I was quoting high, from reading articles in bicycle magazine. I agree you can get going on nice carbon fiber bike with very nice parts for well under $2,000 and its easy to spend another $1,000. $10,000 is silly unless you work on wall street or venture capital firm etc. (I don't)

So, a reasonable serious modern road bike is not so far off from our used gs500f passion.

 I received my pegs today. I ordered a second set for the rear, so I removed them until I receive them. Sorry about the dark pictures.

I couldn't find them in black the first time I searched. I think the black ones look better. I guess I can just paint them.

Nice, that's what I just bought but I got the Non-graphite looking ones. Mine are the knurled ( spelling? ) ones. Did you have to do the "Gind" thing? If so, how did you do it? I was wondering do you miss the mass under your foot and do you feel any more vibration. Not much under the old shoe with these things. Maybe it's better

I bought the rear pegs like the thread said so they need the grind job. I let eveyone know what I think after I get them on. If they work good I'll go for the rear ones as well.

Thanks for bringing these up

I used a Dremel with sanding bit to grind it down. I noticed that my foot feels further back and lower from the shifter. I used to be able to shift with the top part of my foot closest to my ankle. Now it feels like I'm using my toes and I have to lift my foot up a bit higher to shift.



I didn't notice any vibration, but I do miss the extra space for resting my foot.

How do you delete double posts? 

Quote from: Archangel1183 on January 12, 2010, 09:54:40 PM
How do you delete double posts? 

You don't.

You come back and post something else, as if an afterthought, so no-one knows you messed up 

Michael

Quote from: mister on January 13, 2010, 01:20:28 AM

Quote from: Archangel1183 on January 12, 2010, 09:54:40 PM
How do you delete double posts? 

You don't.

You come back and post something else, as if an afterthought, so no-one knows you messed up 

Michael

Thanks, I'll remember that for next time.

I've been away from the forum for a while. I saw another foot peg thread and thought I would post my experiences with the ebay gsxr pegs here.

I like the look of these pegs. I like that they help make my bike look a little more modern opposed to the stock pegs.
I think that the stock pegs were a bit more comfortable as they offered some cushioning, almost like a thick rubber mat.

Before installing these pegs, shifting felt so natural. I didn't have to think much, if any, about it. To shift up I would just lift up the front of my foot without having to lift it off the peg. I would shift with just the top part of my foot closest to my ankle.

After installing them, I have miss shifts (change into the wrong gear) every once in a while. Other times It felt like I changed gears then realized that I didn't. I believe this is mainly because the left peg is a bit is further away from the shifter than it is with the stock peg. With the Ebay GSXR pegs, it feels like I'm shifting with the tip of my shoes, and No I don't have little feet. I'm a 10.5.

I wouldn't recommend these to anyone that likes racing, going fast, or any motorcycle noobies. If I find a different set at a good price I'd change mine out for them. 

Has anyone else had similar or opposite experiences with the same pegs?

Did you adjust the shift lever to be a little lower when you installed the pegs, or did you leave it where it was? I haven't actually ridden my bike since I replaced the footpegs last summer so I haven't gotten to really try them, but I did keep the stock ones around just in case. Lately it has also kind of annoyed me that the pegs just move around so easily. I've been thinking about trying to find some springs from another kind of foot peg to put in there so the pegs actually have tension holding them down. There should be enough room because I already have 2 washers in there taking up space. If I needed more room I could always take a hacksaw or cutting wheel and cut a slot down the middle, kind of like these, although I know these are just cheap cheap chinese pegs so I'd find a much skinnier spring so I didn't have to worry about the pegs just snapping off someday....


My only real concern is that someday I'll accidentally bump the peg with my foot when I'm picking my foot up from a stop light or something like that, the peg will lift up vertically and stay there since there's no downward tension on it, and then I won't be able to get my foot on it without pulling over to stop and put it back down by hand.

Quote from: tt_four on March 02, 2010, 04:13:38 AM
Did you adjust the shift lever to be a little lower when you installed the pegs, or did you leave it where it was? I haven't actually ridden my bike since I replaced the footpegs last summer so I haven't gotten to really try them, but I did keep the stock ones around just in case. Lately it has also kind of annoyed me that the pegs just move around so easily. I've been thinking about trying to find some springs from another kind of foot peg to put in there so the pegs actually have tension holding them down. There should be enough room because I already have 2 washers in there taking up space. If I needed more room I could always take a hacksaw or cutting wheel and cut a slot down the middle, kind of like these, although I know these are just cheap cheap chinese pegs so I'd find a much skinnier spring so I didn't have to worry about the pegs just snapping off someday....


