Zombie Skull pegs

Ahhh, good Old Ebay. The things you didn't know you needed until you found them. :huh:

http://cgi.ebay.com/...sQ5fAccessories

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And a total bargain at only $110! :biggrin:

Yuck!

I'm guessing the spike is extendable?

Uhhhhh... No. I don't think so. Unh unh.

Don't forget to put the "spike" in on the end so that when you crash it comes through your groin...

[image: View Post]Serenity_VFR, on 11 May 2010 - 06:41 AM, said:

Don't forget to put the "spike" in on the end so that when you crash it comes through your groin...


Ooooh. Would'nt like to participate in a crash were the peg hit your groin!! :blink:

It happens. Ride dirt enough and you'll crash just about every which way.

Most painful peg crash was once the peg came down on the sole of my foot pinning it against the ground. Can you say "massive soft tissue damage"? There are 28 small bones in each human foot and having a motorcycle fall on the back of it footpeg-first does it NO good.

This is why I wear real motorcycle boots rather than some goofy Italian hi-top sneaker or work boot. I've had foot injuries before and don't want to repeat them.

Also, I'm not a big fan of "frame sliders." They are just a big hammer ready to smash your Tibia/Fibula. Been there, done that -have the titanium implants to prove it.

Situation. It's a beautiful day and you're out on your cruiser. You're meeting up with a bunch of buddies at the bar to drink, stroke your ZZ Top beard, and compare trailer mileage. As you're turning into the parking lot, you lean the bike too far over and you scraped your peg feeler. Uh-oh. Now what. You can't show up at the bar with some scratched up chrome. Thankfully, you came prepared, with your skull and spike foot pegs. Each peg comes with a place to mount a spare feeler. The feeler is protected from the elements by the walls of the footpegs. Now you just have to swap the scratched one with the spare, and cruise in like nothing happened.

[image: View Post]Serenity_VFR, on 11 May 2010 - 08:56 AM, said:

It happens. Ride dirt enough and you'll crash just about every which way.

Most painful peg crash was once the peg came down on the sole of my foot pinning it against the ground. Can you say "massive soft tissue damage"? There are 28 small bones in each human foot and having a motorcycle fall on the back of it footpeg-first does it NO good.

This is why I wear real motorcycle boots rather than some goofy Italian hi-top sneaker or work boot. I've had foot injuries before and don't want to repeat them.

Also, I'm not a big fan of "frame sliders." They are just a big hammer ready to smash your Tibia/Fibula. Been there, done that -have the titanium implants to prove it.


:tour: Time for a track course? The idea is to stay _on_ the bike :rolleyes:

[image: View Post]ThomasNielsen, on 11 May 2010 - 09:04 AM, said:

:tour: Time for a track course? The idea is to stay _on_ the bike :rolleyes:



I've never crashed a street bike hard on the road, although I did once run my '71 Yamaha R5 off into the ditch back in '82 as a farmer came around a blind corner in my lane on a freshly chip-sealed farm-to-market road pulling a bouncing/wandering hay wagaon behind him. I ended up stopped against a barb-wire fence.

But even with a record like that I'm not fool enough to think that it can never happen to me. I've been on the track, although another track course is always a good idea. So is doing more dirt work. Everyone makes mistakes and sooner or later I'll make one bad enough to let a cager get me, or even do myself in with a single-vehicle bike crash. I've only been riding for about 37 years plus or minus -I've got another 37 in me I hope. Never say it can't happen.

But if we are talking about someone riding/racing a dirt bike (I started racing enduros in 1979) and never crashing then I suspect you are riding really damn slow, are staying on really easy gravel roads/2-tracks 100% of the time, or never ever riding in the wet/grease/mud.

YMMV

I like the workmanship.
At $110 these pegs are not the most expensive accessories for a cruiser and they do add to the 'theme'. Assuming that one pursues said theme.

Remember, all you critics, that these things aren't meant for you. They are meant for the folks who are looking for things to add to their rides. Not remove.

Now, that this has come up, I have a friend with a Harley. (Doesn't everyone? :rolleyes: ) A nice machine. And he is ever on a lookout to add a piece of heavy spiky chrome to it. After a friendly discussion on the virtues of motorcycling, I've realized that our views on the subject exist in... well, different universes. Not much in common can be found at all except spending the $$$ and having the excuse to get out of the house.

So, I've stopped trying to relate to the 'other' side. Let it exist in its own universe.

We can still make fun of'em tho :laughing6-hehe:

OH Damn!
I take it back.
They really are meant for us. :blink:
Just looked at the listing.

Never mind :goofy:

P.S.
"Asuption is the mother of all f-ups"

Hardleys aren't really made for riding first -they are made for displaying to others. The fact that they are self-propelled doesn't change the fact that they are billboards first and foremost. Yes they ARE able to self-propel to the next display point, but that isn't their primary purpose.

Oh, and they are noisy too. That draws the eye for the enhanced displaying...

[image: View Post]YoshiHNS, on 11 May 2010 - 09:03 AM, said:

Situation. It's a beautiful day and you're out on your cruiser. You're meeting up with a bunch of buddies at the bar to drink, stroke your ZZ Top beard, and compare trailer mileage. As you're turning into the parking lot, you lean the bike too far over and you scraped your peg feeler. Uh-oh. Now what. You can't show up at the bar with some scratched up chrome. Thankfully, you came prepared, with your skull and spike foot pegs. Each peg comes with a place to mount a spare feeler. The feeler is protected from the elements by the walls of the footpegs. Now you just have to swap the scratched one with the spare, and cruise in like nothing happened.

Were you following me last weekend or what??




:biggrin:

The only other motorcyclist at work has just bought a 2003 (Anniversary Edition) VRod, and sold his near-new (only 5800km) 2007 CBR1000RR. He's already put skinny little chromed "golf club" mirrors on it. some chromed M/C covers, and has ordered some new chromed triples to replace the 'old' ones as I pointed out the chrome was slightly lumpy looking. Now he's trying to get me to buy a VRod too. Fat chance...

I kind of like the skull.....I'm not saying that I would buy a set, but I could see them on a sportbike.

Then again, I like ZZ Top too.