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Message started by dustystranger on 01/17/13 at 16:47:01

Title: cheap and easy mid mount footpegs
Post by dustystranger on 01/17/13 at 16:47:01

I should have posted this tip here. But since I am a new oldtimer I put it in the "what every newbie should know". It is a very inexpensie approach to having a set of mid mounts I do believe.

Title: Re: cheap and easy mid mount footpegs
Post by dustystranger on 01/17/13 at 16:54:27

OK, here is the gist of it. U bolt a 19 or 20 inch strap to the underside of your swingarm, about 21/2 inches behind swing arm pivot bolt. Interested? You can get a more detailed account in the "what every newbie should know " in Rubber Side Down.

Title: Re: cheap and easy mid mount footpegs
Post by verslagen1 on 01/17/13 at 17:01:18

You need to fully detail this before you post in the tech section.

Title: Re: Things every savage newb should know...
Post by dustystranger on 01/17/13 at 16:35:55

The savage could benefit from some standard style footpegs. Fancy rearsets are expensive and the passenger footpegs are just too far back. There is a cheap easy solution. Get a 19 or 20 inch piece of 1/4 or 3/16 inch flatstock a couple inches wide. Try and find some hard steel. I used and old leaf spring. Get a couple u bolts from the hardware store. I slid a piece of rubber gas line over the u bolts so I would not scratch my swing arm. You will have to cut a notch for the brake light wire. My footpegs sit about 21/4 inches behind the swing arm pivot. It just clears the muffler heat shield. If you mount longer shocks you will have to notch the heat shield a little bit. Just to make it clear... the piece of flatstock fits on the bottom side of the swing arm.

Title: Re: cheap and easy mid mount footpegs
Post by ToesNose on 01/17/13 at 17:44:47

Hey Dusty welcome to the forums =D

Sounds interesting do you have any pics of your set up? ;)

Title: Re: cheap and easy mid mount footpegs
Post by strang on 01/18/13 at 02:28:41

yeh dusty I'd love to see what you've come up with - I'm not good at imagining things on just verbal instructions unfortunately ::)