Height of rear brake and shifter

Bringing this back from the dead. Where do you guys run your brake pedal? I feel like if I don’t have mine atleast 1/4-3/8” above my peg, I have trouble finding it. I’m going to keep it flush with the peg for a while and see if it’s something I can get used to 

Shifter 1 up, brake level with the peg

I run the clown setup where the 2 are opposite of each other, my shifter is above the foot peg while my brake is all the way down. 

 Depends on the bike I'm riding, MX, even with e pegs on both, Offroad, a ittle above the pegs on both, So I don't snag them on a rocks, branches or anything else that might catch them.

Fused joints in both of my ankles and mid foot both sides. 

I run both high. Shifter up 1 spline and Brake pedal a bit higher than peg. 

BUT this year I jumped from KTM to Kawasaki, KX450x. The shifter has to stay level with the peg as there isn't enough clearance to raise the shifter.

Shifter just about even with peg. 

Rear brake is where I seem different than most. I run mine very low not to exaggerate my habitual brake drag issue. 

I run my brake about an inch higher than the peg. Absolutely hate a low lever and don’t understand how people can ride like that. Lol 

Shifter level with the pegs, brake as high as it can go

Glad I’m not the only one that has to run a higher brake pedal 

This is why I find it difficult to ride other people's bikes.

Brake, shifter, and lever positions are highly personal, everyone's preference is different.

Get on a bike where those positions are off your preferred settings, its definitely a challenge.

I run my rear brake high, makes it easier to drag it through rough sections. 

For myself and most of the riders that I have wrenched for ran the brake level with the footpeg and the gear shifter one notch above the footpeg.

A gear shifter lower than level with the footpeg is difficult to reach especially when you are distributing weight towards the rear....the result of a lower gear shifter equates to a compromised body position when shifting under acceleration.

It is Very important to test various setups / control positions. Set aside time to test all the different control positions and document everything in a little black book.

A black note book is a way to educate one self and to find a good base setting. You also create a history which you can refer back to when jumping on your next purchase. 

It’s easy to look at someone’s bike and tell if they sit down while braking or stand up. If they sit down the pedal is low, if they stand up and pedal is high.  
 

I can’t ride a bike with a low brake pedal

Over the years of setting up other’s bikes, the norm has been peg level or just above. However, the set up often depends on the type of track- levers, both foot and hand are usually higher for sand because you’re hanging off the back more, likewise down lower for lots of flat hard turns where you’re over the front.

I grew up on a CZ, shifter was so high I’d hit myself in the chin every time I shifted!!!  But it would corner and that’s a fact.

On a serious note I bet most us us run shifter one spline up and brake just a tick low.  I don’t have giant feet but most of my boots are size 11.  I have trouble shifting with stock shifter, use hammerhead lever with 10 to 20 mm extension tip.  If I can’t get a hammerhead which can be hard to find in stock at times.  I use a tusk and fit a hammerhead tip.  The Tusk shift levers are cheap but they seem to work.  

level with pegs, dial some play into the rear brake pedal to prevent dragging. 

Learning to move under the knee and not from the thigh and pigeon toe and duck toe, being able to be able to push down with knees behind pegs and not catch levers on ruts, generally top of lever only just higher that peg