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Shiny Pegs

I think that bikes should have shiny stuff on them. Not totally over the top but just bits and pieces to catch your eye. I've replaced the levers with silver ones (although the originals were knackered anyway) and now I've done the pegs to match. I've also got some nice heavy steel barends on the way too.

This mod took ages! There wasn't much work but there was a lot of waiting for things to dry etc. You can't get any non-stock pegs that fit directly to the GPZ so I had to buy generic Kawasaki ones, then fill up the overly large holes with cold weld, sand down the edges and then drill a hole that the bolt from the original pegs will fit through. If you are going to do the same thing using cold weld epoxy stuff, make sure that you do it inside and that both the epoxy tubes and the pegs have been at room temperature for at least a few hours or the cold weld will not set. You can see what I did from the picture below:-


On the right hand side:-


You can also see my shiny alloy tax disc holder here that I got ages ago. I didn't bother documenting this as a proper mod cos it's not really. The pegs from the left hand side:-


From above:-


From the rear:-


You can see that the rear pegs can be temporarily flipped up (although the fall straight down again) in case I get caught in tight space or something. The front ones are immovable, which is what I wanted:-


This is another mod I no longer have. It was silly choosing form over function. These pegs look waaay better than the stock but because they're round they are nowhere near as comfortable for long periods of time. After a touring for a week with them I realised that they are not good for long periods of time. Also the vibrations of the bike slowly increased the size of the holes drilled into the cold-weld so they droop - which made them even more uncomfortable to ride with. :(