Foot Rests Pt.2

After all the cleanup and painting, installed on the bike, they didn't look right. Both front footrests were angled up at five degrees or so, surely the result of a number of minor spills I took over the years I rode the bike. I verified by looking at old advertising pictures that the pegs really should be parallel to the ground.

A little time with a torch and a cheater bar did the trick. The horizontal part of the rest should be at right angles to the plane of the flat mounting faces. It's easy to do by sight if the rest is held in a vice with the faces vertical. The heat ruined the paint, though.

Ahhh, that's better:

  I did the foot brake parts at the same time:

Mounted in place: