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Funny that the HD womens boots don't burn, as advertised. But they do, and the HDpegs, even relatively comfortable to the ridiculous positions of sport bikes, are not very anatomically correct.
So I put on the rear chrome floorboards to my Heritage with inserts to match my main floorboards, and while flipped up, do not add much of a cosmetic help to the classic style, do look sweet flipped down in a full blown passenger friendly situation. But the BIGGEST thing is that my wife is SO much more comfortable and happy not worrying about pipe melt and is not forced into unnatural positions to avoid it with the pegs that her experience (and now mine) have really been more than worth the cost and even style expense of the flip up floor board look compared to the more obscure pegs.
If you want you wife on your bike to enjoy it to its most, go for a floorboard kit.
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So I put on the rear chrome floorboards to my Heritage with inserts to match my main floorboards, and while flipped up, do not add much of a cosmetic help to the classic style, do look sweet flipped down in a full blown passenger friendly situation. But the BIGGEST thing is that my wife is SO much more comfortable and happy not worrying about pipe melt and is not forced into unnatural positions to avoid it with the pegs that her experience (and now mine) have really been more than worth the cost and even style expense of the flip up floor board look compared to the more obscure pegs.
If you want you wife on your bike to enjoy it to its most, go for a floorboard kit.
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Well after all the info that you guys provide, I decided to go with these,
thanks for all the input. I like these as I believe it will give her a little more leg room also. They have 4" of travel and rotate 360 degrees. I'll try them rolled foward at 1:00 or 2:00 a clock, giving lift and distance. Thanks again for the help.
thanks for all the input. I like these as I believe it will give her a little more leg room also. They have 4" of travel and rotate 360 degrees. I'll try them rolled foward at 1:00 or 2:00 a clock, giving lift and distance. Thanks again for the help.
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Walster, I put 2" offsets from Kuryakyn on my custom and seem to work fine. I don't know how someone with size 6 shoes touch the pipes, she must be doing things back there that I don't know about. Citori, thebig radius look and sound great, and you don't have to worry about waking the neighbors up as long as you don't hammer it. But, it doesn't really stop the boot burning 100%. She still gets some boot scuffs on the pipes but I just clean it off with lacquer thinner.
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Had the same problem when I got my 07 Deluxe. For some reason HD decided to put the upper pipe above the passenger peg on some bikes but not on others. My wife runied two pair of boots (not to mention messing up the pipes) when she started riding with me. I finally put on V&H BSS with both pipes below the pegs and that solved that problem. An expensive solution but it has a better sound, more torques, and looks much better. So overall, a good investment.
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Got boards on my Heritage and my wife does the same thing with HD boots. She now has a nice deep burn mark in the right heel. Easy off oven cleaner works. Spray it on. let it sit. crank the bike for just a few minutes and the rubber wipes right off. I thing I'm on can number two. As someone said, must be genetic.
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If you figure out a good way, let me know. I have the same problem with my wife.
Why is it that they just can't keep their heel off that pipe? Is it a genetic thing, or what?
I think my only permenent options for it are to either get a set of Big Radius pipes or something similar, or get her her own bike and eliminate the rear pegs.
If you figure out a good way, let me know. I have the same problem with my wife.
Why is it that they just can't keep their heel off that pipe? Is it a genetic thing, or what?
I think my only permenent options for it are to either get a set of Big Radius pipes or something similar, or get her her own bike and eliminate the rear pegs.
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