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Message started by ebmiller2 on 10/11/07 at 11:33:30

Title: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by ebmiller2 on 10/11/07 at 11:33:30

I just put a set of Universal Floorboards on "Suzi" and brought her home today from my cousins garage. My thanks to "Jack_650" for his guidance. Here are a couple of pictures of the floorboards:

http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageLHFloorboard.JPG (http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageLHFloorboard.JPG)

http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageRHFloorboard.JPG (http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageRHFloorboard.JPG)

Since I towed the bike home from my cousins garage, I thought you may like to see the MC Carrier I used. Here are a couple of pictures:

http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageMCCarrier.JPG (http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageMCCarrier.JPG)

http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageMCCarrier2.JPG (http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageMCCarrier2.JPG)

While I have your attention, I thought I'd show you my Bullet Turn Signals and HD Seat:

http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageBullet.JPG (http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageBullet.JPG)

http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageHDSeat.JPG (http://model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageHDSeat.JPG)

Once again, my thanks to everyone for all of the assistance, and great information, I have received from the gang who post to this site.

:)

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by islandwahine on 10/11/07 at 12:04:53

I love those floor boards! They don't get slippery when it rains?? Also how much did they run for, and where did you get them?

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by ebmiller2 on 10/11/07 at 13:24:09

islandwahine,

The Universal Floorboards are available from J C Whitney and some vendors on ebay. The run anywhere between $$35 ans $40 plus freight. The rubber on the floorboards may be slippery when wet - I haven't been out in the rain. However, I will be looking for a new cover with more tooth. Following is the add from from Whitney. :)

http://www.jcwhitney.com/Motorcycle-Floorboards/600014704.jcw?in_dim_search=1

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by ebmiller2 on 10/11/07 at 13:33:44

Sorry, The link to Whitney shows the wrong set of floorboards. This one from ebay shows the correct set.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mini-Floorboards-Footboards-4-Harley-Choppers-Softails_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35565QQihZ014QQitemZ330173207514QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Search for "Floorboards" by user "Jack_650" for installation instructions

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by SteveRocket on 10/11/07 at 13:34:15

They look great , I want some

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by islandwahine on 10/11/07 at 13:56:35

Are you planning on bidding against me?? LOL
I see there are 9 other bis so far.
It does say they are for a Harley though!!
???

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Holodeck on 10/11/07 at 14:36:40

What is the order # for JC Whitney ?

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by SteveRocket on 10/11/07 at 16:02:11

are you bidding for real? let me know
Steve

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by bnlfan on 10/11/07 at 17:49:44

SteveRocket wrote:

are you bidding for real? let me know
Steve

I was looking too. I'll wait to bid on another set. Good luck.

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by islandwahine on 10/11/07 at 17:54:19

SteveRocket wrote:

are you bidding for real? let me know
Steve

I did put in my highest bid, we'll see what happens.

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by gary_ona_savage on 10/11/07 at 22:06:09

ebmiller2 wrote:

I just put a set of Universal Floorboards on "Suzi" and brought her home today from my cousins garage. My thanks to "Jack_650" for his guidance.

What needs to be done to make them fit?

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Jack_650 on 10/11/07 at 22:37:24

You're right on the rubber on those "less expensive" floorboards being slippery when wet. I usually ride with my feet towards the back of the boards, hanging off the back a bit and haven't had too much trouble. Don't know how secure you would feel if you had to stand on them for any distance in the rain, but if things are that bad you should probably be getting off the road anyway.

The glue they used on mine to hold the rubber on didn't hold up too well. I road through a torrential downpour for a couple hours once and one of them just "went away". If you think the rubber gets slippery try having the bare metal under your wet shoe. I went to a big chain hardware/homeware store and bought a couple of the smaller rubber(y) door mats and cut them down to fit and used the heavy dutiest (is that even a word?) construction adhesive to glue them in place. No trouble yet. The mats have a surface sort of like rubber/asphalt with black sand embedded in them. Really pretty slip-proof feeling and they have a pattern as well. I've had them on for about three months and over six thousand miles and it's way better than the original pads.

Easy puppies to install too. Just have to drill the mounting holes out a tich to accomodate our pass through mounting bolt. Oh yeah, make sure you get ones that have the two angle mounting option. You need to use the not flat angle so the boards end up close to horizontal to the ground.

