Slippery foot pegs

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Lots of folks have complained about the slippery foot pegs on the 1199. I've researched quite a few the solutions: $80 knurled pegs, $700 completely new rearsets, Liquid Nails on boot sole before every ride :eek:

Just for fun, before I have 'em powder coated, I took a Dremmel to mine. Why? Well, I kinda prefer the shape of the stock ones over the knurled cylindrical pipes most companies are putting out, and I've not yet felt the need for new rearsets so...

Whadya think?

Be brutally honest (I know that's hard for some of you).
-Too rough/sharp for boot sole?
-Not grippy enough (they feel decent to the test)?
-Dangerous in a skid?

BTW, since I free-handed it, it didn't turn out as perfect as I hoped, so...
anyway willing to part with their slippery pegs for the price of shipping? (I want to give it another shot.)
 

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Actually, I think its pretty creative and a nice way to save $
look good!
 
icucar said:
Actually, I think its pretty creative and a nice way to save $
look good!
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I agree...good way to save $$$...but I just bought Gilles footpegs. They are Knurled all the way to the end. Excellent grip qualities. Drastic improvement.
One of the first mods I did when I bought the bike.
 
Bought the Rizoma pegs. Stock rearsets are the right position for me so no need to go aftermarket there.
Rizoma's were fairly cheap, went on in about 5 minutes and work well.
 
did the same fefore i got the gilles (for gp shift)

worked pretty good!
 
Charliem90 said:
Bought the Rizoma pegs. Stock rearsets are the right position for me so no need to go aftermarket there.
Rizoma's were fairly cheap, went on in about 5 minutes and work well.
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+1 - I threw LSL race pegs on there and like you said, fairly cheap and a few minutes of work.
 
Any downsides or disadvantages to how sharp they feel?
(When I rub my boots on them, I can see little flecks black rubber, like it's sand-papering my boots. Does this happen with typical aftermarket knurled pegs anyway?)

Oh, if anyone wants to donate their stock pegs to me for some trial and error, the passenger pegs will work too. (At this point, it's more fun than money savings.)
 
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Stock Rearsets

Charliem90 said:
Bought the Rizoma pegs. Stock rearsets are the right position for me so no need to go aftermarket there.
Rizoma's were fairly cheap, went on in about 5 minutes and work well.
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Well after scores of thousands of miles, including track, street, and canyons, I have to agree with you Charliem90, that the stock rear sets fit me fine. I'm curious to know your dimensions. How tall are you? Long legs? Longer torso than legs? I'm thinking that that makes a difference in terms of who needs aftermarket rear sets.
 
rocdoc said:
Well after scores of thousands of miles, including track, street, and canyons, I have to agree with you Charliem90, that the stock rear sets fit me fine. I'm curious to know your dimensions. How tall are you? Long legs? Longer torso than legs? I'm thinking that that makes a difference in terms of who needs aftermarket rear sets.
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6 ft. I'm guessing average length/proportion torso/legs. And I'm willing to wager more than a few rearsets are replaced for the bling factor.

If I were racing it, I'd prolly think about raising the pegs about half an inch (more leverage for moving around). But for street use, stock is working fine for me. I'm also using the DP comfort seat which increases distance about 1.5 inch
 
stock pegs are useless. any choice of the common offerings that have a knurled surface and round at least a the contact surface and you're set.
 
rocdoc said:
Phil, see above question about downsides or disadvantages to such sharp pegs
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no, unless you ride with very soft shoes / soles. they might get worn out. have had no signs on my riding boots.
 
I didn't have a good look at this, but can anyone tell me what tool you need to get the stock foot pegs off? Looks like it's one of those C clip thingies. As you can tell I'm an expert at tools. :D
 
FrostyFire said:
I didn't have a good look at this, but can anyone tell me what tool you need to get the stock foot pegs off? Looks like it's one of those C clip thingies. As you can tell I'm an expert at tools. :D
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You can do it with a smallish flathead screwdriver. Just make sure you bend the c-clip back closed a bit before you snap it back on and then rotate it around a bit so it can't pop back off.
 
yep for some reason circlips are not spring steel so they distort very easily

Capt CF said:
You can do it with a smallish flathead screwdriver. Just make sure you bend the c-clip back closed a bit before you snap it back on and then rotate it around a bit so it can't pop back off.
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looks someone took a dremel to the stock pegs? ;) j/k

I went with the rizomas which are shaped very similar to the stock pegs and pretty good looking

rocdoc said:
Lots of folks have complained about the slippery foot pegs on the 1199. I've researched quite a few the solutions: $80 gnarled pegs, $700 completely new rearsets, Liquid Nails on boot sole before every ride :eek:

Just for fun, before I have 'em powder coated, I took a Dremmel to mine. Why? Well, I kinda prefer the shape of the stock ones over the gnarled cylindrical pipes most companies are putting out, and I've not yet felt the need for new rearsets so...

Whadya think?

Be brutally honest (I know that's hard for some of you).
-Too rough/sharp for boot sole?
-Not grippy enough (they feel decent to the test)?
-Dangerous in a skid?

BTW, since I free-handed it, it didn't turn out as perfect as I hoped, so...
anyway willing to part with their slippery pegs for the price of shipping? (I want to give it another shot.)
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You can do it with a smallish flathead screwdriver. Just make sure you bend the c-clip back closed a bit before you snap it back on and then rotate it around a bit so it can't pop back off.
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Just be sure that when you start prying them off that your have you hand cupped to "catch" them the direction you are prying. They have an amazing ability to fly clear across the garage and wind up in some black hole where they will never be seen again. If I ever find that black hole I'll be rich in stainless fasteners.
 
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