Rear peg spacers

thehazmatguy · Post by **thehazmatguy** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:06 pm

Rear peg spacers

Take a look at the pictures first, see what you think.

http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/gallery/832.jpg

http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/gallery/833.jpg

http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/gallery/834.jpg

http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/gallery/835.jpg

So, here is the deal. I got the high mount Two Brothers pipes when I was dating a woman with her own bike, a ZX9R. When she and I wanted to ride on one bike, we took hers, so I didnâ€™t need rear pegs. We broke up, so all of a sudden I needed rear pegs!

The long bolts were easy. Allen head grade 8 bolts that were about 3.5 inches long, a couple of washersâ€¦ no problem.

I was walking around the hardware storeâ€¦ looking for metal tube to make the spacer. No way in hell. A 3 cm outer measurement and a 1.5 cm inner? No way. I kept walking aroundâ€¦ what metal would be strong enough to hold a person, and I could cut with a hack saw or something simple? No way, not going to happen. And then I walked by the socketsâ€¦

That is when I saw something like this:
http://www.cornerhardware.com/productdi ... &cid=46464

I knew a socket could handle the weight. I didnâ€™t have to cut anything, they are the right length. The ends are cut perfectly square, no worries there. My biggest worry was what my friends would say!

Presto! I had my rear peg extensions!

The only thing I did that was tricky was I used a plastic spacer in the open socket end to keep the socket from moving around while I tightened the bolts.

As luck would have it, my ex-gf and I see each other a bit, and she has no issues on the pegs. She is an Amazon, at 5-10 barefoot and about 165 lbs.

I bit cheesy I know... but they work great!

thehazmatguy · Post by **thehazmatguy** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:11 pm

Oh... I forgot to add this:

The left side exhaust is spaced out a bit because of the width of the swing arm on the chain side. I bent the exhaust bracket a little to move the left pipe closer to the bike, and everything clears just right.

When I put the sockets on, I was sure to put the "14mm" facing down. Nobody notices they are sockets, unless I tell them. With the high polish on the sockets, they really look pretty good too!

Stormtrooper · Post by **Stormtrooper** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:59 pm

well done top marks for improvisation....look pretty good to.

delmeekc · Post by **delmeekc** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:22 am

wot a disregard and waste of some good old tools, are they titanium or have you just added some more weight.

Del (very good though but what happens in 3 months when you need that bloody socket to do some work on ya car?)

Stormin Ben · Post by **Stormin Ben** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:18 am

At least he'll know where to find it

Unlike in my garage!!

Ben

delmeekc · Post by **delmeekc** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:01 am

I can't even get in mine and must clear it out cos have a service to do next weekend.

Del.

cupasoop · Post by **cupasoop** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:29 am

Shall we stand by and expect the GREAT DEL GARAGE CLEAROUT.....EVERYTHING MUST GO?

thehazmatguy · Post by **thehazmatguy** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:38 pm

delmeekc wrote:wot a disregard and waste of some good old tools, are they titanium or have you just added some more weight.

Del (very good though but what happens in 3 months when you need that bloody socket to do some work on ya car?)

My car is a 1968 Mercury Cougar! Not a metric bolt on the whole car.

Wow... I figured I would get a sample of English wit with my cheesy foot peg extensions! You guys are soft!

Post by **kevg** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:07 pm

Carefull about who you call English.....