Triumphrat

tba-golfer · 10-23-2006

Long time a coming, but they arrived today. I must say, I was apprehensive about how they would look.
But, at least on my ride, they are surprisingly subtle, and narrow the look of the back end.
I'm strictly a solo rider, for now, and getting rid of the bulky rider hangers has really changed the look of the TBA.
I'll try to take some pics and post them soon.

Black flame hangers

RobboNZ · 10-27-2006

Definately a better look than the original rear peg hangers, however moving the pegs both foward and down (as shown in the pics) can become extremely dangerous if you have a short pillion.
I recently re-positioned my rear pegs to the front lower mounting hole of the hanger bracket thinking that this would give Mrs Robbo a more comfortable ride with her feet foward (she is 5' 2" tall) BAD MOVE... We hit a sizeable hump in the road at 120km/hr and i almost lost her off the back, had i not had a sissy bar she would have been gone altogether. The problem being that with your feet foward from the vertical position of your knees, you have no way of braceing yourself in this situation as your body flies upwards upon hitting a bump and you can't put your weight down on the pegs as this further helps to push you off the back of the bike.
I might also add that i also flew off the seat and my feet off the front pegs leaving only my hands holding onto the handlebars.
This experience has caused me to have serious concerns in regard to foward controls and foward mounted rear footpegs when encountering a bump on the rosd.
Just something to consider i guess.

Cheers

Robbo

tba-golfer · 10-27-2006

My bad, Robbo. What I have are the black flame rear finishers, as I am strictly a solo rider. Sorry about the messed up verbage. I'll photo and post this weekend.

ErwinM · 10-27-2006

I like the fluted ones but a little rich for me

Erwin