| Author | Message | ||
     Fltwistygirl |
While you guys are chiming in about wearing down the bottoms of your pegs, floorboards, etc, my peg problems are on the flip side. One of the many things I really liked about transitioning from my beloved city-x to the XT was the beefier Uly foot pegs. It just felt like a much sturdier grip between the peg and my boot than the City-X's silver pegs. Now, 30K miles later, the black paint is starting to wear, mostly on the left peg. On my rainy ride home on Saturday, it was obvious the beefy bite is rapidly fading so my boot kept sliding around on the peg. Now I know there are proficient painters that frequent BB & D so I thought I'd throw it out here first. Is there a textured paint or something else I can get just to recoat the pegs and give it some "bite" yet still hold up to the friction of movement while shifting? Ideas? Thanks in advance! BeLinda. | ||
| Etennuly |
Those pegs are powder coated. Painting them won't last nearly as long as the powder coat did. The best urethane paints probably won't last half as long. Spray can stuff would likely wear off in a day. I guess I don't know what to tell you except that you might go another 30,000 miles with having them re powder coated or by getting a new set. | ||
| Munarin |
Anodize them. I did mine and they are holding up beautiful and it was a similar price to powdercoating and is great for aluminum and high wear places. | ||
| Etennuly |
To continue thoughts on this.....there is black bedliner material like "Rhino Liner" that would probably hold up, but it is naturally slippery and really thick. I have had some special grip paint for the floors of man-bucket lift type trucks, the ones that they do power pole work with. It will stick very well, but as a draw back it has very sharp elements in it that would be wearing into the bottom of your boot. One of the problems is that the raised surfaces of the pegs are so small that a coating will tear off from it fairly easily. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Velcro?  | ||
| Tootal |
http://www.preeng.com/xcart/product.php?productid= 27&cat=8&page=2 This will cure all your problems. These are a 1" drop but they make a 2" drop too. | ||
| Fltwistygirl |
Thanks for everyone's response. Not sure which direction I'm gonna go with this but now I know not to waste my time and effort with any home remedies. @ Ratbuell-Nice! | ||
| Mhevezi |
I did my old Chevy truck bed with Herculiner- it was SUPER Grippy! You can do you pegs with this stuff, and as long as you prep the footpegs thoroughly, it will bond very well. You can also buy a pint kit, which is designed for touch-up, and should be plenty for all 4 pegs. http://www.herculiner.com/pdf/instructions-touch_u p.pdf | ||
| Uly_man |
The old silver Uly pegs were just silver paint and they were (a pain) very slippy once wet. The black ones, as said are power coated which is a "baked on" polyester material. This is what gives the pegs that grippy feel and as it wears off you are just polishing the alloy. Mine have a few chips off them but that is probably the stones that get stuck in my Motocross type boots. 30k sounds like you have done well with them. I would re powder coat them myself. If you do tell the painter what type of wear they get as not all coatings are the same. Make sure they do not paint inside the bolt holes and be aware how the return spring is mounted on the peg for re-fitting. | ||
| Zac4mac |
If you look at the silver and black side-by-side, they are different. The black ones have been machined to give each cleat a sharp corner. That's why they are stickier than the silver ones which are as they came out of the mold. That's also why the blacks are about twice the price. BTW, my blacks on the Uly are showing silver on a few cleats. Haven't decided whether to try and fix or just live with it... Zack | ||
| Ratbuell |
+1 Zac - they are different castings. I filed a minor sawtooth pattern into the cleats on my silver 06 Uly pegs, higher towards the pin, lower towards the end, to give more grip. Now they're about the same as the black Uly pegs I put on my CR. | ||
| Jessemc |
Ratbuell - I filed a minor sawtooth pattern into the cleats on my silver 06 Uly pegs, higher towards the pin, lower towards the end, Any pics? The '06 pegs are seriously slippy. Thanks! | ||
| Panhead_dan |
I've tried to make mine more grippy and have found that because they are aluminum, anything I do just wears smooth again in a fairly short time. I thought about drilling them and putting screws through or some such but worried about causing a failure... What we need is pegs with steel teeth that don't cost an arm and a leg and would still break to keep more expensive parts from breaking if subjected to a hard fall. What we have available is really nice pegs that I can't afford. The problem is that due to the low volume of potential sales, no one is interested in creating something that fits this criteria. If someone was to come up with something home grown that does fit and was to offer them to others, they could figure on getting theirs free, or possibly even making a buck or two. Maybe some kind of add on topper for the stock pegs? | ||
| Ratbuell |
Can't really see the difference...basically I took a file, and filed the outer edges of the teeth down about 1/16", letting the inner edges sit higher and "grab" better. | ||
| Uly_man |
My 2010 black pegs look the same as the 06 silver ones and I can see no evidence that a machining process has been used on them. They look like they came straight out of the casting. Very "pointy" pegs like Tourtech are great for "off road" work but a pain "on the road" as you can not easily slide your foot to the position you want. | ||
| Mhevezi |
All, I took my own advice and coated my pegs, all 4, with Herculiner. Made a huge difference. So long as you prep the pegs, and do multiple coats over time, it will bond well. I took pics and will post here soon. I got stuck in a little rain last night and I had much better grip on the pegs. The Herculiner touch-up kit was $29 and I have tons left over for touch up. | ||
| Fltwistygirl |
Cool, please post up pics and let us know how it holds up. | ||
| Ratbuell |
The later pegs were not "machined"...they were simply different castings. | ||
| Mhevezi |
Pegs before:  During:    Finished Product:    I even got the brake pedal.  |
