Due to increasing weakness and pain in knees and hips I converted my ’06 GL1800 to a MotorTrike Adventure this past May. Not having to hold the bike’s weight has helped but the joint pain still was there. I recently read a bulletin board post where the author had removed the OEM foot pegs so he could simply rest his feel on the Aqua-Shields (MT name for running boards). I thought this might be a good alternative foot/leg position but did not want to totally give up the OEM foot pegs. Here is my solution to that situation….. Only took me all day yesterday to design, build, paint, and install new foot peg mounts. Yesterday I got to use them.
First ride observations:
Moving the foot pegs from horizontal to vertical and back was very easy. I can see where it might get more difficult if the mounting bolt were tightened too much. I was very careful to only tighten it just enough to keep the pegs vertical
Shifting was not near as difficult as I expected but using the rear brake was more difficult. Both will take some practice and concentration. Neither were impossible – just had to grope around blind (didn’t want to take my eyes off the road) until I located the correct foot position.
Leg/joint pain was MUCH better!!! OMG, that felt good. I was even able to put weight on both Aqua-Shields which also felt very good. Being able to almost straighten my legs out was HUGE. I’m really hoping this finally is the answer I’ve been looking for.