I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to fabricate this, but has anyone found a riser kit for the Heritage boards? They are rather low and far away from me.

 

I've been looking for something to rise my bike's floorboards an inch higher, but I haven't found anything yet.


DKCustoms makes relocation kits that go outwards and forward, where as I'd want 1~ 1 1/2 inch up and 1inch back.
I'd like it to attach to the underside of the board pivot instead of down at the frame.
More lean angle and more footspace for the board from the shifter and brake pedal, and the father back end of the floorboard would be better for placing your inside corner foot back farther for better body position.

FLFBS and FLHCS's boards are interchangeable, so If you fab something, I'd be interested in buying a copy from you.

 

Let me give a partial update on this. Largely for you @FranBunnyFFXII .

Pegboards was at a show I attended this weekend, and I learned that they largely address my search.

Their boards sit on a simple hinge, with multiple holes on the bottom to adjust them fore and aft.


That's a big part of what I want.

They can easily be spacered, which will raise them up. Just need to get longer screws.

Now, I personally don't care for the boards themselves, especially since they have no vibration damping. I do not want to feel my feet buzzing. But, if that's not an issue, these boards could satisfy.

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I also examined some take off OEM Heritage boards at a used vendor. It's possible to move the OEM boards fore and aft, with some modifications.

The boards could be moved forward or backwards a bit using longer pins or bolts with locking nuts. But...
1. The stops hit the OEM boards in a thicker spot, so some sort of shim would have to be fastened to the board where the stop hits outside this area;
2. The board would have to be slightly notched on the inner edge, I think, in order to clear the mounting bracket; and,
3. The more you move the board back, the stronger the twisting force on the mounting bracket, so it might break or at least be a wiggly board.

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Pegboards has a bracket kit that might be useful for adapting multiple boards to the oem brackets. You could readily enough use hardware store parts to duplicate the approach.



Use that pin through the pivot points on the OEM floorboard brackets. Use the split ring colors to set the position. Drill whatever boards you want to fit on those brackets. Spacer them as you wish for height.

A few problems I see with this kit, and pretty much anything else one uses:
1. I think that long shaft is thicker than the OEM pin, so drilling the mounting brackets would be necessary;
2. Drilling the brackets would make them weaker;
3. Same twisting problem with moving the boards very far from the OEM location;
4. Going to need some sort of spacer to hit the stops on the OEM mounting brackets to set the boards level when folded out and down.

Now personally, I'm thinking of giving this kit a try with some fabricated spacers and mounting my fatter spare Road King Nostalgia boards.

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Another semi-goofy idea I may try is simply mounting a small wooden block on the rear of the stock boards just to rest my feet on so they are up higher while I sit there riding. I can crudely tape it on for experimentation, and make it prettier of it turns out to work well.

 

Did you ever pull the trigger on anything for raising your floorboards?

 

No. Not yet, and I'm currently not sure I ever will.
Now that I've got my butt and hands happy in the ergonomic triangle, I've found I'm not reaching for the foot controls awkwardly, and that while I'm normally on the rear of the footboards, it doesn't bother me.
So it's become of much lower interest to me.

If I do change the footing around, I'll probably try aftermarket mid controls and aftermarket adjustable pegs. There's some stuff on Amazon that intrigues me, but I'm not sure I'm willing to spend the coin on exploring it, yet.

I'm not a canyon carver, so I don't drag the boards all that often. And when I do, somehow these boards don't bother me doing it. It's a mellow experience on the Heritage, where it was somehow jarring and startling on the Road King.

The only thing I don't like with the current triangle is it's a bit awkward standing up on the boards when off-road, or wanting to just stand and stretch my legs or get air under my butt for a while. Doable, sure. But not as easily done and held as I would like.