New Member Question

[tmfirestone]

I have just purchased a 2007 R1200R on Ebay. Wow, am I excited and especially after reading comments here. My wife and I plan to fly to Washington DC from middle Tennessee in a couple of weeks for pick-up and then take a week or so to return home. It will be our 30 th wedding anniversary celebration trip. Don't know if I can wait another 2 weeks!

I currently have a 78 R100/7 that I hate to sell but no room in the inn for 2 horses. I previously had a 2003 R1150RT that I loved but back problems forced me to sell after I dropped it a couple of times. The $435 for turn signal housings got old real quick. I considered the R1200GS with low suspension but it still seemed a bit top heavy at my age (61). So I decided on the R1200R and am confident I made a good decision.

My question is has anyone tried the Wunderlich peg lowering kit?

http://www.wunderlichamerica.com/motorc ... 61650.html

I've read comments about Surburban Machinery's kit on this forum but this kit has hardware included to adjust shift and brake levers.

Your comments are much appreciated.

I'll post a report after we return from our trip.

God Bless!

[dbrick]

I have the Suburban Machinery peg-lowering kit on my R12R, and have no experience at all with the Wunderlich pieces.

From the pictures, the brake-side footpeg lowering is identical to the SM kit: a new piece moves the riders peg and shift lever down a bit; instead of moving the master cylinder down, there is apparently an extension to the brake line. On the left side, I see a spacer to move the peg down...but nothing else - no way to move the shift lever. Wunderlich says only that the footpeg position is changed. The pics don't support your statement that "...this kit has hardware included to adjust shift and brake levers." Pegs, yes; levers, no.

When the left side footpeg is lowered, the shift lever needs to be lowered, too. The problem is that the folded sidestand is in the exact space one needs to rotate the shift lever CCW. You might review this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=22417&p=196957&hil ... er#p196957 and its progeny Parts 2, 3, and 4 to get a feel for the issues.

[daveyator]

I had the Wunderlich pieces. Nice fit and finish. Really hard to tell they weren't stock. The only rub is you have to install a spacer in your rear brake line. Pretty easy. All I did was disassemble the brake line and held my finger over the opening (yikes I know, this is easier with 2 people), inserted the spacer into the rear brake assembly and filled it with brake fluid, and then yes quickly fitted the pieces together and tightened. You know if you were successful if you have no brake faults. Originally I just installed them without the spacer and it does work but there is quite a stretch on the brake line which bothered me. I did all of this to get extra room with the low comfort seat I installed. Being goldielocks I wound up getting a high seat and removed the lowered pegs and sold them on ebay but they were nice. It lowers them around 3/4 of an inch. FWIW.

[tmfirestone]

Very helpful! The thread you referred me to was very interesting as I was familiar with the shift lever adjuster for the GS. Nice to know there are options.

I will call Touratech and have them explain "all the components nesessary to lower the brake and shift lever accordingly".

Has anyone had experience with the MFW vario footpeg mounts at Twisted Throttle?

Thanks