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I’m on the tall side, 6’2” ish with long legs. Thought I’d lower the pegs on my 2023 Honda CRF250R. Also like the moving back part too. We have a guy on our Houston MX Facebook page that makes these. Thought I’d try them. Installed them tonight. They fit like they grew there, nice machine work too.
Hope to get to the track later in the week if it drys up. https://adamsmx.com/store/product/p_3150690
Subbing steel for aluminum ... hmm.
I thought about that. But it’s about twice as thick as steel brackets I removed. Although bolted to an aluminum frame. Lots of aluminum in this day and time.
Call me cheap but $180 For some little foot peg brackets is pretty nuts. Especially considering materials amounts to about $10. Wild times.
What do you think his license of Solidworks costs per year? How much do you think that CNC machine he uses cost him? You think a raw block of aluminum costs $10?
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I’ve tried them on my 23 crf450 and the pins bent within the first two rides. The pegs started to point towards the ground. Also the brackets hung up on ruts pretty bad. I took them off after one weekend.
Yeah, the way the cast part of the peg only covers about half of the pin it's easy to see it creates a fulcrum point in the middle of the pin. Not ideal.
I started this post a good while back. Have not ridden with lowing brackets on my bike yet. Hurt my hand and can’t ride. Tried to pull my index finger off my left hand. Even though I was not successful in pulling my finger off, it’s going to be a while before I can ride. I tip the scales at bout 234 now days, porked out lately. Being old and slow I’d doubt I’m aggressive enough to bend the pins but never know being a big guy. Will find out in another few weeks how they hold up.
Yeah I’ve seen enough questionable aluminum pegs shear clean off from minimal impact, Like YZed250 said subbing steel for aluminum (From a brand I don’t know) in that high stress of an area is a no for me.
Imagine landing a decent sized jump and your foot peg rips clean off, it’s not going to be fun. If you want some quality aluminum parts, and lowered pegs check out some of Fastway’s offerings. Made in the US, used by tons of GNCC guys, gobs of adjustability and I’m pretty sure one of the PC guys were running their ankle saver pegs this year after Tomac’s injury in SX. I just retired a set that had been hammered for 7 years and 300+ hours. Anodizing is gone, but still no sag or structural damage to the pegs. Replaced them with another set for a piece of mind.
I know this post is dated but I wanted to address a few things. I am the owner of AdamsMx and I machine these peg brackets in Texas.
1, Admittedly, early on I had an issue with a few customers bending pins, I upgraded the grade of steel for the pin and it hasn't been a problem since; and I offered to upgrade any older customers for free.
2. No. The material does NOT "cost me $10." Lol.. this is 7075 Fortal Nickel Aluminum Alloy, and with hardware included cost me about $70 per set in materials alone...this isnt including machine tooling, fluids, software, machine time, shipping and more.
3. With #2 in mind coupled with the thickness and radii of the part it is MUCH stronger than your oem bracket (while still being lighter) and has been thoroughly tested in sim and by pro riders alike. (As well as over 220+ customers over the last 3 years) I have more than 150 hours ride time on these alone with 450s and I'm 243 lbs with gear and 6'4".
These have been refined and I am still willing to take feedback from customers to improve them further.
If anyone has any questions or is interested message me at cuttingedgemx@hotmail.com or check them out on AdamsMx.com
Im a process engineer at a machine shop and I was laughing at some of these responses as well. The radiuses you have in these helps a ton and to be honest 6061 probably would be fine as well but 7075 is a good call.
As far as the pins bending, Fastway does a great job preventing this by using that spacer that presses into the peg and takes up that gap between peg and peg mount. I don't think you'll ever get a spacer between the peg and your brackets that are tight enough to make a difference since they are cast pegs with too much variance.
But if you fixed the pin issue with stronger material thats the easiest way to do it, maybe 4340 is probably your best bet with regards to strong pins.
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