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Puddle Jumper
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Oakdale MN | I was doing some work on my vision and decided to look at the floor boards. What I did was go to the local hardware store and pick up some 1" chrome spacers and longer bolts. I removed the floor boards and spaced them out 1". It allows you to move your feet out a little further and for me it works great for using the front tip over as a foot rest,and with the boards a little wider my feet don't fall off the edge of the boards. This will not cure hot legs but I think it helps me out a lot maybe others can do the same. Ride safe Rick |
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Tourer
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Tacoma, WA | SOunds like a sound idea!----Metalguy |
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Visionary
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San Antonio, TX | Neat! Let's see some pictures of the change! |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | This might sounds silly but, if you move the floorboards out more, does this put increased pressure on the bolts holding the floorboards since they are not directly against the bike? I wish i could be more clear what im thinking of.. basically what im thinking of refers to something else that i seen. it had to do with a spacer someone made in their home and put it on rear wheel pullys to try and make the belt drive system not ride on the edge of the pully. (Not talking about a vision)but in doing this that guy didnt factor in the pitch and angle and increased stress it puts on the bearings. kind of like using a 6 inch socket wrench then using a 12 inch socket wrench.. |
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Fountain Inn, SC United States | I doubt the 1" extension would increase the lateral stress on the bolt to beyond it's sheer specs. Even the lower sheer spec'd bolts (like stainless steel) should be able to withstand that application. I've used long 55mm SS bolts to attach saddlebags that routinely carry 30+ lbs. over thousands of miles. I've never had them fail. If he uses high-strength bolts (forget that actual spec term), he could hang 200+lbs off each floorboard without trouble. I'd be more concerned with whether the extension moves the floorboard beyond the protection of the tip-over points. Otherwise, I think its a good idea for more airflow to the feet.
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Iron Butt
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Linwood, MI | Extending your floorboards out with spacers will put more force on the bolts because of leverage. The farther out from your pivot point (in this case, where the board mounts to the frame) that the edge of the floorboard is, the more the pressure exerted by the weight of your feet/legs is amplified by the lever action. However, if you use Grade 5 or Grade 8 bolts you should have no problems. As JAM said, I think the only concern would be whether they interfere with the tip-over protection. |
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Tourer
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Tacoma, WA | C'mon already! Lets see some pics! (Oh, and no, I doubt the bolts will stress) |
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Iron Butt
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Reno County, KS | Yeah, lets see a pic of the bikes lower profile with the added spacing on the floorboards. Do the floorboards flow with the lower fairing still? Sounds like good idea if they do. I don't have any issues with heat but that 1'' extension would add some more real estate for repositioning the feet periodically. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Oakdale MN | For anyone that thinks that adding 1" to a bolt actually two bolts are supporting the weight of your feet on the boards. You worry too much. As for the flow and use of the tip overs go look at your bike, the floor boards are set in about an 1.25". I think it looks better and flows nicer with the spacers. As far as the tip overs go the boards are still spring loaded so I do not think it will cause a problem,but I do have a solution for that as well( don't tip over ).
Lastly as for pictures how does a person go about adding them to a post? someone tell me how and I will get it done for all to see. Thanks RC |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | RC, first, when you make a post, before you submit, check the "Attach a file after posting" box. Then make sure the file is small, 90k I think. My curiosity has got me on the the boards, how does it affect the scrap threshold? |
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Iron Butt
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, FL United States | I think you meant to say scrape theshold, didn't you?  |
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Pittsburgh, PA | The only reason i thought of the 1inch extention adding more pressure was like i said we had this happen to rear wheel bearing with a pulley shim.. The shim was very small (washer thickness) No one could prove the shim did any harm, but later on we started noticing people were going through rear wheel bearings on the side where the shim was (pully side). Now as far as saying "dont tip it over". To me thats like saying, i dont need insurance because i wouldnt use it anyways... 8)
There probably wouldnt be any harm in extending it out 1inch, but i just thought i would ask before i would findout there is a problem hundreds of miles from home. |
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New Bohemia, VA | CoolHandLuke - 2008-07-28 8:15 AM I think you meant to say scrape theshold, didn't you? Well, it you scrape the wrong way you could end up with scrap.  |
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