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Message started by arteacher on 09/07/12 at 17:59:40

Title: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by arteacher on 09/07/12 at 17:59:40

Up here in Ontario it is illegal to carry a passenger if their feet won't reach the foot pegs. I am dying to give my grandson a gentle ride, but his feet won't reach the pegs for a few years. (he is 7). I would appreciate any ideas you smart folks might come up with.

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by ToesNose on 09/08/12 at 04:34:13

Danish wooden clog shoes? :D

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by ralfyguy on 09/08/12 at 05:01:53

If you don't have saddle bags you could fabricate something that attaches to the side rails.

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by thumperclone on 09/08/12 at 05:12:25

fab a pair of "struts" like those made to replace the shocks

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/08/12 at 08:21:40

Just how far from the pegs are his feet?

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by Foxman276 on 09/08/12 at 08:32:10

Gene Simmons platform boots circa 1978 ;)

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by verslagen1 on 09/08/12 at 08:41:53

replace one of the front side rail bolts and get an extra pair of passenger pegs and bolt them up there.

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by rfw2003 on 09/08/12 at 09:39:39

Make some throw over stirrups ;D

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by Serowbot on 09/08/12 at 10:26:23

12061752505053600 wrote:

Make some throw over stirrups ;D

That's not a bad idea...
Quick detachable,.. keep his tootsies out of danger,.. and might look cool...
Sling over like saddlebags, or make a soild u-shaped bracket...
:-?...

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/08/12 at 12:07:50

Its either thro over stirrups or blocks on the pegs, thats why I asked how far he is from getting his feet on the pegs.

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by verslagen1 on 09/08/12 at 12:13:04

if you had saddle bags... take the lids off them. ;D

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by arteacher on 09/08/12 at 15:22:22

53405756494442404B14250 wrote:

replace one of the front side rail bolts and get an extra pair of passenger pegs and bolt them up there.

Rail bolts are not accessible because of the saddle bags, but you did give me the idea of making up a bracket that bolted on to the upper shock mount bolts. Thanks.

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by ralfyguy on 09/08/12 at 16:02:28

342730312E2325272C73420 wrote:

if you had saddle bags... take the lids off them. ;D

Now that is just frigging funny right there. That would actually even work great, given you didn't put anything in there. I would even try that!

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by bill67 on 09/08/12 at 16:07:51

I don't tell any one what do,But a 7 year old doesn't know the danger of a motorcycle.

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by ralfyguy on 09/08/12 at 16:27:48

I once got got rear ended in my car standing in line at a stop sign. I got hit with about 35mph. The rear bench was pushed right to the front seats and I'm glad that day we didn't take the baby with us, because he would be dead now. Danger is everywhere, not just on a bike.

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by arteacher on 09/08/12 at 16:35:38

707B7E7E2425120 wrote:

I don't tell any one what do,But a 7 year old doesn't know the danger of a motorcycle.

Thanks Bill. I will teach him. The problem is he is afraid of it already, as he burned his hand on the hot exhaust last year. I don't want him to be afraid, I want him to learn that riding is fun.

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by arteacher on 09/08/12 at 16:37:57

53404D4758465458210 wrote:

[quote author=342730312E2325272C73420 link=1347065980/0#10 date=1347131584]if you had saddle bags... take the lids off them. ;D

Now that is just frigging funny right there. That would actually even work great, given you didn't put anything in there. I would even try that![/quote]
That is a good idea, but probably doesn't satisfy the letter of the law.

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/08/12 at 21:53:03

Not gonna tell me how far from the pegs his feet are?
Or did I miss it? I scanned thru & didnt see it,

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by arteacher on 09/09/12 at 04:36:55

I will have to get him on it and measure, but it's pouring rain today.

Title: Re: Re-locating passenger foot pegs.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/09/12 at 07:12:13

I donmt need to know, really. YOu do. YOu could strap a board to the pegs. Get some hose clamps, cut in two, dry wall screws to hold them on the board, clamp to peg. If theyre tall, stabilize to the bike so they dont rotate under his feet.