wordsmith Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Then join the club - I certainly do, having a lazy ankle: and several GT owners also complain in the 'GT Niggles' Thread. Here's my solution after installing the longer rubber-topped FJR foot-pegs, which made it even harder to find the lowering-peg readily. The welded-on bit (not a very good weld, BTW!) is simply the feeler tang/ prong taken from the OE foot-peg (it's just screwed in), and welded in-line with the original lowering-peg. After cutting off the threaded end of the OE feeler its length is 50mm/ 2", probably enough for most, but I guess it could be left on for those with larger feet and boots.. On another bike, lacking a welder, I simply took a short length of suitable i.d aluminium tube, secured it over the lowering peg with some epoxy, and lo! - there was light. I plan to do the same on my new bike shortly, as a bit of a priority, for if I look down to locate that pesky lowering-peg that's where I'll end up - down! Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 I've now lengthened the side-stand lowering peg, as I had done before on other Tracers. I cut the ball-end off the OE peg and heat-shrank a length of aluminium tube onto the remaining long stub - luckily I had some tube of the appropriate internal diameter. Into the other end I inserted one of the long feeler-pegs, left-over after I'd installed the new longer foot-pegs, and that gave me a neat finish to the task. It looks perhaps a bit long, but is exactly as I had before, and it didn't get in the way when I was riding or shifting my foot around. Overall length is now 5"/ 13cm. This little modification makes a ton of difference when trying to locate the lowering-peg without having to look down. I'll paint the new peg later in matte black, as the original. Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdavis Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I bought a plate off eBay that stops the bike settling into the ground, makes the foot bigger and easier to find also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tktplz Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 On 12/22/2018 at 4:04 AM, wordsmith said: My Gawd wordsmith, LMAO!! Your bike is sure happy to see ya!!! Still ROTFLMAO!!! sorry, couldn't help myself..... Ain't no fun when the rabbit gets the gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Thanks for the compliment. Diameter's about right, length far too optimistic!😂 Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Here's the finished, painted job. Note split-pin now securing new foot-peg, replacing the dodgy clevis-pin. Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgarjessop12 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Brilliant, thanks a lot. Edgar Jessop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimbim18 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 For me it's easy. Slide foot backwards off the footpeg and straight down after the footpeg. But then again I wear a size 8.5 US boot. I can see how its hard for people with bigger feet. That being said it's hard for me to get on the bike. Use footpegs as stirrups and literally climb up the bike lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripletrouble Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Hook your toe under footpeg, lift, slide inwards,your arch is now over your lowering peg. It becomes second nature after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted February 23, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted February 23, 2019 Try (now I'm at retirement age) remembering where the side stand is for 5 bikes...had 7! Well the 2 side-hacks didn't have em LOL But once I remember its no problem (if I stop enough), and I wear 45s. The spreader pad makes no dif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stansmith Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I had this problem so I removed the little hangy down part on the foot peg, it unscrews !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugie Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 1 hour ago, stansmith said: I had this problem so I removed the little hangy down part on the foot peg, it unscrews !! That's a feeler. it's designed to hit the ground first when fast cornering to let you know you're getting too low. Without it you potentially run the risk of scraping the centre stand or exhaust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnakay Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 to be honest I dont have a problem with mine. I did at 1st till I got the hang of it. they say practice make perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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