Been Looking Forward to this Post: My First FJ

[giantkiller]

 There's a cheap easy way to. Put forward pegs on the FJ. Get another set of forward engine mount plates. Turn them around and upside down. Then trim them up. And mount them over the original engine mounts. And you have mounting brackets for the pegs with the perfect angle built-in.

Don't have any good pics on my phone. There are some in my gallery. But I can't get them to transfer to a post anymore

[giantkiller]

Ok down loaded these pictures out of the images I have on the forum. To my phone. And now back to the this Post.

This was mok-up. When I was making them.  Then just mount them over the original engine mounts and your good to go. Oh yeah rear passenger pegs work great for forward pegs.

[aviationfred]

I posted about the RPM handle bar risers. They give about 3/4" of rise. I am much shorter than you at 5'7" tall and the 3/4" rise is noticeable.

To add more information to Dan's comments. I have USD forks installed on my FJ and use a set of Dan's extentions. Whereas Dan manufactured his handle bars, I bought off the shelf units. They are not cheap, but they have the ability for adjustments. I demonstrated this to a few FJ owners this past fall at the RPM Rally. With the aftermarket handle bars and fork extentions, the bars being in the full down position, I have about 2" of travel that can be raised. The handle bars can also be rotated forward or rearward. I have Woodcraft handle bars on my 1995 and I used Tarozzi handle bars on my 89.

These are 41mm dia that will fit the OEM FJ forks
https://www.woodcraft-cfm.com/product/3-inch-clip-on-riser-assembly

On my 1989, I used the Tarozzi handle bars. Like the Woodcraft bars, these are adjustable.
http://www.fastfromthepast.com/clip-ons


Fred

[aviationfred]

Close up shots of the Woodcraft and Tarozzi bars with Dan's extensions.

In the 1st 2 photos, notice the position of the handle bars. Both photos are at full left steering lock. The first photo is in touring mode, Raised and pulled back. The 2nd photo is dropped bars to the upper triple clamp and moved forward for riding in the twistys.

The last photo are of the Tarozzi handle bars on my 1989.




Fred

[aviationfred]

Pat mentioned Buell footpegs that will help.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F264302317821

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F283466646834

[RevDeal]

Close up shots of the Woodcraft and Tarozzi bars with Dan's extensions.

In the 1st 2 photos, notice the position of the handle bars. Both photos are at full left steering lock. The first photo is in touring mode, Raised and pulled back. The 2nd photo is dropped bars to the upper triple clamp and moved forward for riding in the twistys.

The last photo are of the Tarozzi handle bars on my 1989.




Fred

So Fred and Dan,
Let me see if I have this right. For adjustable set up to do touring and "cafe racer" or even just low and forward I need:
-Dan's fork extensions
-Aftermarket bars
-Aftermarket risers

Dan's fork extensions are set to 41mm?

[giantkiller]

Close up shots of the Woodcraft and Tarozzi bars with Dan's extensions.

In the 1st 2 photos, notice the position of the handle bars. Both photos are at full left steering lock. The first photo is in touring mode, Raised and pulled back. The 2nd photo is dropped bars to the upper triple clamp and moved forward for riding in the twistys.

The last photo are of the Tarozzi handle bars on my 1989.




Fred

So Fred and Dan,
Let me see if I have this right. For adjustable set up to do touring and "cafe racer" or even just low and forward I need:
-Dan's fork extensions
-Aftermarket bars
-Aftermarket risers

Dan's fork extensions are set to 41mm?

My fork extensions were made to put. The more modern inverted forks on. They are almost always shorter.
It's an extra from going inverted. But you can get the adjustable bars that Fred has. The forward pegs help a lot. Just to have another place to put your feet for a while. On longer rides. They fold up and are hardly noticable.

[aviationfred]

The forks on Dan's FJ's and my FJ's are 2008 GSX-R1000 upside down forks. Modified to accept the FJ steering stem. The forks are too short to keep the front end at the proper height. The extensions add about 3 inches to the length of the fork. The diameter of the fork stations that the handle bars clamp too are 50mm.



Fred

[iWant2RideMyBike]

Hello, welcome to the club, and congrats on your new FJ! I got my first FJ this past summer, and I've been in love ever since.

- Gabe