Topic: Installing New Foot Peg Rubbers

[BenelliSEI]

Looking through my NOS parts bins I discovered three different styles of foot peg rubbers. The ones on my early S/C slide onto a round (cross section) bar. The K6 has a rectangular shape hole. The earlier ones needed to be glued on or they tended to rotate and move on the peg.

One of my K6 pegs had obviously been “down”, the rubber end was mangled. Two passes with a razor knife and it came off easily. The “new” one is probably +40 years old (still in the Honda bag), hard as a rock. The hole appeared much too small.

I stuck it in a pot of simmering, boiling hot water for 5 minutes. It softened nicely and opened right up. Slipped down into place by hand, using an oven mit! After it all cooled down, it’s locked on, solidly in place.

[newday777]

Nice

[spotty]

my K7 has square section inners too. i was most happy to find this as i made 'bear trap' dirt bike pegs out of them and that was a lot easier to weld to than round section would have been

[BenelliSEI]

I have a third style of rubber in a pile I bought years ago. I suspect they are for something not cb550/750 related.

[Deltarider]

Tip for the taller riders amongst us. I'm 6.4 and I have removed these rubbers some 30 years ago, to adept the bike to my personal riding position. As long as your shoes have some profile, there's no risk whatsoever. In all those years my feet have never slipped of, not even in the wet.
My bike, like most Fours, does not vibrate. 

[MauiK3]

The 40+ year old rubber in the sealed bag, is it brittle? I wonder how long it will last?

[Kelly E]

Tip for the taller riders amongst us. I'm 6.4 and I have removed these rubbers some 30 years ago, to adept the bike to my personal riding position. As long as your shoes have some profile, there's no risk whatsoever. In all those years my feet have never slipped of, not even in the wet.
My bike, like most Fours, does not vibrate. 

Oh my god, that's not stock. You better put them back on so you aren't a hypocrite.

[Deltarider]

Tip for the taller riders amongst us. I'm 6.4 and I have removed these rubbers some 30 years ago, to adept the bike to my personal riding position. As long as your shoes have some profile, there's no risk whatsoever. In all those years my feet have never slipped of, not even in the wet.
My bike, like most Fours, does not vibrate. 

Oh my god, that's not stock. You better put them back on so you aren't a hypocrite.

I won't. They're in the same box where I keep the also removed showy side reflectors and the amber indicator lenses, so a future owner can do as he pleases with them.