Post by: JustcallmeMrT on February 24, 2015, 09:12:11 PM
Looks like I will need to shorten this to fit the brackets for my rearsets, but don't know what it's purpose was in the first place. Anyone know?
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/24/76b4342e907870ef79a84f9b88a12c2c.jpg)
Post by: Trigger on February 24, 2015, 09:15:03 PM
Post by: JustcallmeMrT on February 24, 2015, 09:30:33 PM
To stop the foot peg from turning. If you look at the back of your pegs you will find the hole that this peg fits ;)Well then, it will be sacrificed to the grinder gods.
You have a seriously encyclopedic knowledge of these bikes.
Post by: Trigger on February 24, 2015, 09:37:08 PM
To stop the foot peg from turning. If you look at the back of your pegs you will find the hole that this peg fits ;)Well then, it will be sacrificed to the grinder gods.
You have a seriously encyclopedic knowledge of these bikes.
Built a few ;)
Post by: mike the bike on February 24, 2015, 11:34:20 PM
Post by: Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP) on February 25, 2015, 10:08:59 AM
Cheers
Bitsa
Post by: Trigger on February 25, 2015, 07:20:42 PM
To stop the foot peg from turning. If you look at the back of your pegs you will find the hole that this peg fits ;)
Been a while now since I looked at one of my bikes but I seem to recall the peg acts as an anchor point for the footrest. Sames as Grahams description but my recollection is that the footrest has a lug mounted on the back/front which locates behind this peg, the peg doesn't fit inside the footrest. Same principle, it stops the footrest from going any further forward, it will howeverallow the footrest to rotate backward if the engine mounting bolt the footrest locates on isn't tight enough.
Sorry Oddjob but, you are thinking 500 and early 550's. The 550F1/F2 has a hole in the peg bracket for this dowel to locate ;)
Post by: LesterPiglet on February 25, 2015, 11:09:29 PM
Post by: JustcallmeMrT on March 02, 2015, 10:54:52 PM
Why grind it off then?I'm mounting rearsets and the dowel interferes with my bracket.
Post by: JustcallmeMrT on March 02, 2015, 10:56:07 PM
LOL if that's correct Lester then Graham is wrong, the L/H peg clearly has the lug behind the hole to butt up against the frame lug, the R/H side MAY have the hole but according to the parts list diagram the R/H side doesn't. As the picture shows the side stand mounting plate it's clearly the L/H side of the bike. So although both of us are correct if that's the case, this time I win :) as the picture shows the side with the lug not the brake side. Plus if it was right the frame lug would be in front of the bolt hole not behind it as in the pic.Looked at my foot pegs and it looks like Trig is right. The left hand peg has a hole for the dowel to fit into, the right hand peg has a lug.
Post by: Norniron on March 03, 2015, 03:57:27 AM
Why grind it off then?I'm mounting rearsets and the dowel interferes with my bracket.
If u r using rearsets,would u sell me your originals?
Post by: JustcallmeMrT on March 03, 2015, 01:32:10 PM
LOL if that's correct Lester then Graham is wrong, the L/H peg clearly has the lug behind the hole to butt up against the frame lug, the R/H side MAY have the hole but according to the parts list diagram the R/H side doesn't. As the picture shows the side stand mounting plate it's clearly the L/H side of the bike. So although both of us are correct if that's the case, this time I win :) as the picture shows the side with the lug not the brake side. Plus if it was right the frame lug would be in front of the bolt hole not behind it as in the pic.Looked at my foot pegs and it looks like Trig is right. The left hand peg has a hole for the dowel to fit into, the right hand peg has a lug.
Then I would suggest you look at them again, the L/H side is the gear change side, the R/H side should be much more complicated as it has to cope with the kickstart mechanism. Sides are determined by how you sit on the bike not by looking at it from the front.
Yep, got my lefts and rights the correct way around. Maybe I just don't get the peg setup. One peg has a hole in the mount that exactly matches up with the dowel on the left of the frame, so I assumed that was the left peg. The other peg has a projection, but to be honest with everything disassembled I couldn't tell what it would butt up against.
So, the foot peg with the hole is actually the right side, even though there's nothing that fits into it?
Post by: matthewmosse on March 03, 2015, 03:35:30 PM
Post by: JustcallmeMrT on March 04, 2015, 07:46:58 AM
Post by: Trigger on March 04, 2015, 09:05:41 AM
Post by: Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP) on March 04, 2015, 07:25:03 PM
I said something once in jest and got slaughtered for it be careful mate but I understand you ;) ;)
Cheers
Bitsa
Post by: Bryanj on March 05, 2015, 06:53:15 AM
Post by: Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP) on March 05, 2015, 09:33:55 AM
Cheers mate
Bitsa