04 R1150R, lower pegs, shifter mod.

[Bobmws]

I find the seat to peg distance to be a bit snug on my knees, so I purchased a peg lowering kit from Suburban Machinery. They also offer a modified shifter (lengthened) for $140. One of the websites stated that only 50% of their customers required the modified shifter.
Guess I'm in the other 50%!
The kit lowers the pegs and moves them forward, the distance at the shifter is only 4" from the peg. The brake side is OK once I adjusted it down, but it was real difficult to get my foot under the shifter. I took a measurement from my K sidecar rig, it also has lowered pegs.



I remembered I had scavenged a shifter from my wrecked K bike.



The K shifter attached to the cast arm, so off came the shift peg.



Hole was drilled and tapped



I cut a V into the cast arm to match the back of the K shifter.



The finished product, within 1/4" of my K bike setup.



My knees are happy and I can shift comfortably!

I just looked up the shift lever on MAXBMW fiche, HOLY CRAP!
23 41 7 654 519 FOOT LEVER 0.09 1 $110.48
Glad I scavenged and packratted parts from the wrecked bike.......

[beemer37615]

I bought the same lowering kit for my 2001 R1100R. Same problem. I wear a size 12 boot. I can't get my foot between the peg and shift arm. I didn't want to spend the additional money for the shifter extension. So, I've got the lowering kit for sale.

[Bobmws]

I've also modified the brake pedal with a piece of flat aluminum stock.

[duckdave]

I purchased Suburban Machinery's extended shift lever. I thought the cost was high, and intended to try it out and see with the possibility of returning it. Bottom line: I am satisfied and intend to at least do a couple 100 more miles to figure out if I really like it. I think I will.

Anyone who wants to follow my observations from installation to finally figuring it out here's the URL viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27513 on the R1150R.net website.