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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 09:52 AM
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I'm running forwards with mids. I rarely use the mids- on a cold morning on the highway is a good opportunity. Around town, I'm more comfy with the forwards.

 
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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 10:21 AM
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I have done this before. I have my mid-mount pegs after having forwards installed on my bike when new. I have put them on thinking the same thing, but I never used them & they were just in the way so I took them off & just use the forwards.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 10:25 AM
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I'll be doing it, I got a set of takeoff mids for cheap, just gonna run the pegs for now on the Fat bob until I decide if I want to do the full swap
 
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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 11:07 AM
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Blue Angel,
Thanks muchly for the pics. That looks great. Your pegs look small, almost like shift pegs.
Do you ever bang your ankle at a stop?
Do you ever ride in town with the pegs down?
This will be mostly for long highway days, but my main concern is the midmount pegs interfering at a stop, or backing up while on the bike. Since there were no comments about that I am going to assume it is a non-issue.

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Been there, Done that, one of the best mods I did to my bike and for all the same reasons you mentioned.



 
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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 04:53 PM
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I did it on my Fat Bob and am very happy I did. I love the forwards and would feel too bunched up with having to use mids or floorboards all the time, but it's comfortable to have options on a longer ride.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 08:10 PM
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I did this on my Wide Glide. Nice to have somewhere else to put your feet...I have the brackets I used for sale in the classifieds...
 
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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 08:21 PM
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I've had forward controls with the stock mid pegs left in place since the bike came out of the packing box.

Works great..
 
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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 08:27 PM
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Yup, I do this too.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 08:28 PM
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However, if I had to do it all over again, I'd stay with the stock mids and add highway pegs.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Dynam1te
However, if I had to do it all over again, I'd stay with the stock mids and add highway pegs.
That's exactly what I'm doing. Lucky I kept my mids. Just had joe the powder pro black'em out and will be switching back to mids with highway pegs this winter.
 
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