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The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => Accessories and modifications - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: sche202460 on December 18, 2014, 12:08:26 PM
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Looking for advice before ordering pegs. Looking at Ronnies or ones from AST
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I use Kuryakyn pegs attached to canyon cages. Love them.
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There are lots of threads on this topic that might be useful. For example:
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=16147 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=16147)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=6630 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=6630)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=14416 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=14416)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=9790 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=9790)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=10588 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=10588)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=10616 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=10616)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=2778 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=2778)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=79 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=79)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=3860 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=3860)
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...or you could tell him you use Ronnies pegs and if you like them or not. ;)
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...or you could tell him you use Ronnies pegs and if you like them or not. ;)
I suppose I could, but he hasn't indicated any information about what model year bike he has, what bars he has (if any), what his objectives are, if he needs adjustability, what he wants to spend, how long his legs are, if he is willing to cut fairings... etc. That stuff is already in lots of threads out there. Just giving a "jump-start".
But yeah, I do use Ronnie's pegs and like them.
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Have concours 14 and with 32 inseam need something to change up position on longer runs. Leaning toward Ronnies only because he seems to have product. The AST ones look to me as offering more leg room, but the guy never answers email or phone and only posts on order with no date to ship product.
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I could be mistaken so do the research but I think I've read about some ground clearance with the AST pegs.
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I've had the AST's for over a year now and love them.
I have about the same inseam as you, and they're a lifesaver on long trips.
They are multi-adjustable, and the best I've seen for a C14 so far.
Ronnie's are nice, but too close for me.
These have a strong, square tubing framework that interconnects both sides, but the cool part is how Ryan engineered them to install W/O removing any plastic.
The fold down pegs are long, and it is true that they will scrape in sharp turns.
But, you simply place your feet under the pegs and fold them up before the curve... no big deal.
They also have a spring loaded ball detent designed to hold the peg in the upright position, instead of compression washers and bolt tension designs like Kuryakyn's. No bolt to loosen up and let the peg fall off...
I hear Ryan's getting back on track, as of late.
His design work's the best of any out there I've seen, and are well worth the money.
Love mine.
Bob
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Thanks Bob. Just wish could get some info from AST but unable to get any reply. Have 2" risers but need pegs. Ronnies look like just to short for this six footer.
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Not exactly related, but
My wife is wanting rubberized pegs to replace the metal passenger pegs.
Will the stock rider pegs fit in the passenger position?
If so, does anyone have a stock set (of rider pegs) that they will sell me?
Ride safe, Ted
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Ronnie's are nice, but too close for me.
They are pretty close. Nice for a change of position, and also nice that the closeness allows them to be more hidden/stealthy. But if you are looking to stretch more and/or have long legs, Ronnie's might not be best choice.
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I've had the AST's for over a year now and love them.
I have about the same inseam as you, and they're a lifesaver on long trips.
They are multi-adjustable, and the best I've seen for a C14 so far.
Ronnie's are nice, but too close for me.
These have a strong, square tubing framework that interconnects both sides, but the cool part is how Ryan engineered them to install W/O removing any plastic.
The fold down pegs are long, and it is true that they will scrape in sharp turns.
But, you simply place your feet under the pegs and fold them up before the curve... no big deal.
They also have a spring loaded ball detent designed to hold the peg in the upright position, instead of compression washers and bolt tension designs like Kuryakyn's. No bolt to loosen up and let the peg fall off...
I hear Ryan's getting back on track, as of late.
His design work's the best of any out there I've seen, and are well worth the money.
Love mine.
Bob
I love the AST pegs & they are by far the MOST comfortable but I have scraped many times with them in the folded up position. The bottom of the frame that the pegs bolt too will scrape if you corner aggressively. I replaced mine with Rivco once I installed canyon cages. I may put my AST pegs on ebay soon.
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Ronnie's are nice, but too close for me.
I'll admit that Ronnie's pegs may not be the best for a long legged rider. However if you ever want just a different place to rest your foot when you are on a long ride
in bad weather his pegs fill the need and keep your lower leg and foot protected and behind the fairing. Folded up they don't scrape and the build quality is top notch as well.
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I'm very interested in some kind of highway pegs, but I really don't want to give up cornering ground clearance. What highway pegs give up the least ground clearance?
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Not exactly related, but
My wife is wanting rubberized pegs to replace the metal passenger pegs.
Will the stock rider pegs fit in the passenger position?
If so, does anyone have a stock set (of rider pegs) that they will sell me?
Ride safe, Ted
Why does she want rubberized, is she slipping off the stockers when you rail the curves?
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Here my Rivco pegs custom mounted on Canyon Cages.
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Here my Rivco pegs custom mounted on Canyon Cages.
Those look good!
I like that.
That works if you have Canyon Cages.
Clearance would be higher.
The only thing I see about AST's design that helps more is their adjustability.
There are numerous drilled/tapped holes along the bottom of the square tubing that allow the pegs to be adjusted forward/backward. Then, the pegs are long, which allow your legs space to comfortably clear the ridges on the fairing. Also, the pegs can swivel, which allow you to set them at just the right angle for your feet.
The only gripe I have about them is clearance in sharp / hard cornering.
I've just made it a habit to always fold them up and switch back to the stock pegs before a hard corner.
I also added MCL 2" dropped brackets for the stock pegs. Those helped a lot, and there's no clearance issues. To me, that's where Kawi should have placed them to start with.
But, I'm also 6' tall. Shorter-legged people may disagree...?
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I'm very interested in some kind of highway pegs, but I really don't want to give up cornering ground clearance. What highway pegs give up the least ground clearance?
Probably no folded "highway" pegs will offer as much clearance as Ronnie's. Ronnie's offers 100% clearance (doesn't reduce lean potential at all).
