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Footboards for a /5
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:55 am
by boxertwinjeff
Has anyone toyed with the idea, or maybe even fabricated their own? I don't know of Bmw having
offered them as an option. After my last big tour I could have really done with a set.
Re: Footboards for a /5
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:58 am
by Deleted User 62
BMW didn't offer them, but they were available from the aftermarket under the brand name "Henry's Floorboards". They show up on eBay and the IBMWR Marketplace on occasion.
Re: Footboards for a /5
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:09 am
by boxertwinjeff
Excellent Tim, did you fit them to your bike, or is that just an example photo?
Re: Footboards for a /5
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:11 am
by Deleted User 62
Found that photo using Google. I can't use them; I lean over in the turns too much.
Re: Footboards for a /5
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:37 am
by Deleted User 287
Tim lives on an island. There are no straight roads long enough to warrant floorboards.
You just happen to live on a bigger island, Jeff.
Re: Footboards for a /5
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 4:33 am
by ME 109
Running boards are good here Rob. Although, most of my experiences are with running broads.
Have you got pillion pegs Jeff?
You can swing those pillions forward are far as they go, and if you have slightly large feet you can span the two pegs, riders and pillion.
I've been doing it for years, and having had running boards on my old Guzzi, it's much the same.
Re: Footboards for a /5
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 4:47 am
by boxertwinjeff
Now your just full of good ideas ain't you...lol!, thanks mate I'll give it a go, never gave it a thought before.
Re: Footboards for a /5
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:21 am
by ME 109
boxertwinjeff wrote:Now your just full of good ideas ain't you...lol!, thanks mate I'll give it a go, never gave it a thought before.
Typically, I rotate the pillion pegs forward and keep them higher than the riders pegs.
It's easy to get it right just by sitting on the bike on the centre stand.
Rotate the peg itself to suit the new position of the short pillion peg arm.
Equal foot load on the front and rear peg is the ideal.
It is then so much easier to stand up on the pegs and give it to the GS riders!
Re: Footboards for a /5
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:52 am
by boxertwinjeff
Cool, so I rotate/ reposition the riders peg also to suit me? I'm only a size 9, but it should work ok
Re: Footboards for a /5
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:11 am
by ME 109
boxertwinjeff wrote:Cool, so I rotate/ reposition the riders peg also to suit me? I'm only a size 9, but it should work ok
I don't move the riders pegs.
If the pillion pegs are one notch too high or low, it makes all the difference.
I'm assuming your /5 has a similar peg set-up to my /7.
I find using the pillion pegs as well gives just as much support as a running board.