short passengers

[Gavin_Sons]

My mom is having a problem reaching the stock location of the pegs on their tourer. She needs the pegs raised about 3 inches to even be able to touch them. My brothers girlfriend is taller and has no problem reaching them. Is there an adjustable bracket that can be locked in several positions at different heights that would work? i have looked everywhere and cant find what i'm looking for.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

I'm not 100% sure who mounted 1500 Wing rear passenger
floor-boards on his Tourer I'm thinking it was David ( Warlock )  It took a " mod " to get them fitted but they was adjustable and looked good.

[Gavin_Sons]

thanks Joe, i'll look into that. Good thing we have a machine shop here at work. Might just end up having them make me something if i cant find what they are looking for.

[R J]

When my youngest daughter started riding with me many moons ago, I added a 2X4 piece of wood to the EOM foot rest.

It worked for a couple of years till she added a few inches to her legs.

When she got the needed length in her legs, I just removed the pieces of 2X4.

[Joevalk]

Kuryakyn makes a retractable rear peg . Look on eBay $179
I have them on mine for my shorty, she likes them, a lot

[Gavin_Sons]

When my youngest daughter started riding with me many moons ago, I added a 2X4 piece of wood to the EOM foot rest.

It worked for a couple of years till she added a few inches to her legs.

When she got the needed length in her legs, I just removed the pieces of 2X4.

good idea, dont think mom is going to grow any. More than likley she will shrink even more than she already is. At first she hated the valkyrie because it was "too big" now she loves it but cant reach the pegs and does not feel safe on it. They want something adjustable that wont take a lot of work to change.

[Gavin_Sons]

Kuryakyn makes a retractable rear peg . Look on eBay $179
I have them on mine for my shorty, she likes them, a lot

I'll look at those, Thanks Joe

[Gryphon Rider]

Interstate passenger pegs are longer than Standard/Tourer  pegs, which make them a perfect addition when moving the original pegs up:



I still have to get around to smoothing and painting the steel bars.

[tbone]

Rivco made a set of adjustable passenger boards. I think they are out of production but maybe able to find a used set or call rivco to see if maybe they have any left of old stock.

[Romeo]

Gavin, I have the same set of passenger boards on my tourer as you have on your bike. They sat too high for my wife. I was able to purchase some offsets from kuryaken that allowed me to drop them down and forward. I think they would work the same way except in the opposite direction.

[G-Man]

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NvgLkuEtkA

[Gavin_Sons]

Interstate passenger pegs are longer than Standard/Tourer  pegs, which make them a perfect addition when moving the original pegs up:



I still have to get around to smoothing and painting the steel bars.

I like it, cheap and effective. I have some 1.5" X 5/16" thick aluminum at work that I could polish and make look nice, or stainless

[Bigwolf]

Gavin,

I had to deal with that problem for Crazy B.  My solutions are not as simple and easy as Gryphon's. 
So, for what it is worth:  The first thing I did was to make new hangars for the exhaust/foot pegs.  I made the hangars like the originals except for 2 inches taller and with foot peg holes in the original position and another foot peg hole 2 inches higher.

She didn't like the foot pegs so I bought Kuryakin transformer boards for a Goldwing.  I had to make an adapter to mount them, but Crazy is happy with them.  The mounts I made put the floor boards 2 inches higher than the original pegs.

I don't have pics but could take some and post if you would like.

[R J]

Gavin,

I had to deal with that problem for Crazy B.  My solutions are not as simple and easy as Gryphon's. 
So, for what it is worth:  The first thing I did was to make new hangars for the exhaust/foot pegs.  I made the hangars like the originals except for 2 inches taller and with foot peg holes in the original position and another foot peg hole 2 inches higher.

She didn't like the foot pegs so I bought Kuryakin transformer boards for a Goldwing.  I had to make an adapter to mount them, but Crazy is happy with them.  The mounts I made put the floor boards 2 inches higher than the original pegs.

I don't have pics but could take some and post if you would like.

Please add pictures.

[Gavin_Sons]

That was another idea I had Bigwolf. Our machine shop at work can make anything you dream up. The tourer this is going on just has the shaft with a bolt through the back side holding it on. Same with my IS, my wife complains that the boards move when she is getting on so I bought the chrome replacements where the shaft is welded on. They were just delivered today. Im going to take them to work for the fab guys to look at and maybe duplicate them for the tourer with 2 sets of pegs. Top being oem and bottom being floorboard or the mini iso boards. I knew I could count on you guys for some ideas. 

[KG]

http://www.frontiercycle.com/Classic-Steel-Adjustable-Passenger-Floorboards-Honda-Valkyrie-VAL125A.htm

There was a set in the classified not long ago but maybe these will give you a ideal how to make some

[Jess from VA]

Have them do what my wife used to do, just wrap her legs around your waist and lock her ankles in your lap.   

This might not work with your mom.   

[Gavin_Sons]

Have them do what my wife used to do, just wrap her legs around your waist and lock her ankles in your lap.   

This might not work with your mom.   

No, not at all. She rode with me once and said never again. She did not like the sound of pegs on the pavement.

[Challenger]

I saw a Valk at the river ride-in last year that had these transformer floor boards on it. Looked great, Not sure how he mounted them or if they bolt on.    http://www.cruisercustomizing.com/kuryakyn-transformer-passenger-floorboards-pair-honda-goldwing-gl1800-01-to-newer-gl1800-f6b-models-13-newer/part/KY-7006?parameter=&gclid=CJ3jg4S9lsQCFWQV7AodtH4AbQ

[Bigwolf]

OK RJ,  Here are some pictures.

My rememberer was not workin exacly correct it seems.  I had only raised the pegs 1 1/2 inch and I mounted the boards about 1/2 higher than stock pegs.
The original peg and muffler brk:


Original brk laying on cardboard template:


Cardboard template showing some hole locations:


I cut the brakets out of 3/16 steel and reinforced the back side with a 3/16 x 1 x 2 1/2 over the peg holes.  I also welded a 5/16 rod close to the edges to stiffen the bracket.  I left the plate flat where the mufflers bolt even though the OEM is offset inward just a bit.

I threw these pieces of the Kurys on the shelf and replaced them with a piece that I made to bolt thru both of the peg holes in my hangar brk.  This way, the floor board will not tilt even if someone jumps on the front edge of them.


I included these here to show how the ends are formed.  One hole goes thru the whole unit.  One end has a second hole which is for the detent spring and ball.  The other end has a raised stop block.  I just drilled another hole and pressed a pin in it on the mounts I made to replace these pieces.

This is how it looks on the bike.  Please excuse the dirt and dust.





The brackets/mounts I made are 1 1/4 square tubing with .090 wall.  I welded solid square pieces to each end to drill the holes for the hinge pin, detent spring and stop pin.  Then I welded a piece of angle iron to the side of that square tube and drilled and tapped it for the bolts thru the muffler/peg hanger brk.  I welded another piece of steel strap on the top of the brk so as to cover the mounting bolts and make that area look cleaner.

If anyone decides to use these Kury Transformer boards, I would suggest they order the boards for something other than the Goldwing.  The top of the Goldwing floorboard brk is curved and just does not look right to me.  If it were straight (I think the others are) then it would be really easy and clean to just cut a steel bar to bolt them to and weld or bolt that to the muffler brackets.  Maybe you can see the curve and how the bolt bosses stick out in these pics:

[R J]

Looks good Bro.