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Was wondering about what everyone was riding as far as foot pegs. I am rubbing the road on my stock pegs regularly and thinking about upgrading suspension. I am a fan of classic rubber pegs and have heard of people using the V-Rod pegs. I ride a LRS.
A lot of people seem to be going to bear traps or BMX style foot rests.
I actually like the OE rubber pegs but they were too short for my preference. My boots kept vibrating out over the raised section on the end and my primary would touch down before the pegs. I prefer the pegs to hit before the hard parts.
I wanted something peg-like (not pedal-like), understated, with a raised lip on the end, and longer than stock. I found these from Lowbrow that seemed to fit the bill. Haven't actually ridden with them yet but so far they seem to be what I was looking for.
I have the pegs off a XR1200. Direct bolt on.
These are shorter and sit slightly higher than the stock pegs.
Plus 13.5 inch Ohlins give much more lean angle in corners.
The pegs scrape first before exhaust or primary.
It's why you see sportbike riders drag a knee. Course don't need to do it to that extreme on a Harley. I find it to be a lot of fun and do it any time I'm not lazy riding.
And there was a video on it too that made a big difference for me. Was a guy out riding a couple super sportbike riders with a Bagger just because he was doing this and they weren't. I'll see if I can find it.
Cheapest mod you can do.
Last edited by CaptainAwesome; Apr 1, 2018 at 02:09 PM.
Aside from learning how to adapt you body position as you corner to keep the bike more upright, which maintains more traction... Have you thought about longer shocks?
I personally am still running the 12in stock shocks and with leaning to the inside of the corner I very rarely scrape my stock pegs now that the rubber has worn to the steel core, and have scraped my primary only once. and I usually only scrape them in lower speed corners like round-a-bouts. I think you just need to master the lean.
OP a couple guys here hit the nail on the head. The foot pegs are a symptom, not the cause. Buy shocks with decent travel and learn to body bank in corners.
Last edited by Campy Roadie; Apr 1, 2018 at 07:14 PM.
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