Ooowww, over here too. Broken shifter/footpeg mount

[Bugnut]

Were you way off-line, or do they scatter those blue dots randomly over the road?

Down here these blue ones are dead center in the lane, not the center of the road. But even the center of the road has these dots, but usually the round variety and yellow. With those if I'm not positioned in the lane correctly, the peg will ride those dots like reading braille! In this incident, I was really well positioned and smoothly carving the corner. This little blue meaney just reached out and bit my peg!

I contantly try to improve my riding line and now that I'm "somewhat" better at it than I was when I was younger, I have to deal with these hydrant markers in the middle of my lane!

Thanks for the kudos Dave. Should have some nice shots and vid after a run to Solomons Castle and the Boat in the Moat this weekend.

Mike

[maxtog]

Down here these blue ones are dead center in the lane, not the center of the road.

That is crazy!  We have those blue things on many roads in Virginia, too.  But they are always in the center of the road (where the lines are), not the center of the lanes!  Sounds like an excellent task for a motorcycle special interest group to go after...

[TXIN]

Bugnut Mike, I'm glad to hear you are OK.  After riding with you several times, I can say you are are one tall and fast rider that really uses the ground clearance on the C14. 

Forum members, Mike is also known locally for taking great photos and videos as he strafes the corners here in west central Florida. 

Mike, be careful out there!

Best wishes,
Dave
Bradenton Florida

Out of curiosity, how's Bradenton? I grew up on the corner of 43rd Ave and 79th St, off of Cortez headed out to the beach. I haven't been back in 10 years and I miss it all the time.

[lt1]

That makes sense.  May I suggest contacting your local AMA or MSF to request that they contact the local MVD / highway department / legislators?  I think it is a safety issue, but I'm not sure I'd want to explain the situation of how I lost the peg.  Perhaps it would be better to couch it as a road hazard to motorcycles.

As I said before, I don't recall seeing them in AZ, not counting the fact that my peg dragging is a rare enough occurance that I probably wouldn't have anything to worry about anyway.

[Son of Pappy]

Here in WA state we have lots of dots, or turtles as we call them.  Heavy rain, night time and the lines dissapear, but them turtles are still visible.  It is a hazrd we talk about during road hazards and again during line selection when entering a corner.  Goes kinda like this, "it's wet out, the lines are gone, but walla, there's a bunch of turtles staying up late to help guide you along the road, what happens when a tire hits one?  Yes, they are slick, which is another traction changer so be aware of that.  I ask the class if anyone had ever hit one or heard of a friend who had, I most always get a yes, my next question is who sees a problem with this?  I hear the "It's slick", I ask another lead in question, "where are the turtle placed"?  In the middle of the road for lane dividers.  Yes, so if you are going around a corner and a tire (or peg) hits one what is the problem, providing you recover?  The bike has crossed into the oncoming lane.  It only takes a bit of imagination to see how that could be bad.  I have heard rumor that they are really there to help blind people drive, brail is a medium of communication, right?

[Bugnut]

It's not a huge deal generally. The problem comes in when the dots are marking a hydrant in a corner. And that's not too often. And of course when wet.

Thanks for the suggestions on contacting local help with legislation change. Floriduh doesn't really care much about road hazards. Much like other states, they lay down paint "tape" for pedestrian crossings and lane markings. That stuff is slick even in dry conditions! Then there are the rain grooves cut in the concrete of many freeway slabs. Love those!

For sure I'm going to be watching closer to those dotz that might lurk in a corner!

Mike

[lt1]

Reviving an old thread...  Since I posted that the blue dots don't seem to exist in AZ, I've been seeing them everywhere.   Middle of lanes, between lanes, on wide streets and narrow ones.  It amazes me just how fast they were installed after my post in this thread, as I simply couldn't have been that oblivious before.  LOL

[Excavator]

We have them here also, if there's a fire hydrant there will be a blue reflector marking it's location and they're always in the center of the lane.........

[VirginiaJim]

...as I simply couldn't have been that oblivious before.  LOL

Definitely wouldn't describe you as oblivious....

[maxtog]

We have them here also, if there's a fire hydrant there will be a blue reflector marking it's location and they're always in the center of the lane.........

Really, I do think it is insane for installers to put them in the middle of lanes.  They should only be placed between lanes or on the shoulders.  If they were placing them in the middle of lanes in my locality or state, I would be writing the DMV/city/MSF/whomever I could find, complaining about it STRONGLY.

[Taff]

Glad you are OK but that's quite a repair.

Jon.

[Boomer]

OEM pegs are designed to flip up and back for exactly that reason.
Chances are that if you had the OEM pegs on the peg would have lost the feeler, maybe.
Because your peg couldn't flip up it transferred all the force to the next weakest component.
Glad you didn't come off and it only cost a couple of hundred bucks to fix, but I'd be wary of cornering hard with those pegs on again. Next time you might not be so lucky.

[The Pope]

Because your peg couldn't flip up it transferred all the force to the next weakest component.

And the next weakes component would be? Your .... foot and/or leg? 

I think I'd rather have the peg to take that hit. Much easier to get it fixed/replaced.

[Bugnut]

OEM pegs are designed to flip up and back for exactly that reason.
Chances are that if you had the OEM pegs on the peg would have lost the feeler, maybe.
Because your peg couldn't flip up it transferred all the force to the next weakest component.
Glad you didn't come off and it only cost a couple of hundred bucks to fix, but I'd be wary of cornering hard with those pegs on again. Next time you might not be so lucky.

Actually Boomer, that's kind of why I've switched back to the stockers. The Buell pegs do utilize the stock spring and action of swinging up and back. But my real problem was 1) my position in the lane placing the peg in such a way that it was directly in the line of the dot, and 2) that my somewhat agressive riding style put that peg firmly on the ground as I rounded the corner. Knowing that peg took such a hit had me thinking, "no way I'm trusting that peg anymore!" But I think my 1-2 punch of "bad" line and body position would have still destroyed the stock peg and feeler, and probably that frame bracket too.

My general riding had compleatly ground off the feeler and about a half inch of the stock pegs mass. Riding with my body and bike in line into a corner put much of the peg in danger of grinding away. As I've "matured" as a rider, I now shift my body mass to the inside and keep the bike more upright. I still nick the stock pegs now and then, but no where near what I did with them in the first year, and then with MCL brackets the second year, and even less so than with the Buellers.

Another item that allowed me to return to the stock pegs and height were Larry B's highway bars. Now if I'm in the twisties I can keep the up-tight foot position and on the relaxing straghts, put my foot up. That was the whole reason for going with a more relaxed peg position of the Buell pegs. I have horrendous knee joints and giraffe legs that don't fold so well.

Yep, feel lucky I didn't go down or have anything other than a story to tell and a couple hundred less dollars in my wallet, but I also feel more confidant in the stability of this bike in almost any riding situation. My lastest 2000 mile journey had me at Wolf Pen Gap and Deals Gap for a bit more than a week. Only tickled the pegs once and only for a nano second. But still roasted a rear tire to it's limits though!

Mike

[mcclaskeyj]

  I've got one of those right on the main road I turn onto every morning! Thanks for the head's up and sorry you had to learn about it the hard way.