Triumphrat

Mancha · 03-01-2006

Hi All,

I was relieved when NewBonneville.com made the Oberon pegs available, but then disappointed to learn that they only fit the front pegs. I couldn't switch out the front pegs but leave the rears standard. So, making use of a 30%-off sale at my local every-marque dealership, I picked up some Competition Werkes, black anodized rear pegs.

I just threw them on the bike (forgive me for how dirty it is), and if anyone is interested, you'll find pictures in my album:

Rear Pegs album

Rear pegs come in a variety of configurations, and seem to vary by: 1) the size of the peg hole; 2) the position of the spring hole; 3) the presence or absence of a stop, which prevents the peg from depressing all the way down when the passenger's foot is on it; and 4) the position of the tread. I took off and brought in my Triumph peg for comparison, found the rear peg that looked like the most likely fit (2GPY-BK: there may be a set of Competition Werkes pegs that fits without the Dremel grinding, so you should carefully compare your pegs to what's available), crossed my fingers because the sale item couldn't be returned, and plunked down the debit card.

Installing it turned out to be pretty easy. The peg hole was the correct size, the tread could be said to be in the right position, and the replacement pegs had the required stop. The only problem was the position of the spring hole. Rear pegs are kept in an up position when not in use by means of a spring and ball bearing. When in the up position the spring pushes the ball bearing into a hole, thus preventing the peg from falling into the down position. The replacement pegs I bought had the spring hole on the wrong side. This was easily corrected though: All I had to do was grind a small dimple in the appropriate location using my Dremel tool:

The pegs mounted up just fine, cost only $35 (at 40% off), and are much less obtrusive. I've already ordered the Oberons for the front, and I expect they'll look great together.

Mancha

Tarmac · 03-01-2006

Looks great!

I went through your album again, great looking bike.

Mancha · 03-01-2006

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I went through your album again, great looking bike.

Thank you.

Spyder94 · 03-02-2006

MANCHA, Cool looking bike. Where did you get the fairing? Was it hard to set up? Any ups and downs about this unit? :-D . Does the fairing do a good job?

:-D Steve

Mancha · 03-02-2006

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On 2006-03-02 21:27, Spyder94 wrote:
MANCHA, Cool looking bike. Where did you get the fairing? Was it hard to set up? Any ups and downs about this unit? :-D . Does the fairing do a good job?

:-D Steve

Thanks for the feedback. Was it hard to set up? Check out my "Fairing Decisions" album near the bottom of my page:

RatNet pictures page

I bought the fairing, a Moto Guzzi LeMans MkI fairing, from Airtech, and the screen elsewhere. I had to fiberglass it up and make brackets, but it wasn't TOO difficult to get together. I was just looking at it today contemplating a shorter screen.

It does a pretty decent job of blocking wind, but this is most apparent only when tucked behind it. The windscreen itself hides my vision of the guages, so if I REALLY want to know how fast I'm going I have to duck down a little to see. I have a shorter, more compact instrument plate on my bike, and it might be the case that the standard instrument plate wouldn't fit into the fairing. It was relatively expensive, the parts alone costing about $200 (with S&H factored in).

All in all, I'm not sure I'd recommend it to you. There are certainly easier fairings around (I like the Omar's bikini fairing, as well as the Airtech unit NewBonneville sells specifically for our bikes). I just HAD to try it though. :-D

Thrux-ton-up · 03-03-2006

Have to agree that is the nicest fairing set-up I've seen on a thrux or bonnie. JCW

RaceDweeb · 03-03-2006

Agreed, that MG LM fly screen looks bad ass.

Mancha · 03-03-2006

Wow, thanks. No one said anything that strong when I initially posted the pictures of it. :-D