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One of the very first things I have to do on a new bike is adjust the position of the gear change lever so that I can change gear without having to lift my foot up or bend my ankle excessively when placing it onto or under the lever peg. It’s not laziness – I have a (benign) condition that limits the feeling in my feet…
I have noticed that on this still new-ish bike my boot sometimes fouls the small black terminal box that’s located just in front of the gear-lever peg, at the top of the side-stand (coloured wires protruding from it in the pic below).
The gap between front of the gear-lever peg and rear of this terminal box is precisely one inch…. pretty tight.
Is there a solution: maybe a longer gear-lever peg (the horizontal part with rubber surround), or maybe a simple cover-plate that will allow my boot to be deflected from the terminal box.
It’s only a very small issue, but I do feel a bit uneasy at times when I’m seemingly – although only momentarily - ‘jammed up’ down there!
Lawrence of Suburbia
outer Brisbane, SE Queensland, Australia
Montego Blue 2013 R1200 R, PUIG rear hugger, Stebel Magnum horn, oil-cooler radiator guard, Grip Puppies, Wunderlich ‘Trophy’ fairing coming…
I have noticed that on this still new-ish bike my boot sometimes fouls the small black terminal box that’s located just in front of the gear-lever peg, at the top of the side-stand (coloured wires protruding from it in the pic below).
The gap between front of the gear-lever peg and rear of this terminal box is precisely one inch…. pretty tight.
Is there a solution: maybe a longer gear-lever peg (the horizontal part with rubber surround), or maybe a simple cover-plate that will allow my boot to be deflected from the terminal box.
It’s only a very small issue, but I do feel a bit uneasy at times when I’m seemingly – although only momentarily - ‘jammed up’ down there!
Lawrence of Suburbia
outer Brisbane, SE Queensland, Australia
Montego Blue 2013 R1200 R, PUIG rear hugger, Stebel Magnum horn, oil-cooler radiator guard, Grip Puppies, Wunderlich ‘Trophy’ fairing coming…