Hi all,

I'd like to have your opinion on adapting a set sold as highway controls (forward controls) as rear controls (as on GT / Dual Sports).

There is (I forget who  ) who suggested to use dirt bike controls, but I like these much much better  



They sell a model for Suzuki VS 600/750/800, and another for Volusia/C800/VL800/M800.

At €265 (=$350 !) they're certainly expensive, but this would be a good hint on what to go and look for in a breaker's yard...

Serowbot wrote on 02/25/13 at 08:28:10:


Thank you. I don't believe the pegs are meant to hold all that much weight (OK, I do weigh 200 lbs... )
but my point is that a set of footpegs mounted in the "traditional" (=european) position make the bikle easier to control in slow city traffic and in the mountains, whereas forward controls may look nice but are applicable only to long freeway cruising.

These are two completely different situations, and the current position of the footpegs make the bike clumsy in tight situations and reduce manoeuvrability.

I mean... one thing is to commute in this kind of traffic...  



and another thing is to commute in THIS kind of traffic ...  

Now you understabd my point on lane splitting... more like splitting hairs...  

Lane splitting, American Style  



Lane splitting, Italian Style  



http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2011/07/study-lane-splitting-is-safer/
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/motorcycle-352657-lane-drivers.html
And, for an interesting read, a pdf at the end of this page
http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2011/07/study-lane-splitting-is-safer/