Large Boot Ergonomics

[no rain]

I have put a couple thousand miles on my 09AE since purchasing it, and seem to have somewhat of a problem in placing my size 13 boots on the pegs. Too far forward, and they are over the brake and shifter. Too far back and the heel of my left boot depresses the centerstand, and sometimes contacts the exhaust pipe. Today the centerstand scraped in a turn as a result. I can't seem to find a good compromise. Anyone else dealt with this?

 

[Ignacio]

Not with my size 14s I haven't....no different basic physics of having big feet than any other bike I've had. I just don't push down on the centerstand when I'm going through corners, be careful not to push on the brake or shifter unless I want to actually do something, and some Cobra shields for the potential exhaust pipe contact.

 

[RossKean]

No issues with size 14½ boot. I almost always have the ball of the foot on the peg.

 

[garyahouse]

So, your bazooka boot won't fit between the centerstand and the aluminum foot guard? One possibility would be to modify the center stand's foot pad to purchase a little more clearance for your boot to slide between the pad and the guard. You can buy an extra 1/4 inch of clearance by cutting off a small portion of the inside surface of the pad where it sits next to your boot. The pad sticks out about 1/4 inch from the tube that attaches it to the center stand. This extra metal can be safely removed. This is an easy fix. Or, if you're handy, you can remove the center stand, heat the arm that holds that pad and bend it outward slightly. It's hollow, so this shouldn't be too hard to do. This could buy you another 1/4 inch pretty easily without affecting the geometry of the pad's location too much. A little black paint and you'll be good to go. In the pic below, you can see what I'm talking about.

You can also see the aluminum guard that sits above the footpeg. Another possibility would be to modify this aluminum plate that keeps the inside of your boot from contacting the swingarm. This plate can be cut back. I'm thinking that removing about 2 - 2 1/2 inches at the rear of this plate might work to purchase a little more room for them clod hoppers of yours. Or maybe with a little heat, you could bend it a little. Got a friend with a TIG welder? Maybe you could modify it by moving the plate inward and away from your boot for your BEST possible results. On my Gen 1, this plate extends back about 5 inches from where it mounts to the bike just behind the footpeg. As you know, it's location is the reason your boot won't fit neatly between this plate and the centerstand footpad. My size 9 tennis shoe fits perfectly in there, but I can see how that a larger boot would not.

Or your could grind some clearance notches in the boot...

Gary

darksider #44

 

[no rain]

Thanks for those suggestions, Gary. I will give them some thought.

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

I'm sure BOUNCE has a medical source that can make your feet smaller like the guy who needed his legs extended to be taller.

 

[Brodie]

Not much problem here with my 16 AAA boots. I have an AE too, so I seldom use the foot shifter. That said, the toe piece of the shifter lever is in the middle hole right where Yamaha put it. I typically ride with the ball of my foot on the foot pegs with my toes pointing inward bit. I must admit that with my 38 inch inseam, the heel of my boot never gets close to the hot exhaust pipe. There are times that I ride with my heel on the passenger foot pegs and my toes on the drivers foot pegs (Interesting idea for a floor board in this area). if you are experiencing the center stand touching down, and know that it is not being pushed down by your left heel, then perhaps a bit of body english is in order in the turns to keep the bike more upright.

Brodie

 

[mcatrophy]

You can easily remove the foot shifter's peg. It's redundant as far as I am concerned.
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Unscrew using the nearest span wren tool, just hold the rear one from turning. Warning: Mama Yamaha used some sort of Loctite on the thread, but they don't mention this in your owner's handbook. It's stiff to turn all the way.


Not so sure about removing the brake lever, though.

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

Huh? Is that a joke?

If you remove that peg, how do you upshift/downshift??

 

[mcatrophy]

Huh? Is that a joke?
If you remove that peg, how do you upshift/downshift??

He's got an AE

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

Ah...well then I agree it's redundant.

 

[Bounce]

Which is a threadjack given that the OP wasn't asking WRT an AE.

His reply isn't too much different than someone asking about their motorcycle and someone explaining something they did to their lawnmower (in that it simply can't be applied at all in the situation being discussed).

 

[HotRodZilla]

Now I'm confused. The OP said he has a "09AE" so the AE related solutions are on topic. Right??

 

[no rain]

Suggestions in both the A and AE context are fine. The slight difference is that with the AE I have the option of removing the part of the foot shifter that contacts the foot, which I don't actually prefer. Thanks.

 

[Ignacio]

Which is a threadjack given that the OP wasn't asking WRT an AE.
His reply isn't too much different than someone asking about their motorcycle and someone explaining something they did to their lawnmower (in that it simply can't be applied at all in the situation being discussed).

Whoops. My apologies. I gave incorrect information. I thought the OP had marked a non AE in their profile.

 

[Bounce]

And I published the warn based on the report. My apologies along with a retraction of the warning.