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Message started by jspace on 10/13/10 at 19:28:47

Title: pegs vs floorboards
Post by jspace on 10/13/10 at 19:28:47

has anybody ever changed out their pegs for floorboards?? if so does anyone have any pictures. i'd really like to do it on my bike and just want to get an idea of what it would look like. thanks

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Paladin. on 10/13/10 at 21:18:36

I need footboards before I do another trek. After my 2007 ride L.A.-OK.C. the feet hurt more than my butt.

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by babyhog on 10/14/10 at 05:36:02

Here is a set that a few people have used with success. $39.99 Someone should have a pic with them mounted. I keep considering them, but haven't decided if I'm ready for them yet. Maybe try searching this forum for J&P Cycles, item # 5500000

http://www.jpcycles.com/product/5500000

http://img0.jpcycles.com/product/5500000_A.jpg

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Jack_650 on 10/14/10 at 07:17:11

Those look like the ones I put on my bike. Keep in mind you have to drill out the hole on the board that the bolt goes through to attach it to our clevis. At least on the ones I got our bolt was just "that much" too big to go through.

I also found that even with the alternate angle placement the boards still tilt down at the front a tich too much for me to be truly comfortable. That being said they are still WAY better than riding a 4,200 mile round trip with the stock pegs. I've done it both ways and will never go back.

The rubber pads on these floor boards are thin and the glue holding them is pretty weak. When (not if) the rubber comes off I hope you catch it. I then used a stronger adhesive I got at a big box hardware store and now they stay put. I also eventually made a thicker set of pads with a much better non-skid pattern on them from a welcome mat I picked up at the same store.

Don't know how well they show up, but you can get an idea of how they look on a non-stock Sav.

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

Jack

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by EJID on 10/14/10 at 10:28:31

Jack's bike pics...

Are you able to tilt them slightly more upward in the front?

http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2007/04/18/bikepics-869173-full.jpg

http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2007/04/18/bikepics-869170-full.jpg

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Serowbot on 10/14/10 at 11:03:28

7B74777A3E0 wrote:

Are you able to tilt them slightly more upward in the front?

Those things are such a booger!,... I've messed with them on Gerry's bike,... and no you can't...
They are stuck at that slight forward tilt,.. redrilling is not an option, we tried it... The only way would be to fashion a new mounting post for them...
I may try that, using a piece of plumbing pipe...

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Jack_650 on 10/14/10 at 11:54:30

To change the angle I have off-&-on at various times considered using a vise and a long pipe for leverage and just trying to twist the rod to get a better positioning. Don't want to mess things up worse than they are already though. And don't want to spend the money AGAIN.

Another idea I've been toying with is to make yet another set of pads, wedge shaped, with the fronts set higher then the backs. Just got to figure out how to do the cuts on that big flat surface smoothly enough so it doesn't look too trashy. Or do the Harley thang and rig up some kind of rubber springy thingies between the metal and the feet with it taller in the front.

Jack

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Bug Chaser on 10/14/10 at 12:41:59

I put a set of Kuryakyn Longhorn offset highway pegs on my bike a while back. Get to stretch out the legs really nice on the longer rides. They can usually be found on ebay if interested.

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by RidgeRunner13 on 10/14/10 at 13:32:54

I have H-D floorboards & Ed L foward control plates, put together with brackets I fabricated. PITA to do, but I'm happy with the results. 8-)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n94/Pappygt13/Savagemakeover001.jpg

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by EJID on 10/14/10 at 14:12:15

754E4340427552494942551614270 wrote:

I have H-D floorboards & Ed L foward control plates, put together with brackets I fabricated. PITA to do, but I'm happy with the results. 8-)

Ridge, the angle on yours look much more comfortable. If I could pull that off without a PITA fabrication project that would be ideal. At only 5'8" adding Ed's forward controls probably would not be recommended.

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Oldnewguy on 10/14/10 at 15:03:40

I've got the floor boards and they do tilt a little and also are not really tight, they wobble a little. I have 4k on them and will never go back. :)

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by babyhog on 10/14/10 at 18:01:50

557E7C7440292A2F1F0 wrote:

How about a thin wedge made of wood (or something), then topped with a layer of rubber? Paint the wood black, or maybe some chrome trimming, and trim the rubber real nice and even with the wood?

