Topic: Folding Pegs or Not?

[jdawg]

How important are folding pegs? I built some rearsets and now I'm wondering if I should have made the pegs folding. It would be a ton more work to do and I already have the non-folders done.

What do you guys think - what's the pros and cons?

[Geeto67]

does the kickstart clear on the other side? if so, then I probably wouldn't worry about folding pegs. In the event of a crash the cases will probably take the hit first.

[Bob Wessner]

I'm under the impression that they fold for safety reasons. Should you lay it over that far in a corner (having never done this, I can't verify it ), the peg will give some. Otherwise the first thing that would happen with a rigid peg is the rear wheel will lift off the pavement.

[jdawg]

No the kickstand does not clear. I am planning on moving it forward 4 or 5 inches. Good catch.

I'm prestty sure I will never have it leaned over that far. The cases will touch down before the pegs will and I will run out of grip/balls way before that. 

[KB02]

take it as you will, but: I don't think that you will find a stock bike without folding pegs. As Bob points out, most stock bike are set up so that the pegs will touch first in a hard cornering situation giving you warning before anything else touches down. With my 750 F1, the stock exhaust is actually the first to touch the ground in a hard right turn with the stock pegs on. I'm builduing a set of rearset for it and the pegs that I have do not fold.

Searching in the after market, I have found rearsets that do and do not fold up. But factory always has them fold.

[754]

I think the main reason is.once the bike is down, if the peg does not fold or break off, the bike may spin around on the peg rather than slide. Have seen a Norton do this and the rider managed to hang on (sorta) for about 2 1/2 to 3 rotations!! I was laughing so hard it took about 3 tries to get my sidestand down.

 AMA in dirt track I believe requires folding pegs, pretty sure DOT does too.

 I have seen quite a few Honda pegs welded up, mine are right now.. A buddy welded his up and they eventually got bent up about 15 deg from hard cornering.

 I will say this when you go down hard and the motormount bolt gets bent, I am pretty sure the surface where it touches the frame is no longer flat.. on the rearset shown the frame bracket will likely twist if laid down. You could put a breakaway notch on the peg but its a bit tricky.

[FunJimmy]

Jdawg

I’m in the same situation. It’s a lot more effort to build folding pegs than fixed pegs. The folding pegs also protrude farther to accommodate the pivots. Because you have fab’d the rearset mounts as welded frame members, I’d ensure that your pegs are built from hollow aluminum to provide a breaking point as not to bend the frame in the event of a get off.

[ken736cc]

I have seen a Japanese market 750K0 with factory non folding footpegs. I think folding pegs might be a U.S. market requirement

[crazypj]

They look high enough not to need to fold.
Only reason to have a folder on right side is to use kickstart if battery is low. If it clears don't worry.
If they are folding they either have to have a locking mechanism or be spring loaded so they wont stay up by accident
(its in one of the rule books/regs I read)
PJ

[rhinoracer]

Jdawg

 as not to bend the frame in the event of a get off.

I'd say this is a good reason to have folding footpegs.

[jdawg]

all,

Thanks for the feedback - alot of great points. I think I'll move on for now, there is still a ton of other stuff to do still. I'll revist before I set off down the road.

Thanks again.