My only real concern is that someday I'll accidentally bump the peg with my foot when I'm picking my foot up from a stop light or something like that, the peg will lift up vertically and stay there since there's no downward tension on it, and then I won't be able to get my foot on it without pulling over to stop and put it back down by hand.

What? No. I didn't know that was possible.   

I'll read up on that and will get back with any changes. Thanks

Haha, I haven't really sat on the bike and put the peg up to see how hard it is to get back down with my foot, but I do know I can push it up by hand and it'll stay there, so I'd like to avoid that. I just need to find out where to get little springs.

That has happened to me a few times. I accidentally put the pegs in the up position and took a couple tries to kick them back down. It's kind of scary. I'll look into getting a spring for them and will report back.

Thanks tt_four

I saw some on ebay from old bikes, but people were trying to start the bidding at about $10, which is crazy. I'm gonna see what they have at the hardware store, or look through my spare parts bins. It doesn't have to be anywhere near as strong as a normal peg spring. Just enough to make it want to stay down. Let me know what you find, and if I find something first I'll post some pictures for you guys.

I bought extra shift lever off ebay, will bend it to fit when my GSXR pegs arrive and go on. I think the shift lever is not adjustable enough, will need a bend.

What are you bending? you just need to pull the bolt out of the shifter and you can adjust it up or down as much as you want, then just but the bolt in.

shaft only has so many notches. Move down one, its too far. Move up one its too far. Back to original and its not feeling quite right.

Bending to fit gets it where I want it.

I put it in a vice and heat it with torch then it issoft. Cool, clean, reinstall.

Sounds good. I'll have to see how mine feels once I actually get to ride it with the new pegs.

What kind of shoes do you ride in? I used to ride in combat boots, and they worked ok, but then I bought a pair of actually riding boots and the difference between your shifts was night and day. The GSs shifting is kind of clunky in general, but having a stiff boot really makes a ton of different. I sold my riding boots years ago and still want to kick myself for doing it since they only sold for $40 on ebay, and I'll never find another pair I like as much of those for anything less than double the price.  I'll be back to combat boots again this year until I find some more riding boots.

Quote from: Archangel1183 on March 02, 2010, 11:22:40 AM
It's kind of scary. I'll look into getting a spring for them and will report back.

I walked over home depot on my lunch and browsed around the hardware section, and think I found something that will work for a spring. They have safety pins that I think would be pretty easy to cut and bend to fit on the footpeg. I didn't plan on buying anything, and was only taking a trip to stretch my legs, so I didn't take my wallet so I couldn't buy any, but I'll either head over a little later, or just go get some tomorrow and see what I can come up with. They come in a couple different sizes too, so it should be pretty easy to find one that fits well. They're skinny so I'll probably just try to take out the 2 washers I have in there and take up the space with the spring. If I really feel like getting into it, and trust the pegs to be strong enough I may cut a slot in them so the spring is actually in the middle of the peg like the one above, but I don't know if there's really any benefit to that.

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xgy/R-100337567/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

Quote from: Archangel1183 on January 09, 2010, 11:47:26 AM
No, I don't, but I do wear slick shoes sometimes. I guess I'll just stick to my tennis shoes.

Seriously? I suppose tennis shoes are at least 10% better than flip flops... Hey, they are your feet. One visit to the emergency room will make a pair of motorcycle boots look cheap. If you break your ankle, they will look really cheap and ever so convenient and stylish for the weeks you spend in a cast...Or so R'gal tells us.

I have the ebay gsxr pegs and have no problems shifting. I wear a 9.5 and always wear my moto boots. One moto drop at a red light with all of my gear on except my boots taught me a valuable lesson. The extra five minutes to slap on boots is a lot less then the six weeks on crutches and two months of physical therapy three times a week! Not to mention the money savings!

Mary

Mary will not ride during Easter weekend. '08 ankle on Good Friday '09 seperated shoulder on Easter. This year the CAR!