Putting my Foot in it or on it :)

[jotajoe]

After suffering the ignomy of fitting my passenger footrests backwards oops ( it looked good in the shop ),

I've now procured a set " one we made earlier " by someone with a brain..

Mr SydneyRuff diamond..I can now park along side you with my undercarriage raised !

JOe

 

[Dellortoman]

I didn't know they had a back and front. How can you mount them backwards?

 

[chrisk]

I didn't know they had a back and front. How can you mount them backwards?

Cam, it's to do with the rivets. One rivet head will be at the back, the other has the peened end at the back.
When I had mine chromed I used stainless cap screws to put them back together, looked great, not very rivet counter freindly though.

 

[Davo]

Maybe he meant upside down?

 

[Vince]

Cam, it's to do with the rivets. One rivet head will be at the back, the other has the peened end at the back.
When I had mine chromed I used stainless cap screws to put them back together, looked great, not very rivet counter freindly though.

I did the same to stop mine rattling at idle.

 

[Dellortoman]

Cam, it's to do with the rivets. One rivet head will be at the back, the other has the peened end at the back.

Gawd almighty! Are people really that fussy? Who gives a toss as long as the keep the pillion's feet off the ground?

 

[jotajoe]

Gawd almighty! Are people really that fussy? Who gives a toss as long as the keep the pillion's feet off the ground?

It was actually a rivet issue. When I bought the " offending" pair they arrived un rivetted.
Being extremely clever I didn't think about it further than knowing I needed to rivet them.
Its a bit awkward to do so I took them to Henry.
He asked how I wanted them mounted in the bracket and it seemed logical to me anyway that the angled corner of the bracket would be up. I thought this would make putting the pegs down easier. Well it does ! too easy and they wont stay up properly.
Any way I spotted these nicely assembled ones and bought them as I need a further pair for my project 1200. In the meantime I'll rectify these.

The shame of it is that I did suggest to Syd rough diamond yhat his were on backwards ha !
Yes guys in this instance the rivets really do count : )

Chrisk...Thanks for the idea of using bolts to assemble them.
Ill leave the new ones be and re assemble the wrong ones using bolts...Happy days ahead. : )  btw I did have knurled metal px footrests previous to all this but the passengees complained about uncomfortable tingling/ vibes through the footresta.