Footpeg Lowering

[Yellowjacket Charlie]

Anyone have their footpegs lowered? And if so, what brand, and how do you like it?

I have a 2002 R1150R, the yellow& black "yellowjacket". No problem on the left side, but it seems to me that on the right, the rear brake lever would need to be modified if the pegs were lowered on that side.

Can anyone explain their setup? Is the lever replaced or lowered? and how so?

Thanks
Charlie

[Jax]

Charlie,
I have the Verholen kit. They really help with your leg position, especially when used with the high seat. Between the kit (over an inch) and the high seat(2 inches), you will pick up over 3 inches of leg room. It sounds like you may already have the high seat.
The kit contains an adapter for the shifter and the brake pedal. The kit is easy to install. My only complaint is that the spring that keeps the peg in normal riding position is not used with the new pegs so they rely on gravity to fall back into position. Just slightly irritating to me but not a major problem.
Here's a link to the product: http://www.mv-motorrad.de/cosmoshop/cgi-bin/lshop.cgi
On the lower-right side of the page, there is a link that says "Fitting instruction and product demo"

[beemerphile]

Anyone have their footpegs lowered? And if so, what brand, and how do you like it?

Can anyone explain their setup? Is the lever replaced or lowered? and how so?

Actually, it is the shift lever and not the brake that most needs correction after the pegs are lowered. I have the Suburban Machinery lowered pegs and also bought the modified shift lever to go with it. They worked well, but I have taken them off and replaced them with a GS footpeg set-up. I will probably list them for sale pretty soon at considerable savings over new parts - even though they were only used a few weeks. - Lee

[monerai]

Just installed the Suburban Machinery kit, which drops the pegs maybe two inches and moves them forward a little. Not a huge noticeable difference, but my 63-year-old knees haven’t started hurting yet, as they usually do.

Installation requires the pegs be removed by pulling the pin. They are replaced with an aluminum block that takes the springs. Then your pegs are installed to the bottom of the block. The pegs are fixed now, and the whole block swings up. Every thing fits well with no clearance problems. The center stand clears as well as the brake pedal. There was some discussion about clearance problems at one time, but it seems to be cleared up. It does make it rather awkward to deploy the center stand, as the little flat tab is now kind of hard to get your foot on. You can swing the peg up to get your foot in there, but it will either take two feet or an extra hand. Looks like it’s someday going to cause a bike drop.

I tried the pegs at first with out the extended shift lever and with the standard brake adjustment and found that you can get used to it pretty quickly with no problems. However, installation of the extended shift lever and tightening up the little adjustment rod on the brake pedal moved it down to where everything seems to fall into a comfortable place.

Bill

[soggybottom]

I use buell XB9s pegs, $25 from buell dealer, lowers about 1 inch, they fit out of the box but to be perfect you need to make a bushing and grind a little off back, not nessesary. you get used to levers in a little differant position in a short ride.