Well I was riding on Sunday with the wife and was in a hard sweeping right turn and at a private drive entrance out pops a cager and does not look like she is going to stop. So I push on the left bar and lean on the left peg and throttle it to move out and around the stupid cager.
After the manuver I look down and my left foot is out 2 inches and down and inch.
I get home thinking I bent or broke the peg, it is dark so I park the bike and leave it for the daylight. Today I get to it and start to look at the peg and it is fine and after further review I find the peg mount is 1/4 inch away from the frame holes.
I proceed to remove the two mounting bolts from the peg/shift lever mount and they are bent a 1/4 inch, about an 1/2 inch from the head of the bolt. I will post pictures for you non believers when I get home tonight.
They are 10mm x 90mm x 1.25 threads, the dealer did not have them and they were not available to order, so had to go on a hunt at HD, Lowes and Aco. ACO had 10mm x 100mm x 1.25 and 10mm x 80mm x 1.25 but not the 90 mm. I bought both, the 80mm is too short and the 100 is a little long but is working at this time. The HD and Lowes were strike outs.
If you have to do this do not remove both bolts at the same time as there is a motor mount on the back side of the frame that the bolts has to go through. If you do remove both at the same time you will be cussing your self trying to get the Rubics cube lined up again.
Anyhow, I was told at the dealer that they make these bolts soft so that they will bend in the event of a fall over and not break the frame, so do not use grade 8 to replace, per dealer.
RAW_TAZ
After the manuver I look down and my left foot is out 2 inches and down and inch.
I get home thinking I bent or broke the peg, it is dark so I park the bike and leave it for the daylight. Today I get to it and start to look at the peg and it is fine and after further review I find the peg mount is 1/4 inch away from the frame holes.
I proceed to remove the two mounting bolts from the peg/shift lever mount and they are bent a 1/4 inch, about an 1/2 inch from the head of the bolt. I will post pictures for you non believers when I get home tonight.
They are 10mm x 90mm x 1.25 threads, the dealer did not have them and they were not available to order, so had to go on a hunt at HD, Lowes and Aco. ACO had 10mm x 100mm x 1.25 and 10mm x 80mm x 1.25 but not the 90 mm. I bought both, the 80mm is too short and the 100 is a little long but is working at this time. The HD and Lowes were strike outs.
If you have to do this do not remove both bolts at the same time as there is a motor mount on the back side of the frame that the bolts has to go through. If you do remove both at the same time you will be cussing your self trying to get the Rubics cube lined up again.
Anyhow, I was told at the dealer that they make these bolts soft so that they will bend in the event of a fall over and not break the frame, so do not use grade 8 to replace, per dealer.
RAW_TAZ