Mini boards?
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From: Douglas county, Oregon
Mini boards?
Hi all! I have a 2005 Sportster 1200c and want to put some mini hwy boards on. Have any of you other Sporty owners put them on your bikes? If so which one's? I have looked at a few and they all look so cheap and flimsily. I want to be able to have more than one foot position. I do have the forward controls and want just the basic boards without a ton of hardware to install. Anyone have any input I would like to hear what you have tried or use.
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My 883 had minis on forwards when I got it, didn't work for me. Left foot is slightly limited in motion from an old injury, makes shifting on forwards a bit difficult anyway, but worse with the boards, and highway speeds would lift my feet if I relaxed, even with different angles on the boards. You'd think that would be more likely with pegs, but putting pegs on cured that problem. I moved them to the passenger position, good there. Never heard anyone else mention the lifting problem, might have been unique to those boards, don't know what brand they are. They mount just like Harley pegs, but stick out farther than standard pegs - that might have contributed to the lifting problem, legs were farther apart of course, caught a bit more wind.
One thing I never did, and would suggest you never do, is try to stand on mini boards for taking a bump or riding over a curb; you're putting more pressure on those forward mounts than mid pegs, and I'd be concerned with breaking off single point mounted pegs or boards, have heard of it happening. Although you may not be lugging around my 230 lbs before gear...
Before I took them off the front, don't have any closeups.
One thing I never did, and would suggest you never do, is try to stand on mini boards for taking a bump or riding over a curb; you're putting more pressure on those forward mounts than mid pegs, and I'd be concerned with breaking off single point mounted pegs or boards, have heard of it happening. Although you may not be lugging around my 230 lbs before gear...
Before I took them off the front, don't have any closeups.
I've had the Kuryakyn kinetic mini floorboards on for about a year, very happy with them. Easy swap, you can adjust them anywhere you want them, lots of room for your feet. They come in chrome or black.
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I had been using the HD 5" mini footboards 50500109 and really like them. They are very well built and I think they look great. Recently I've changed to Kuryakyn Swingwings. The jury is still out on those, quality and looks not nearly as good but I like having the wings available. I might end up switching back then reinstalling the Swingwings only for long trips.
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You can check out this thread on the same subject.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...or-boards.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...or-boards.html
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