Jack

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Jack_650 on 10/11/07 at 22:43:54

Oh yeah. On that towing set-up I would think you wouldn't want to try it if you had just filled up the gas tank. I know my tank would dribble gas out and onto my leg when I filled it a little too full on a hot day. Gas expands quickly when the sun beats down on the tank from above and the engine heats it from below. At that (about) 30 degree angle or so I bet it could get kinda messy for the seat.

I may have to get my welding buddy to do me something like that with a drop down reciever so the wheel rides a little closer to the ground. No need for this frail old body to have to lift the front end any higher than neccesary.

Jack

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by ebmiller2 on 10/12/07 at 03:52:01

Your right about the gas. My tank was almost full, and it dribbled all the way home.

I agree, a 6" drop in the MC carrier would be nice. I could have bought it with the drop but didn't think. Following is a link to the seller on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Motorcycle-Tow-Cradle-No-Trailer-Haul-Big-Little-Bike_W0QQitemZ220157546113QQihZ012QQcategoryZ35557QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by FreeSpirit on 10/12/07 at 12:04:25

Do you have the Suzuki Engine Guard on your bike?

Or a different one? Sorry,pics take forever to download on my pc :(

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by islandwahine on 10/12/07 at 12:25:48

Lost the bid on Ebay, but saw these:
http://static.zoovy.com/img/kcint/-/1/123_27_a.jpg (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MINI-FLOORBOARDS-4-HARLEY-FX-SPORTSTER-PARTS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35565QQihZ001QQitemZ110177832525QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW#ebayphotohosting)
Are they the same?
they are MINI FLOORBOARD KIT FOR HARLEY FX DYNA SPORTSTER. Will these fit?
I have 5 hours before bid expires.

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by ebmiller2 on 10/12/07 at 13:51:44

Yes I have a Suzuki Engine Guard on my bike, and yes these are the correct floorboards. :)

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by rigidchop on 10/12/07 at 18:31:53

is it just me or do those floor boards look like they are angled towards the front of the bike? doesn't look very comfortable, besides that they look pretty good.

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by FreeSpirit on 10/12/07 at 20:42:21

rigidchop wrote:

is it just me or do those floor boards look like they are angled towards the front of the bike? doesn't look very comfortable, besides that they look pretty good.

They dont look angled to me.they look real comfortable!

Looks nice too! I love floorboards!

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Jack_650 on 10/12/07 at 22:28:34

There is a very slight angle down towards the front, but they're still WAY more comfortable on all day runs than the footpegs ever were. Like I've said before, after doing several 500-700 mile days with both the stock pegs and these boards, the boards win hands (feet, rather) down on the comfort front. With the pegs, after a couple hundred miles, it was either let the feet go numb or . . . Wait a minute, there is no or. Without engine guard pegs or the like (I'm poor) there's is no option on a quasi-stock Savage. Get over 60 mph and your feet will go sorely numb. And the arches don't do too well either.

Next to replacing the seat with a saddle shaped seat of some sort, the floorboards are the best money that can be spent to improve long range riding comfort with our bikes. And if you do as I did and replace the rather thin (ie cheap) rubber pads that comes on them with thicker, less slick-surfaced home designed pads, you'll think your feet didn't die and go to he!!.

One opinion based on some long distance experience.

Jack

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by ebmiller2 on 10/13/07 at 06:30:23

I had a chance to try the bike with the floorboards yesterday afternoon. I'm impressed. I like the boards much more than pegs. Sorry I waited so long to make the change. :)

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by verslagen1 on 10/13/07 at 08:25:50

I got the same carrier, works ok but concerned about how much the bikes leans in turns. Although I did tighten up the handlebar straps to mostly compress the forks and it leans less.

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by ebmiller2 on 10/13/07 at 12:39:17

I haven't note a much lean at all with my carrier. Where are you attaching the straps on you vehicle? I mounted a set of "U" bolts as far out as I could on my bumper to give me the widest spacing I could for the straps. FYI - I compress the forks half way. :)

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by FreeSpirit on 10/13/07 at 13:55:38

Jack_650 wrote:

If you replace your seat with a saddle shaped seat,please let us know,with pics!! That's what I'm looking for :-)
That kind of seat along with the floorboards should be like heaven :-)

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Jack_650 on 10/13/07 at 15:19:10

I've repeatedly rattled on about the V-Star seat I put on my bike on this forum. You wanna see pictures, you can see pictures. You'll see the bike right after I did all kinds of stuff to set it up for L-O-N-G trips and before the powder coating got all dinged up on those afore mentioned trips. One of the reasons I chose this bike was so I wouldn't feel bad about how it would look after a lot of rough treatment. Nothing like bustin' up a bunch of fiberglass trim to make your day go south.

