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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 10:03 AM
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On the 2011 Custom, Harley only sells a few pegs that had the scrape

pin sticking out the bottom of the peg. Does anyone know if the scrape pin will thread out.

It will not even let me put rear pegs in the front

which does not have the scrape pin sticking out it because of the way

it was machined the ends that bolt to the bike are different in size.

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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 10:11 AM
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The ones a friend purchased did allow those feelers to be removed..screwed out.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 11:30 AM
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Yes, they unscrew.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 02:48 PM
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I snapped my left one off on a turn. That took care of it
 
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 04:35 PM
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I was just thinkin about taking mine off too, as it was scraping through a roundabout
 
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 05:09 PM
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For some reason my bike doesn't have these, not that I can see anyway.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 09:58 PM
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I'm a new rider so I gotta ask, how necessary are these things? Are they essential? I seem to scrape them from time to time.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 10:22 PM
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Might seemed a bit far fetched, but we recently had a nightster come in that was crashed due to these. Apparently the customer was leaning and the pegs caught in between the cracks and pulled the rider down.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Stevieskull
Might seemed a bit far fetched, but we recently had a nightster come in that was crashed due to these. Apparently the customer was leaning and the pegs caught in between the cracks and pulled the rider down.
Exactly, they really are dangerous to leave on IMO. They can catch very easily in a crack on the road.

I took mine off the first day. I would rather have a flat peg scrape than damn stakes hanging off the pegs.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 07:06 AM
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I like it scrapping, makes me know I'm getting close to my lean limits. The peg is designed to flip up on a angle when something on the turn hits it. It is very rare that the feeler gets caught in a crack.
 
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