I love having the footboards on mine, but I have noticed that I am scraping them everytime I lean into a turn. Guess I'm used to leaning way over from riding my Speed Triple add to the fact that the SM handles so well. Something to keep in mind. Oh, just remembered that my bike is lowered 2" so that could also be contributing to the scraping. Still a definite plus having them though.
Hope this helps in the decision-making process.