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I'm obliged to share this: if you order from AST use PayPal or some service that will refund your money if/when you don't receive your items or correspondence.
I have KLR pegs mounted on Canyon Cages with the same brackets everyone uses on the Rivcos. The Rivcos are much better....but for me it's already done. If you are cheap and have some other pegs lying around you could do like I did.
Ted - I have FJR driver pegs mounted for my passenger. She loves them - much easier getting on and off with the cages too. Squishiest pegs I've ever seen are the C10 Connie ones. Soft.
So, if I were to do it again I'd have Rivco highway pegs and C10 passenger pegs. But I'm still one happy camper:-)
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Ok, thanks for the info.
I'll see if someone has some C-10 pegs.
Ride safe, Ted
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I just rummaged through my C10 spare parts and found a set of passenger pegs and installed them on my C14. The wife complained about how small C14 pegs were.
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/hlh111/99%20Concours/IMG_20150101_154055_428_zpse7ea9fcf.jpg) (http://s167.photobucket.com/user/hlh111/media/99%20Concours/IMG_20150101_154055_428_zpse7ea9fcf.jpg.html)
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/hlh111/99%20Concours/IMG_20150101_154045_686_zpsea631c2d.jpg) (http://s167.photobucket.com/user/hlh111/media/99%20Concours/IMG_20150101_154045_686_zpsea631c2d.jpg.html)
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Whooah there, her pegs are bigger than yours?
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wow! next perhaps add some "proportional" size tires for those pegs ;D
(http://imgsg.jobing.com/company/images/89094/earthmover.JPG)
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Been reading horror stories about that motor mount bolt you need to remove to mount the cages or the ast pegs. Does it need to be removed to mount Ronnies pegs? Anybody have an opinion on the Bucks touring pegs? Can you put your full weight on them?
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Been reading horror stories about that motor mount bolt you need to remove to mount the cages or the ast pegs. Does it need to be removed to mount Ronnies pegs?
No. It mounts only to the break/shift/peg area. The right one is a snap. The left one takes a bit longer, since you have to disassemble then reassemble the shifter. I still consider the installation rather easy.
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Not exactly related, but
My wife is wanting rubberized pegs to replace the metal passenger pegs.
Will the stock rider pegs fit in the passenger position?
If so, does anyone have a stock set (of rider pegs) that they will sell me?
Ride safe, Ted
(http://cablebandit.smugmug.com/Other/Uploads/i-RkHTR4n/0/L/P1140124-L.jpg)
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I will be mounting mine on the extensions like in the photo.
So, I think I like the C-14 pegs best.
Does anyone have a set lying around?
Ride safe, Ted
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Does anyone have a set lying around?
You might should also post to http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?board=17.0 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?board=17.0)
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Really like the AST ones. But have seen so much negative about his business that scared to order from. Still he don't answer email or phone so red flags are up. Hope things are ok for him
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Like I said above about being burned by this guy twice. Yes, I give second chances. It's also not just me.
Being a small community of Connie lovers I propose ordering from him via PayPal so you can get your money back if things go wrong. It is a pain to wait and wait and then file a complaint and then wait and wait for a refund. But this mystery vendor does ship some stuff to some people sometimes! I've heard of it happening(lol). I would not pay him over the phone -
My passenger would like to know why she rode thousands of miles on back without lowering pegs and a backrest we waited for and waited for. Thanks again to Motorcycle Larry and Premier Cycle Accessories for getting those things to me within days of receiving my refund from AST via PayPal. I almost made my own pass lowering brackets and saved $$ piecing together my own highway pegs:-) Also extremely pleased with the PCA rack and backrest. Also that I received a call from PCA notifying me of a slight delay in my order. It was so slight they didn't even have to call.
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I just installed a set of Advanced Sport Touring highway pegs on my 2008 C14. I have long had an issue on long rides where my legs would get numb. I tried different seats and have had my Corbin seat modified several times in an effort to alleviate the problem. Well, I took a 140 mile ride today after installing the highway pegs and what a difference! I now have room to stretch my legs out on long trips and this has almost totally removed the discomfort of long rides that I was experiencing. They are not difficult to install and the workmanship on them is excellent! I am quite pleased with them.
On another note, I have 8400 miles on my PR 4 GT's that I installed last May. The front still has roughly 1000 miles left in it but the rear is at the wear bars in the center. This is by far the most mileage I have gotten out of any tires that I've purchased for my bike, and I've had her for 8 years and have purchased many tires over that span of time. The second best ironically was the first set of PR 2's that I installed. I got 7000 miles out of those. I'm am very impressed with the performance, wet and dry, of these tires and the longevity. Even with the wear, they still handle almost like they did when new.
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PR4's second to NONE, there's not even a close second (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j180/stevewfl/icon10.gif)
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I made good use of my "highway pegs" this weekend.
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/hlh111/99%20Concours/IMG_20150208_163316_735_zps5ece41ad.jpg) (http://s167.photobucket.com/user/hlh111/media/99%20Concours/IMG_20150208_163316_735_zps5ece41ad.jpg.html)
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Anyone tried these?
http://bucksporttouring.com/c-14-tour_pegs.html (http://bucksporttouring.com/c-14-tour_pegs.html)
And where do you get Ronnie's pegs?
Tony
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Anyone tried these?
http://bucksporttouring.com/c-14-tour_pegs.html (http://bucksporttouring.com/c-14-tour_pegs.html)
Hmm, interesting. More stretch than Ronnie's, but a lot uglier and more in-your-face.
And where do you get Ronnie's pegs?
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=6630 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=6630)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=386.0 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=386.0)
http://www.pbase.com/fredharmon/highwaypegs (http://www.pbase.com/fredharmon/highwaypegs)
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