Standard Pointy Foot Peg Position

[danf1234]

At 5ft 11 the standard foot peg postion gives me a wierd pain in my thighs when on an extended ride. Does anyone else find this.

Was thinking of getting some gilles and lowering a bit. Does anyone else suffer with the same?

[Sid Squid]

Unless you particularly want to spend loadsamoney on blingy bits, buy some footrest re-locator plates instead, much cheaper.

[TazDaz]

Can't say that I experience any pain at well over 6ft.

Have you tried regular leg stretching? Can sometimes be that your body needs a bit of refinement, rather than the machine, so to speak - and best of all, it's free! :)

[davepreston]

naked sv hangers are a good fix for this as they are lower by design than s models, also rear sets will raise the peg height up and back, you can get plate adapters which when swaped around lower ans back the pegs
hth

[danf1234]

So tell me more about the footrest re-locator plates. I have hearde of them and they sound a much better option. Where do these come from?

[davepreston]

iirc they are called adapter plates ,you can get them from ebay/bandit mainia do them i think, ive a set for a curvy i'll take a photo of to give you an idea

[Bluepete]

Or foot pegs from a Buell. Cost me £20 and made the pegs about 1.5 inches lower. As for the pain, sounds like cramp.

Maybe concentrate on relaxing more on the bike, and I mean REALLY concentrate. My legs get all spazzy and locked up when I get tense and hurt. It becomes second nature after a while.

Pete ;)

[Specialone]

I get cramp in my hips after long rides, im getting too many little niggles now hence why im looking for a bigger bike.
Test riding a tiger next week.