mid range power loss associated with open drag pipes.

I picked up a couple of bare metal canned ham air cleaners off eBay. One has the Harley shield engraved and the other has the #1 logo and stars engraved. Sanded them with progressive grades of wet/dry (last was 2000 grit) until the steel itself polished up like chrome, then had good quality chrome applied. Either would look great, but I'm starting to like the round cleaner that's on it.

Regardless, I'm looking forward to taking in some Texas countryside in the next month or so.

 

i leave the peddle out on my 76......it's just easier.

 

Put mini floor boards mine forward comfortable especially 6'1" long legs and wear steel toe engineer boots.and the pedal never stays leave it out