Anyway, here's the pix again. Note the extra tank on the back, the saddle seat, the Harley softail tank, the floorboards, the Sportster muffler and the hitch I had made for it. This bike has gotten quite useful and gets used a lot.

http://bikepics.com/members/jazzcarter/00savage/

Jack

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Brewbrother on 10/13/07 at 18:33:41

My wife bought me a set of those today for an upcoming bday. Thanks for the headsup, I was looking for a set at a REASONABLE price. I predict my commute will be enhanced by their addition.

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Holodeck on 10/14/07 at 13:55:12

Is there anyplace to get the correct floorboards besides E-Bay ?

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Jack_650 on 10/14/07 at 20:17:12

For those of you who want them, here's the best price I found looking for just five minutes. Google "Harley mini floorboards" and look for yourselves. These are for less than I paid for mine a year ago. I may have to order another pair and try to nail them onto the back.

http://www.jpcycles.com/productgroup.aspx?GID=854A558F-FDE9-4DCA-930C-14F47475BDA0

Jack

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by islandwahine on 10/14/07 at 21:05:57

OK, someone tell me what is meant by this:

Note: When used in place of highway pegs, these floorboards should not be used under normal stop and go operating conditions.

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Max_Morley on 10/14/07 at 21:18:31

Highway pegs go out in front so the reaction time from where you foot is to the control point (brake or shifter) is slightly longer, so it is lawyer speak to keep them out of court if you hit someone/thing because you didn't brake quickly enough. When used in lieu of your regular pegs nothing changes except for your comfort (In my experince-I love mine) and your feet as as close to the control points as they were originally. Max

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/15/07 at 12:26:29

Love the color, love the look. Very nice Jack. I saw your bike not long after I got to this site & I am very impressed.

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Lon on 10/17/07 at 13:46:56

Do the floorboards fold up if you hit the ground?

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by islandwahine on 10/17/07 at 19:25:54

Lon wrote:

Do the floorboards fold up if you hit the ground?

The site where I saw the info on them said they they didn't.
I think if those top bracket corners were rounded off they might.

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/28/08 at 22:38:42

Note: When used in place of highway pegs, these floorboards should not be used under normal stop and go operating conditions.

?????? I dont get it..

The link to the Ebay seller didnt work for me, it said it had been removed.
I like the idea of not needing a trailer to get the bike down the road. How does it act in a corner? Anything negative about it except the gas dribbling?

When the pegs finally give up, are floorboards a decent replacement IF the pegs died from scraping in corners? Would the floorboards get smoked that way?

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Rockin_John on 05/29/08 at 09:05:03

7A656364797E4F7F4F77656922100 wrote:

To re-word that confusing statement yet again for clarity: If you mount floorboards way up high like you would hi-way pegs; don't try to use them in stop-n-go traffic. It would be kind of dumb to put floorboards way up like hi-way pegs; then try to get to your foot controls quickly from that position wouldn't it?

Justin: If you drag pegs a lot, you're not really a floorboard candidate I think.

On the bike towing contraption, as I've seen done before, there are better ones that articulate (are jointed to turn) in the middle so there isn't as much stress put on the bike.

As for pegs or floorboards: I can't really abide by floorboards, but my current O-ring pegs are kind or rough on the foot arches, and even contribute to my knees aching I believe. So I recently ordered a set of these "mega pegs":

http://catoosatrading.com/images/cycles/mega_peg.jpg

I think they have an adjustable tilt mechanism so you can get them to the correct angle. I'll know more in a week or so when mine show up. I recall that someone else on the forum had them installed and I liked the pictures of theirs. They gotta be more comfy than those solid old O-ring pegs. 8-)

But for those who really want floorboards, the same eBay seller has these reasonable:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360054809288

So much bling.... so little money! :D

Title: Re: Universal Floorboards and MC Carriers
Post by Jay on 05/29/08 at 21:20:10

What I want to know is where o where did you get that acorn fuel filter, and is it effective? Thanks.
Ride safe,
Jay