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Buchnerb
Feb 22nd, 2009, 12:06 pm
:mad: Thursday I came out from work and found my girl on here side and half in the street. We have an informal motorcycle parking area near my office. There is a asphalt lot that has been fenced off. The ramps from the street are now blocked so all the riders in the area use it for parking. The ramp slopes up from the street at about a 15-20 degree angle but if you use the side stand and leave it in gear no problem. Till now.

The prediction was for rain so I put my Champion half cover on it. The cover has elastic straps with a hook on them in the middle to hold it down. The hooks are too small to fit on my pegs so I hooked them to the brake pedal and stupidly, to the shifter.

Big wind gusts in the afternoon. Apparently the cover lifted from the wind and jerked her out of gear. She rolled backwards down the ramp and fell over. Since she was going backwards when the right footpeg hit it snapped off rather than folding back. I managed to lift her up and limped home with my heel on the footpeg mount.

When I called the dealers around none had a new peg in stock and it will take several days for it to come in. This got me thinking that this would not be good if I am on a long trip. I decided to make an emergency peg that I could carry under the seat and would fit on either side. The peg mounting pins are tilted forward at about a 45 degree angle which is why the pegs are handed. I decided I would make my peg from some aluminum round stock I had on hand. By making it round I could use it on either side. I knurled the surface on the lathe to give my foot grip. Then I put it on a milling machine and milled a square on the end to fit in the peg mount. I drilled a clearance hole for the pin and I was done.

After I mount my new replacement peg I think I will bore out the outside end to lighten it some since I plan to keep it on the bike. In the picture you can see the Suburban Machinery lowering kit.

Learning points: 1. Don't hook your cover to the shifter. 2. Check the wind forecast before you use the cover. I would have rather had a wet seat.

Bruce Buchner

mjordans2000
Feb 22nd, 2009, 12:31 pm
Pretty nice for and 'emergency get home' peg. I'd be tempted to make a second peg and call it permanent.

blankshot
Feb 22nd, 2009, 1:51 pm
If that is for an emergency I love to see what you would make that's not.

SilverBuffalo
Feb 22nd, 2009, 1:58 pm
Ah come on Bruce, emergency peg to carry as a spare (although ingenious) I'm not buying that story at all,
I'm thinking that you were just looking for an excuse to play with your mill and lathe. :D :thumb: :thumb:

Voyager
Feb 22nd, 2009, 3:41 pm
:mad: Thursday I came out from work and found my girl on here side and half in the street. We have an informal motorcycle parking area near my office. There is a asphalt lot that has been fenced off. The ramps from the street are now blocked so all the riders in the area use it for parking. The ramp slopes up from the street at about a 15-20 degree angle but if you use the side stand and leave it in gear no problem. Till now.

The prediction was for rain so I put my Champion half cover on it. The cover has elastic straps with a hook on them in the middle to hold it down. The hooks are too small to fit on my pegs so I hooked them to the brake pedal and stupidly, to the shifter.

Big wind gusts in the afternoon. Apparently the cover lifted from the wind and jerked her out of gear. She rolled backwards down the ramp and fell over. Since she was going backwards when the right footpeg hit it snapped off rather than folding back. I managed to lift her up and limped home with my heel on the footpeg mount.

When I called the dealers around none had a new peg in stock and it will take several days for it to come in. This got me thinking that this would not be good if I am on a long trip. I decided to make an emergency peg that I could carry under the seat and would fit on either side. The peg mounting pins are tilted forward at about a 45 degree angle which is why the pegs are handed. I decided I would make my peg from some aluminum round stock I had on hand. By making it round I could use it on either side. I knurled the surface on the lathe to give my foot grip. Then I put it on a milling machine and milled a square on the end to fit in the peg mount. I drilled a clearance hole for the pin and I was done.

After I mount my new replacement peg I think I will bore out the outside end to lighten it some since I plan to keep it on the bike. In the picture you can see the Suburban Machinery lowering kit.

Learning points: 1. Don't hook your cover to the shifter. 2. Check the wind forecast before you use the cover. I would have rather had a wet seat.

Bruce Buchner

Very nice looking work. My only concern is that you may now have moved the "fuse" from the peg itself to the peg mount. I don't know which is more expensive, but I'd want to but I'd want to be sure that if the mount is more expensive the new peg isn't so stout that in a similar future mishap you don't end up with a broken mount rather than just a broken peg.

Sorry, I just can't suppress my systems engineering background. :)

Buchnerb
Feb 22nd, 2009, 4:08 pm
My only concern is that you may now have moved the "fuse" from the peg itself to the peg mount. I don't know which is more expensive, but I'd want to but I'd want to be sure that if the mount is more expensive the new peg isn't so stout that in a similar future mishap you don't end up with a broken mount rather than just a broken peg.

This is not the replacement peg. After my experience riding home with no peg I wanted something that would fit either side and be used to replace a broken one until you can get a new one. I don't want to be stuck somewhere far from home waiting. I had the aluminum bar so I made it fancier than needed. All you really need is 1in square stock with a 5/32 hole in the end. You could make it with a hack saw, drill and a file. It would be a little uncomfortable because your foot would be on the angle but it still would be better than no peg.

Bruce

LFranz
Feb 22nd, 2009, 9:08 pm
What no duct tape ?? :D

Bobnoxous
Feb 23rd, 2009, 1:32 am
A nice job on the peg. Too professional to be an emergency peg. Better to call it a backup.

That lesson about not hooking the cover to the shift lever is something I'll remember. It sounds like just the sort of thing I would do. Good luck getting her back in tip-top shape.

kheggstrom
Feb 24th, 2009, 3:09 pm
Shure beats the hell out of a stick and pocketknife at the side of the road!