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Maver · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject: footpegs

right here's the thing, i'd love to take my 5 year old son out on the back of the GTs, he's keen as mustard and Mrs Mav has been looking at helmets and all the gear for him, he's got the topbox to lean on and i'll get some of those handles on a belt things so he can hold onto me BUT his feet won't reach the footpegs for about another 10 years Twisted Evil

anyone got any ideas??
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fleecemeister · Inspector Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 226 Location: CANNOCK

Get him a pair of 70's platform shoes?
Seriously though, most little kids i've seen on the back of scooters put their feet on top of the side panels, might scratch the paintwork i suppose, but then you'd be able to convince mrs Mav that you need to get a new 300 Twisted Evil

Maver · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject:

i have seen a picture somewhere of a wide webbing strap put under the seat and used like stirrups............. don't know how legal something like that would be........

doubt rear crash bars with some sort of foot rest would be strong enough?

some side panel protection will be needed to stop any little feet scuffing the paint, good excuse to visit the signs man Cool

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Rhoodman · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:10 am Post subject:

..... http://www.modernvespa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7803&highlight=footpegs

Got Wood?

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Bigianscooter · Guvernor Joined: 22 May 2007 Posts: 700

I was thinking along the same lines as the guy with the wood but more along the lines of a metal extention that could bolt on and off easily from the pegs.
I'd be tempted to go for a set of bike pegs like the ones below and couple a bracket to secure them to the original pegs

fleecemeister · Inspector Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 226 Location: CANNOCK

what about one of these rich

http://www.scootercrazy.com/acatalog/Vespa_Seats___Backrests.html

Maver · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject:

Maver · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject:

are these definatly the same crashbars??

should there be a fixing kit with the ebay ones?? are they all there???

thanks for the ebay link castlebarber Cool

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Innocenti · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 8:00 am Post subject:

they are fitted at the front with the little screws so are not that strong so may n0 good m8
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Maver · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:01 am Post subject:

i thought that might be the case........ thank you steve Cool

onto plan B then Wink

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mike oxweld · Sargeant Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 66

Blocks of wood - whatever next for godds sake Laughing

I think it is a legal requirement for the passenger to be able to touch the footrests provided by the manufacturer - point of note, this is where it all falls down as discriminatory toward short legged people hence the grey area of after market riser pegs.
I did watch a television programme once about a girl who had an operation to be stretched by a few inches, have you considered this instead? Laughing

Most blokes are capable of stretching themselves by a few inches anyway so probably wouldnt benefit from this kind of procedure Laughing

I did see a PX once that had some bracketry rigged up from the front seat bolts and that went down to form a folding footrest Wink

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mike oxweld · Sargeant Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 66

Ok, whilst we are on the subject of footpegs has anyone elses footpeg pivot mechanism keep falling apart??

It would appear that the pins are retained by circlips which in the case of my gts keep popping off annoyingly. I have tried to replace briefly with a short bolt with a nyloc but as space is tight i need to remove the bodywork to do this satisfactorily.
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elementalist · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject:

I'm sure you do know, Mav, but I stumbled upon this when looking to see if it was illegal to carry a drunk pillion.

"Pillion Passengers: No age limit but MUST be able to place both feet on the pillion footrests"

Not sure how strictly that would be applied.

http://www.bmf.co.uk/pages/bmf_main_pages.php?main_page_id=156
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CheekyThomas · Guvernor Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 1374

You can get the child seats in the UK... although they aint cheap.

As for the footpegs falling apart, just pull the footpeg out and undo the 2 allen screws further back and the whole unit comes out in ya hand Wink

mike oxweld · Sargeant Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 66

ok, cheers cheeky - will take a better look next time lol Wink

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