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im sure if you take it back to the bike shop they would sort something out.it might cost you though[
]that’s the problem, it was in an accident and is in a right old state, and I’ve still got 2 years to pay off on the finance and a bike that is horrible and broken
I got hit by a Mini-bus driver you see, and he pretty much wrote the bike off…
I am sure XV or Beast will be able to offer some advice on what you can do to rectify the problem as Beast is 6ft4 and XV is 6ft7 and both ride cruiser/chop types, both guys have done alot of modifying work in the past too.[
]Well They had to start small….everyone does! And dont worry about non expensive solutions….they are both Yorkshire lads![:o)][
]so anyway, can anyone give me some info to read up on, about extending foot controls? or anything similar? I don’t want to have to perch myself on the back seat…
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Originally posted by sidhave you thought about getting the same controls made you see on the big cruisers?
This could be an option, take the bike to a small local toolmakers or engineers, they might be able to come up with something. As Max said it might cost. I would try to remove the standard gear ready for refitting when you come to sell the bike.
They do a load of stuff here for the GZ125
https://www.madproducts.com/acatalog/
just type GZ125 into the search box.
Couldn’t find forward controls specificaly for the GZ although thet do carry universal ones?
Retractable” standard forward control kit Universal
Price: £164.58Might be worth giving them a ring – not cheap though!
Well I was thinking, could I adjust the gear lever’s position and angel?
Like at the moment it is pointing upwards towards the handle bars, could I rotate it so that it’s at the same degree that say a commuter would be? Same for the back-brake too?
I’m sure I read that these can be adjusted.here’s a crude diagram
with my foot in the position it is too far under the peg and my ankle rests on the peg at full tilt, so I can not tilt it back far enough to initiate the gear change, without lifting my entire leg off the peg and pulling it back towards my body.
Where as if I sit on the back seat there is no problem what so ever.I’m sure if I changed the angel it was on so that it met my foot like a sports bike pedal, where the gear lever goes under the peg slightly, rather than way above it.
I hope I’m being clear
Aiways worth experimenting. Kat’s suggestion might be worth a go.
I spotted a small custom bike specialist in Aldridge on the northern side of Birmingham called Route66. I don’t know if they are any good to be honest, but they might be the kind of place that could help, or know somebody that could.
01922 459 398
Most bikes can be adjusted somewhat, you got a close up pic of the actual foot peg and control assembly?
here, like this in this short flash animation I just made,
you need flash to view it
https://neoneko.co.uk/foot.htm
surely that is possible?
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