CB750 Foot Peg Location

[cbxman]

Hi folks,

Well, here it is ...my first question for this august body of knowledge....

I have been busy with my 'new' CB750 (ex Andrew-S and UKPete CB750 K1 manufactured 11/70) and have noticed something rather un-Honda like.

The front right hand foot peg is further forward than the left one.  I have checked the parts numbers and it looks like I have the correct parts.  I also have been looking at photos of other bikes and it looks like the correct parts are fitted.

Please have a look at these photos and tell me if this is normal.  The oil pipe seems to be pinched, but not distorted, so I'm thinking there be some slight variations in foot peg mount design and maybe the wrong one is fitted.

It maybe I'm just too fussy, but I don't think Mr Honda would have left it like that.

Cheers,

Jerry

[Nurse Julie]

Here's mine on my 750 K2 if it helps

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[philward]

Here's my K2 - looks the same. Oil pipe just touching the right footpeg too.
So I would say it's correct.

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[cbxman]

Here's my K2 - looks the same. Oil pipe just touching the right footpeg too.
So I would say it's correct.

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Here's mine on my 750 K2 if it helps

Hi Phil,

Thank you.  I have just Asked Julie to take a photo like that.   Interesting.  It seems Mr Honda must have had a too much Saki when he drew that up!

Cheers,

Jerry

Julie,

Thank you for those photos.  Could you take one from above showing both peg please?  It would be interesting to see whether yours are staggered at all.  Your bracket looks very similar, although yours does seem to have gentler curve starting closer to the mounting bolt

Cheers,

Jerry.

[Nurse Julie]

My K2 is up on a ramp at the moment so can't get a downward facing shot but I can see they are staggered. This is another K2 of ours and yes, the footpegs are staggered.

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[Green1]

Both my K1's are the same.
You would think you would notice when riding but you don't.

[SteveD CB500K0]

Maybe this is like an “Easter Egg” that Mr Honda left there for us to discover 50 years later.

Are the other models the same?


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[Green1]

Just had a look at my 550 and that's designed for people with legs of equal length.
My Aprilia on the other hand is the same as the 750's.
Maybe Mr Honda visited Italy before designing his bike.

[flatfour]

My 1972 K2 has the right footrest further forward than the left, when viewed from above.

I've noticed it before and compared it with others, all seem to be the same.

[cbxman]

Well.  There we go.   Wonky foot pegs for several years of production.  I think the later bikes had a different set up.  Maybe they are symmetrical....

That'll teach me to be less OCD.  All I've done is exposed a design compromise and my own uncontrolled attention to detail.

Thanks for the prompt responses....

Have a great Christmas

Jerry

[andy120t]

My old Triumph 500 has mismatched footpeg too!

[philward]

Maybe due to the.design of the ergonomics of the gear change travel? i.e., if the peg lines up with the other peg, the gear change or brake pedal leverage may be to high or low?

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[cbxman]

Maybe due to the.design of the ergonomics of the gear change travel? i.e., if the peg lines up with the other peg, the gear change or brake pedal leverage may be to high or low?

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Phil,

The left peg is right up behind the engine.  The right peg could easily go rearward and inch without fouling anything..I think.   Most people's right boot would reach the brake pedal if the peg moved back. I was toying with idea of cutting and shutting a peg mount from a parts bin somewhere.....but I shan't bother...It wasn't made like that.

I might have done that if my peg mount was an incorrect fitment and maybe not able to source the correct one....I'm happy with it as it is because Mr Honda put it there.

Cheers,

Jerry