SpyderWolf
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While we were in Daytona, I finally caved in and bought something for my Spyder that had a spider on it. This was actually something I had been trying to avoid for a long time; however, when I saw these foot pegs in person I decided to get them. I had the fronts and brake pedal covers installed on Friday morning, and realized later that afternoon that the stock rear ones looked like crap against the new ones. I went back to ESI's set up Saturday morning, only to find out they had sold out of the pegs. They were nice enough to ship them to me though, and they arrived at the house today.
Jody gave us a bunch of pointers about installing the rear pegs, especially about keeping an eye on the tiny ball bearing and the spring. My wife actually started the installation while I was on my way home from work, and the most help I gave was holding the flashlight and then the peg steady during the final tightening down of it.
The first step was to remove the rear peg. There is a small C clip on the bottom side of the pin that needs to come out. You can then remove the pin and slide the entire assembly out. Just be sure you catch the spring and bearing, and do not let them fall somewhere.
Here are all of the small parts you want to keep an eye on:
This is what it looks like with the peg removed:
Here you can see the difference between the stock peg and the new billet peg:
The next step is to install the new adapter. This is where I needed to hold the flashlight some as it was getting dark, and the light helped line up the hole properly. Again, make sure you do not lose the bearing or spring while placing the adapter into position.
Here the adapter is installed:
In order to install the foot peg, you use the supplied allen head cap screw. The 6 mm allen wrench in your BRP supplied tool kit can be used for this part. We used a level to get the pegs as flat as possible, and then I held it in place while she did the final tightening.
Here the peg is installed:
Then we had to make sure things were done right and the peg would flip up if necessary:
With the installation finished, the right side of my Spyder now looks like this:
ESI provided a very high quality product, with styling to match the durability I expect these pegs to have. Thanks to Jody's advice it was a fairly straightforward process. The installation took a little over 20 minutes for both rear pegs.
The front pegs are much easier than this for those who may have questions about that.
Thanks again to Evan, Jody, and the rest of the ESI gang. :2thumbs:
Jody gave us a bunch of pointers about installing the rear pegs, especially about keeping an eye on the tiny ball bearing and the spring. My wife actually started the installation while I was on my way home from work, and the most help I gave was holding the flashlight and then the peg steady during the final tightening down of it.
The first step was to remove the rear peg. There is a small C clip on the bottom side of the pin that needs to come out. You can then remove the pin and slide the entire assembly out. Just be sure you catch the spring and bearing, and do not let them fall somewhere.
Here are all of the small parts you want to keep an eye on:
This is what it looks like with the peg removed:
Here you can see the difference between the stock peg and the new billet peg:
The next step is to install the new adapter. This is where I needed to hold the flashlight some as it was getting dark, and the light helped line up the hole properly. Again, make sure you do not lose the bearing or spring while placing the adapter into position.
Here the adapter is installed:
In order to install the foot peg, you use the supplied allen head cap screw. The 6 mm allen wrench in your BRP supplied tool kit can be used for this part. We used a level to get the pegs as flat as possible, and then I held it in place while she did the final tightening.
Here the peg is installed:
Then we had to make sure things were done right and the peg would flip up if necessary:
With the installation finished, the right side of my Spyder now looks like this:
ESI provided a very high quality product, with styling to match the durability I expect these pegs to have. Thanks to Jody's advice it was a fairly straightforward process. The installation took a little over 20 minutes for both rear pegs.
The front pegs are much easier than this for those who may have questions about that.
Thanks again to Evan, Jody, and the rest of the ESI gang. :2thumbs:
