Rear brake pedal positioning

[arsenalofdoom1]

Can anyone tell me the positioning of this pedal as the one on my machine seems to be a hazard. For example, when braking i have to point my foot/toes in to the left to ensure safe braking.

If you have to brake hard by surprise i suspect it would be very easy for your foot to miss the pedal as it seems to sit quite close to the engine. Has anyone else experienced this?

[Rick76]

Hi AoDoom - Go to Garage work - body shop - lowering footrests and towards the end there are details about adjusting the brake pedal height, some of which applies to standard footrests.
The standard pedal can be lowered by adjusting or modifying the master cylinder pushrod length.
The Deauville pedal is in my opinion, an improvement because it gives a greater pressure on the master cylinder, and simply has a better footpad shape.

growell.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=body&action=display&thread=1596

[Jake]

Jan 11, 2012 14:05:11 GMT -5 arsenalofdoom1 said:

Can anyone tell me the positioning of this pedal as the one on my machine seems to be a hazard. For example, when braking i have to point my foot/toes in to the left to ensure safe braking.

If you have to brake hard by surprise i suspect it would be very easy for your foot to miss the pedal as it seems to sit quite close to the engine. Has anyone else experienced this?

If the bike has been dropped on its right side
then sometimes the rear brake pedal will be bent
inwards (i.e. towards the engine). This has happened
to me and I had to bend the pedal back by using a box
or plug-spanner so that the pedal sat underneath my foot
without my having to twist it inwards....

But as Rick says (see above) it's difficult to alter the height
of the brake pedal unless you adjust it as he describes....

See thread below:

growell.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=body&action=display&thread=1596

[arsenalofdoom1]

Rick 76/Jake....thanks guys much appreciated