Some things are either too spendy or unable to locate. Wife didnt like the back pegs for long rides, so I changed that. It was tough carrying the back pack on long rides so I made a "luggage" rack too. Plus I have been using my camera for stills and movies on trips.. love it. Enjoy the pics...

Quote from: Roguesuzuki on October 05, 2009, 12:41:17 PM
Some things are either too spendy or unable to locate. Wife didnt like the back pegs for long rides, so I changed that. It was tough carrying the back pack on long rides so I made a "luggage" rack too. Plus I have been using my camera for stills and movies on trips.. love it. Enjoy the pics...

interesting rack you made there, but even more interesting is the platform for the missus. how's she like it ? does it swivel ? is that a foam pad with some sand paper type o stuff for grip ?

new bike ? only reason i ask is all that glorious chain lube and lack of rust even with the flash on

where oh where did you shoot that on-the-road picture ? beauty !

welcome

Quote from: ohgood on October 05, 2009, 04:55:16 PM
new bike ? only reason i ask is all that glorious chain lube and lack of rust even with the flash on

where oh where did you shoot that on-the-road picture ? beauty !

Look in the foreground - there's 10,876.7 on that new bike, ohgood.

Frankly, those flat passenger pegs look not only ugly, they look dangerous. How can a foot not slip off from a flat surface like that?  

Then there's the luggage rack - I'll just say that I hate seeing home-made looking stuff tacked onto a vehicle. It totally kills the line and cheapens the look.

Sorry, man, didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelilng. It's just  

Peg looks Fixed. If so, just make sure you don't lean over That far. Back peg will scrape, could reduce real wheel traction and you'll low side.

Michael

Why would flat plates be harder to keep your foot on than a peg? There's obviously more surface space on the plate, even if the peg is rubber. I'm curious about the angle though, are passenger feet really at that angle? Good job on the rack. Functional parts never really look good on a bike, that's just the way it goes. I used to just bungie my bag onto the back seat, or onto the tank like a tank bag, but if I can't feel it on my back, I'm always paranoid that it's laying on the middle of the road somewhere.

Quote from: Gary856 on October 05, 2009, 06:59:25 PM
Frankly, those flat passenger pegs look not only ugly, they look dangerous. How can a foot not slip off from a flat surface like that?  

Plenty of full-dress bikes with big flat "pegs" out there. You put your foot on it, and keep it there - same as with a regular peg, which has no magical power to hold your foot in place, especially with a boot that does not have a sharp heel.

Heck, here's one for a BMW K1200:

Speaking of pillions and footpegs...

Pulled up at a Servo (Aussie term, short for Service Station which is Aussie for Gas Station) with my riding group. A couple of sporks bikes come in to fill up. The pillions see a trike and come take a snap. I was gobsmacked by their choice of foot protection. And took some snaps myself. Interesting...





(At least they're on a Suzuki  )

Michael

perty interesting

I'm somehow conditioned to think foot pegs are rod-shaped things for you to stand and shift your weight on, as oppose to flat surfaces to just "rest" your feet. So upon seeing that flat peg with a down-angle my thought was, "I wouldn't be able to get off the seat and shifting my weight on that thing." I must admit that I don't know what a passenger riding pillion does in term of shifting weight in a corner, and I'm not familiar with cruiser-type ergos

good work there mate. hope the wifey likes the new foot rests 

Passengers are supposed to sit and not move. If they're really good and you guys work it out, they can lean with you, but otherwise they should just stay still. Either way, if they are leaning it's just their top half a little. They're not required to shift their butt on the seat, and you probably shouldn't be riding aggressively enough that you're shifting your weight all over the place either.

Sorry for the delay, but to answer some of these questions: First the flat pegs are welded in place so they don't swivel, I put grip tape like scateboarders use and third, her heels hook the top of the plate with her boots (hiking type boots) AND she loves the change! But the big things is- it cost me less than 20 bucks!! I did look for platform pegs, but starting at $65 bucks and still needing mod, not an option. As a passenger, she's has plenty of experience and she DOES NOT Move around while corning, we've learned that. LOL

Chain? Yep, clean and lube every 600-700 miles, plus I just got done putting the new tires on it, so I cleaned and lubed the chain while I was at it.

Rack? Again- I spent about $20 bucks for a rack I could not find anywhere, espicailly one I could afford, now that it's painted, doesn't look too bad.

Pictures- Most of the pictures I have on the bike are in southern Oregon. I even have video of some of the Oregon Caves ride, there is about 130 curves with some at 10mph switch backs... awesome ride!

Quote from: tt_four on October 06, 2009, 04:54:05 AM
Passengers are supposed to sit and not move. If they're really good and you guys work it out, they can lean with you, but otherwise they should just stay still. Either way, if they are leaning it's just their top half a little. They're not required to shift their butt on the seat, and you probably shouldn't be riding aggressively enough that you're shifting your weight all over the place either.

It took me a long time to teach my girl how to lean properly from the back.

She doesn't like when I turn because she thinks we are going to fall over so she leans the opposite way.

She understands now but we had a few close calls when I was in the middle of a turn and she decided to stand the bike back up. 

Exactly!!!  Wifey stood the bike up in a tight corner, it about gave me a heart attack!    I heavly explained the "rules" again, 20 yrs later, still no problems!!! 

When taking out a passenger for the first time, tell them to look over your shoulder that is the same direction as the turn.  That helps keep them from shifting their weight the wrong way.

-Jessie

Before starting to ride motorcycles myself this year, I had the opportunity to ride in the back of motorcycle "taxi" while on business trips in southern China. These were privately own/operated, old, small (maybe 125cc) bikes with skinny bicycle-looking tires, with a top speed of probably about 30 mph. They'd take you a couple of miles for like a dollar. I enjoyed riding in the back with the wind in my face (street cloths, no gear, of course), except I got kind of scared in the turns, especially when the road looked a little wet and muddy. So what I did was I "helped" a little bit by leaning to the outside of the turn... Those guys never complained to me... Anyway, those experience riding pillion in China finally broke me down, made me signed up for MSF and learned how to ride.  

Quote from: BaltimoreGS on October 07, 2009, 04:29:17 PM
When taking out a passenger for the first time, tell them to look over your shoulder that is the same direction as the turn.  That helps keep them from shifting their weight the wrong way.

-Jessie

++++++1000

LOL.. most of the time, its not a problem until a dog jumps out or the tight corner is near a tre.... lol

My son is a great passenger.  I told him to keep his body in line with mine, and look through turns with me.  If he wasn't leaning on my back, I wouldn't know he's there.  Except that one time I was backing into a parking space and he was twisting around looking where I was looking!  That was a little wobbly!