I have an '88 Sportster that uses the female type of foot pegs.
What are the options besides cheap repops of the stock pegs or the o-ring style ?
What was available "in the day" ?

this is what I mean by a female footpeg:

 

Maybe the Sportster section would be a better place to ask.........
Good luck

 

That's the standard K,KH, and Sportster footrest that goes all the way back to 1952! Perhaps catalogs/vendors catering to vintage bikes might have some options. I think H-D used to have some different pegs for that type of mount, but that peg design has been obsolete for a number of years. now.