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Old 12-15-2013, 01:04 AM   #2
jonathan180iq
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You're talking about extending the gear shift linkage and rerouting and remounting the brake controls. Finding a new place for pegs would be easy, but doing the other things wouldn't be.

It's not impossible, mind you. But it's more work than the novice may want to take on. How much experience do you have wrenching on things?

Truth be told, I thought about this quite a bit back when I had the bike, including extending the pegs forward as well. The issue that you're going to run into is that, unless you're quite short, a more standard footing position isn't going to look or feel very natural with the more laid back seat style. If you don't also change the seating position, you're going to have a very tight bend at the knee which isn't going to be comfortable.

You'll be looking at a lot of work if you dive headfirst into this and I don't want you throwing a lot of money and effort at something that might be uncomfortable or not work right. So just take all that into consideration.
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