FreeSpirit wrote on 05/27/08 at 05:17:05:I personally appreciate your topic!
I was just doing a search for floorboards here!
I found some use HD ones but I'm still wondering exactly which ones!
Can you tell me so I can find the right ones to buy?
Then most importantly I need....a man/ husband to put all this stuff on for me,not to mention buying it all!!(just joking on that part
The floorboards I bought were these:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2002568/c...They were really inexpensive, but they are ANYTHING but direct bolt-ons. The brake side was pretty simple - just drill a new hole in the chrome plate that holds the OEM peg, and back it with a lock nut and star washer (and remove the OEM peg, of course). This leaves a hole where the OEM peg used to be, but it isn't too objectionable.
The shifter side is a completely different story - requiring about six hours of fabrication work and heavy modification to the underside of the floorboard to get it on there. I had to remove the kickstand bolt, drill it out completely - making it a kickstand bushing, and replace it with a regular metric bolt so that I could attach a custom bracket to the kickstand mounting point. It sounds more complicated than it looks, but it wasn't easy. I just couldn't find any other way to get that board in the right spot for wifey's little feet. She is very pleased with the result, though. Absolutely NO complaints about sore feet any more - and we used to do no more than 50 - 60 miles because her feet were so sore. She never really complained about the HD seat, but that was before the floorboards. I think the seat is just the weakest link now. 200+ miles in a day is not something we could have ever done before, so we're heading in the right direction. Our goal is to motor down to the keys next summer, so I still have some time to get it sorted.
As far as the husband is concerned - can't help you there 'cause one wife is enough!
If you're ever down this way with your bike, though, I'd be glad to help you out with that.