On 6/2/2011 10:08 PM, revmaaatin wrote: > > Ian- > You did well when you selected the IMS pegs. > I would use a serrated foot peg even if the KLR NEVER was going to see > a fire road, etal. > > Contrary to what you suggest, I (as well as others reporting > here)found the serrated foot pegs less buzzy than the OEM rubber ones. > shrug. Make sure ALL your engine mount bolts are properly torqued > (Don't forget the one under the tank!) > > The very first thing any KLR should have changed is the foot pegs. > The rubber ones are slick as snot when wet and worse if muddy. > > RANT switch-ON > > If you EVER will ride in the rain or even the slightest mud, do your > self a big favor and keep the improved foot pegs. If you ever stand on > a wet rubber foot peg and have your foot slide off, you will know what > I mean--if there is a next time. I am so adamant about the dangers of > a rubber foot peg on a DS bike--if you show up to ride with me with > rubber foot pegs, I ain't going with you. > > RANT switch-OFF. > > The less expensive route (than IMS pegs)are the DR650 pegs; they come > in both wide and narrow. Wide is less 'wide' than your present IMS and > less aggressive teeth. I now have the DR 650 narrow, the DR 650 wide > and the IMS pegs (X2) on four different bikes. Just installed the wide > pegs on my new to me 2004. I did one, my 15 y/o son did the other in > less than 10 minutes total. > > Here are the part numbers from my personal archive/file; please verify > on a fiche. smile. The basic number is correct; there may be an > additional suffex change. I suspect FRED has these in stock. smile. > > DR650--foot pegs > 'Wide' part numbers > 43550-14D30 > 43560-14D30 > 'Narrow' > 43550-44B10-019 - RH Peg > 43560-44B10-019 - LH peg > > 09448-15008 - spring, need 2 of them > > The wider the peg, the easier to stand on the pegs for extended time. > The wider the peg, the more difficult to shift with MX boots (yes, > even after adjustments). > > The wider peg moves your foot-arch (aft) and thus moves the rotation > point of your boot in relation to the shifter. ymmv. > > revmaaatin. > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > , Ian Francisco > wrote: > > > > Hmm. I think I'll be putting the rubber pegs back on for everyday > riding. > > I'm pretty slow in the dirt anyway and run K761s. I like my shins > just the > > way they are and they already have a scar or two. > > > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Buddy Seifert wrote: > > > > > I was a ff/medic for way too long. I found out this very list from Stu > > > Mumford in 2001 at the scene of a KLR versus a rock. The riders leg, I > > > don't remember which, had the skin totally removed and there was a > set of > > > deep gouges in his tibia (shin bone) that matched the teeth of his > serrated > > > foot peg. The other leg had a few extra hinges. He was in a > massive hurt > > > box. He was riding a borrowed KLR; riding it like he stole it. > > > Unfortunately, the road turned quicker than he did. > > > > > > Buddy > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > On Jun 2, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Ian Francisco wrote: > > > > > > > Got my A14 back together this week and took it for a shakedown > cruise. > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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I got some "set back" wide pegs from Fred, I think. Maybe Moose.
Anyway, they work fine with lugged boots. Not good with leather soles
(very slippery). The "set back" was necessary to accommodate the boots.
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