I used the info on this site a lot (via Google) in preparing my Trail for offroad shenanigans, so I figured it was time to register and pay some info forward.
If you're tall, and/or have big feet - there really aren't good pegs available to lower your foot position. I picked up the official Honda Rally Pegs for the bike, and they did help a bit. But here's a way to drop them more.
Chase down some spacers. M8 bolt size, 10mm thick, and 20mm in diameter. This lets you drop your whole peg bracket assembly lower...
Add 10mm to your stock bolt length via hardware from your local Ace or True Value hardware store. The ones pictured are near identical to the OEM bolts. The spacers came from Amazon.
Adds some knee room overall and space to get your toe under the shifter. Levels out the peg and brake for easier use standing as well. You have to oval out one hole on each of the "engine bars" or whatever they are called but it's not too bad - a Dremel works fine. The lower position changes the bolt approach angle a little. It did help to loosen (but not remove) the bolts up at the top to buy a little wiggle room before tightening everything back down.
Bonus: if you have bigger tires this also lowers your kickstand bringing it back to a proper height again.
This was torture-tested on the Northern Califiornia BDR, and held up fine under abuse, impacts, and at least one crash that dug a peg into Mother Earth. You can see the 800 billion hit marks from rocks and trail debris. For street only, I bet you could use even longer spacers/bolts but there is probably a reasonable limit you would come to at some point.
SCOOTER TRASH TESTED AND APPROVED
If you're tall, and/or have big feet - there really aren't good pegs available to lower your foot position. I picked up the official Honda Rally Pegs for the bike, and they did help a bit. But here's a way to drop them more.
Chase down some spacers. M8 bolt size, 10mm thick, and 20mm in diameter. This lets you drop your whole peg bracket assembly lower...
Add 10mm to your stock bolt length via hardware from your local Ace or True Value hardware store. The ones pictured are near identical to the OEM bolts. The spacers came from Amazon.
Adds some knee room overall and space to get your toe under the shifter. Levels out the peg and brake for easier use standing as well. You have to oval out one hole on each of the "engine bars" or whatever they are called but it's not too bad - a Dremel works fine. The lower position changes the bolt approach angle a little. It did help to loosen (but not remove) the bolts up at the top to buy a little wiggle room before tightening everything back down.
Bonus: if you have bigger tires this also lowers your kickstand bringing it back to a proper height again.
This was torture-tested on the Northern Califiornia BDR, and held up fine under abuse, impacts, and at least one crash that dug a peg into Mother Earth. You can see the 800 billion hit marks from rocks and trail debris. For street only, I bet you could use even longer spacers/bolts but there is probably a reasonable limit you would come to at some point.
SCOOTER TRASH TESTED AND APPROVED