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Jack_650 on 10/14/10 at 20:45:24

See, leave it to the Hog-Mistress to take the whole view of things. I saw my problem and then saw the end result. Just never would have thought of trying the wood wedge (or should I do cultural and say wedge-wood?) as a spacer. Much easier to whittle wood than trying to get a smooth bottom on a flexible rubber type material.

In fact, now that you've put me on that track, I would bet that the standard shaped shims from Menards or Home Depot would just about be the perfect angle for this job. And as a bonus they can be gotten in a synthetic material that won't absorb water or splinter. A little bed liner spray for texture and things could be lookin' cool.

In the words of "Hannibal" Smith" - I love it when a plan comes together. Even if somebody else had to come up with the plan.

Jack

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by babyhog on 10/15/10 at 05:36:24

Jack, looking forward to seeing what you come up with. (and how to secure the wedge to the floorboard?) but I bet you will come up with something. Bedliner texture is a great idea.

Does this mean I'm on the A-Team now?? ;)

~Hog-Mistress.... that's funny ;D

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Jack_650 on 10/15/10 at 07:00:33

The metal on these particular floorboards is pretty smooth, not a great base for adhesives. First thought this time around would be to use the grinder and rough the surfaces up for a better glue grip. Another idea is to drill a few small holes for either the sticky stuff to "bleed through" for grip, or for small screws from underneath to be used. Or both. You can never have to much overkill as I often repeatedly say over and over again time after time.

It'll be a while before the Thunder Bee hits the streets again. I got the billowing cloud of electrical induced white smoke from under the tank problem solved. Now it's finding where the kickstand cut-off problem lies. Since our stands don't lock in the down position I may just go commando and bypass it altogether.

Thought "Hog-Mistress" might sound more provocative than the "Porcine-Princess." And "Pork-Chopper" for a biker name just seems wrong on several levels. That's just one bacon lovers opinion though.

Jack

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Max_Morley on 10/15/10 at 11:28:17

I drilled and bolted mine to the OE stubs minus the rubbers, then used electric motor potting material to stabilize them. Have worked fine for years and miles. They tip u just fine for me, about 15 degrees. Max

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Jack_650 on 10/15/10 at 21:08:55

I'm not familiar with motor potting. Anything like JB Weld?

Another idea I wouldn't have come up with, building up a wedge shape with something like the JB product directly on the floorboards. I'm beginning to think that my retirement age birthday coming up is starting to slow my creativity thought processes.

Oh well, something else to experiment on. Could be a busy winter after all.

Jack

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by verslagen1 on 10/15/10 at 23:09:41

he said, take the stock pegs...
take the rubber off them...
stick 'em in the holes of the floorboards...
if they wobble...
fill up the space in the holes between the peg mounts with...
jb weld should work.

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Oldnewguy on 10/16/10 at 05:21:16

The wobble and slight tilt to the front is not an issue for me. I have 4k on mine and never even notice it. However, I was always aware of the right peg for some reason. :)

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Jack_650 on 10/16/10 at 07:24:19

Due to the forward slant on the boards I often end up with the arch of my foot riding on the back edge of the thing. That and I then find I'm often moving my feet around to different positions. All good for keeping the circulation flowing in my feet and legs. It's been better than pegs but not the perfect solution. Yet.

Just wish cycle stuff wasn't so expensive. Can't afford to experiment anymore. Now, if I could weld . . . .

Jack

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Routy on 10/16/10 at 08:36:58

Ok, that does it,... this winter I'll custom make a pair of floorboards that will FIT ! Mite even make 2 of them, see how they mite sell. If the angle is made correct, I don't see that they have to be adjustable, but could be.
They would be framed out of mild steel, powder coated, w/ aluminum diamond plate inserts.
Only trouble is, they ain't going to be no $39 !
$39 is hard to beat for price, but what good is price if you have to overhaul them before you can even install them :-/
I'll put that in the book of "winter projects"

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by babyhog on 10/21/10 at 06:31:00

39362C372B2D3E3C343A2D5F0 wrote:

If you are looking for winter projects, how about a fork brace? ;)

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Routy on 10/21/10 at 13:49:49

I tried to make a fork brace when we talked about it, but I ran into a snag first thing when I went to get material,....couldn't get the right sizes that wouldn't cause more work, and more waste.
But that may still be in the winter project book. :)

