Just posted a question about the Sub Mach footpeg lowering kit wondering what, if any, provisions it made for readjusting the position of the brake pedal peg forward and lower to
maintain the relationship to the footpeg.
One gentleman who had just purchased that kit found that there really was no acceptable provision and that the position of the lowered footpeg made application of the footbrake very awkward, so he returned the kit.
The title of the thread is "Brake Pedal Height Adjustment" by macx (me) on 9/25.
I took a look at the picture of the kit and came up with this "maybe" solution
(to quote out of my reply on that thread)
EDIT: Just took a look at that kit picture and looked closely at the existing brake lever.
"how about" if a triangular plate were made, with one of the short edges of the triangle
horizontally aligned with the top of the brake pedal arm from the existing pedal mount
hole far enough rearward to go just to the rear of the front slot in the web of the pedal arm,
and the other short edge basically vertical downward. That lower point would have a hole
for mounting the pedal (if it can be removed from the existing pedal arm?). There would
be a hole in the upper forward corner of the plate for a fastener in the hole where the pedal originally was, and another at the upper rear corner of the plate for a fastener
going thru the rear of the front elongated slot in the pedal arm, possibly enlarged slightly.
(boy it's hard to describe something like that! wish I could attach a file with a sketch)
The plate could either be fastened to the inside of the existing pedal arm or the outside.
As the footpeg lowering bracket moves the peg outward slightly, it should work if the plate
were fastened on the outside of the existing pedal arm.
Would only have to be a flat aluminum plate of the proper dimensions with 3 holes drilled in it.
Once the dimensions are worked out, should be simple to make.
With the popularity of those footpeg lowering kits, I would think that might be a fairly
popular item to "make it right". I think there's 2 riders in that thread that sure would
be interested, besides myself.
If you'd like a computer sketch, email me at
[email protected]
. You can PM the idea or just post it up here.
