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Message started by jrm8486 on 10/24/10 at 14:45:56

Title: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by jrm8486 on 10/24/10 at 14:45:56

I see a place on ebay,d-z custom cycle works that says they drill out stock harley pegs.anyone try it ?

Title: Re: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by Oldfeller on 10/25/10 at 07:21:54

We commonly use stock Hurley take off pegs as emergency replacement pegs on the Dragon Week runs, and yes they must be drilled out.

I bring 4 replacement pegs and a road rash first aid kit to every Dragon Run.

http://www.hunt101.com/watermark.php?file=618949&size=1

Title: Re: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by jrm8486 on 10/25/10 at 15:57:01

Good glad I can drill them out,got these that match my grips for $29 total!

http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2010/10/25/bikepics-2086415-full.jpg

Title: Re: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by verslagen1 on 10/25/10 at 16:26:18

Careful, I wouldn't use any grips with metal in them.
lets the vibes come thru and aggravated a case of trigger finger with me.

Title: Re: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by jrm8486 on 10/26/10 at 04:46:23

I use my savage for around town and back and forth to work,about 5.5 mi. each way so I don't get alot of long term vibration time,we have a 1300 VTX for longer rides. boy you can feel the difference betwen the two.

Title: Re: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by weracerc on 10/26/10 at 12:52:10

what is the drill bit size to make the HD pegs fit the Savage?

Title: Re: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by EJID on 10/26/10 at 12:55:21

636C293B2C3B3D3F34396B5A0 wrote:

what is the drill bit size to make the HD pegs fit the Savage?

+1 Inquiring minds want to know...

Title: Re: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by Edgar on 10/26/10 at 18:12:04

1C13101D590 wrote:

[quote author=636C293B2C3B3D3F34396B5A0 link=1287956756/0#5 date=1288122730]what is the drill bit size to make the HD pegs fit the Savage?

+1 Inquiring minds want to know...[/quote]

+2

Title: Re: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by Oldfeller on 10/26/10 at 20:30:03

Take out the mounting pin, walk over to your American or metric drill bit set and pick the next size up from the pin.

Be willing to tear up that bit, Hurley pegs have very hard and tough chrome coating and hard steel to cut through, and you are putting the entire load on the very corner edge of the cutting surface.

(which likes to dull, chip and grab on you -- breaking the corner edge off the bit is common)

If you are using a drill press, clamp the peg down so when it grabs it will simply stop the spindle. Use a very light feed rate so the grabbing won't be so severe.

If you are trying to free hand it with a hand drill -- good luck.

Use a good bit of heavy grease when installing the raw drilled hole part -- it is going to rust eventually on the pin, but you can prevent that for a while with a liberal dose of heavy grease.

Title: Re: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by gerald.hughes on 10/26/10 at 21:00:52

If I remember correctly (and I am on the edge of senility), it is 7/16.

Title: Re: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by Oldfeller on 10/26/10 at 21:29:34

I never even noted the size -- it was the tightest next size up in either set. It made no nevermind to me as the size of the thing as I knew it was a metric pin and I was matching to it with available bits.

I remember getting to sharpen that particular bit twice to do the 4 pegs though.

Title: Re: Has anybody tried Harley pegs?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/29/10 at 03:47:01

If youre having problems getting your bike on a trailer, then do install some HD parts on it. Then itll want to be on a trailer & wont fight against trailerin up ever again.