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by verslagen1 on 10/23/10 at 09:41:54

Just get a 2x6 board and bolt it to the bottom of the frame.
Get it long enough and it can double as a kickstand. ;D

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by bill67 on 10/23/10 at 10:02:00

I just took the soles off a pair of my old shoes and glue it to the pegs it the exact right size. ;)

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Paladin. on 10/23/10 at 12:27:52

504354554A4741434817260 wrote:

Just get a 2x6 board and bolt it to the bottom of the frame.
Get it long enough and it can double as a kickstand. ;D

Would it be better on 1/2" oak, and use hinges so you not scrap in the leans?
Do not joke around here -- some people will try anything.

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Tanker2Biker on 10/24/10 at 12:57:33

Has anyone tried these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kuryakyn-Premium-Floorboards-4351-Harley-Models-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem5d2952f318QQitemZ400125260568QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

They look like they have enough types of adjustment that they could be adapted to use on the Savage.

The are still a little pricey, but less than some of the others

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by gerald.hughes on 10/24/10 at 13:28:24

Lots of nice bikes. I guess that I will go ahead and add mine.

Floorboards and fork brace.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp223/gerald_hughes/IMG_2744.jpg

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by odmanout on 10/25/10 at 17:16:42

OK that's it that's exactly how I want my '07 to be- so what bags? how did you relocate the rear signals? how did you mount the floor boards and which are they? Which fork brace? how many disks in the muffler? re-jet? white spacer mod?
gottahavit gottahavit gottahavit :)

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by babyhog on 10/25/10 at 18:14:41

Wow gerald, your bags would look great on my bike! ;)

http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx211/babyhog/S40/PIC-0795.jpg

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by gerald.hughes on 10/25/10 at 18:20:54

The bags are LeatherLyke, and they come with the turn signal relocator pieces. The boards are the ones from JP cycles (BabyHog gives the url above.) They required drilling out the holes in the mounts a little, and some spacing-nothing major. The fork brace is the T-Kat. The Trapp has 7 discs, and yes, the carb has the white spacer mod and rejet (all done by Serowbot). When the bike turned 26 K (now at 28) I took it to a performance shop and had them install Lancer's timing chain and Verslangen's tensioner and had the head ported and polished. Oh yes, as a final note. the bars are off of a Dyna. Serowbot had them laying around and put them on. No cable changes. I absolutely love them.

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by NikoruWiriamu on 11/04/10 at 10:16:01

7B787974766C150 wrote:

Oh gosh, I'm not technical when it comes to mechanics. :(
I had my father-in-law install these on my bike, and I love floor-boards, but these wobble and move so much, especially on my right side!! I'm not sure how to fix this issue without using tape and looking like a retard! I had to tape my front turn signals for now because I don't know how to install the brackets to hold them..so I guess more tape wouldn't be so bad. *sigh*

For a non-bike mechanically inclined person, what's the best solution for that issue?

Btw, I'm loving my SuperTrapp. :3
I bring tears to grown men on Harley's with my pipe. Heh.

What is the white-spacer mod? O.o

I'm loving the look of powder coating it. Too bad I don't have more money to get everything done that I want to! I'm actually looking in to trading or selling it to get a Vulcan 900 next year. I'm just ready for a bigger bike.

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Classic650 on 08/24/11 at 08:09:07

I just got the same floorboards put on like the one on the yellow & black bikes. New holes were drilled into them to make them fit better. The left one tilts downward a bit & the mount will have to be machined to be corrected, I'm going to wait until winter & my neighbor will handle it for me. The right one fits absolutely perfect, he had to adjust the mount or something to get the right angle, but that can't be done on the left because the set-up is completely different.

I love them, I don't know why I waited so long to get them.

Title: Re: pegs vs floorboards
Post by Joe F on 04/02/12 at 04:08:44

454750434E460C4A57454A4751220 wrote:

The bags are LeatherLyke, and they come with the turn signal relocator pieces.

Has anyone tried the LeatherLyke compact bags? They only spec the large bags for the S40/LS650 but do make smaller ones for the GZ250/Eliminator/etc. I was thinking maybe I could drill a hole in my side rails so I wouldn't have to move the turn signals if I used the compact version.