Blackbird
24th October 2007, 18:40
I wonder how many people love their sports or sport tourer bikes to bits but wish they had a slightly more conservative footpeg position for those long tours or events like the Southern Cross or the Grand Challenge? Well, I'm in that category with the Blackbird due to knee cartilage damage. When I'm in my looser-fitting touring pants, it's not too bad but my tighter fitting zip-together summer leathers with lots of armour make my knees ache after a relatively short while.
On one of the overseas Blackbird sites, I saw a thread about lowering brackets which drop the front pegs by about 20 mm. Makes a huge difference in comfort levels according to everyone who has a set and they can be quickly turned back to standard for trackdays etc. One of the 'bird enthusiasts in the USA CNC machines them from HT alloy with an anodised finish and they're a real work of art (see pics) - US$65 delivered to NZ. You can get rear pegs too to make the pillion's life a bit more pleasant.
Really looking forward to trying them out in a day or two. If anyone else has similar problems on other bikes, I'm sure that a specific bike website search will find similar mods. Hope that it's of interest.
On one of the overseas Blackbird sites, I saw a thread about lowering brackets which drop the front pegs by about 20 mm. Makes a huge difference in comfort levels according to everyone who has a set and they can be quickly turned back to standard for trackdays etc. One of the 'bird enthusiasts in the USA CNC machines them from HT alloy with an anodised finish and they're a real work of art (see pics) - US$65 delivered to NZ. You can get rear pegs too to make the pillion's life a bit more pleasant.
Really looking forward to trying them out in a day or two. If anyone else has similar problems on other bikes, I'm sure that a specific bike website search will find similar mods. Hope that it's of interest.