Passenger foot peg support?

Passenger foot peg supports a couple hundred lbs. So is it logical that i can attach my hitch to them, which would only put about 10-50 lbs of presser?

Think itl work fine?

 

pegs aren't really designed with the idea that someone would stand on them for an entire ride, most of the passengers weight should be carried by the seat and bum, not the feet. Plus a trailer, if you mean towing one with the VFR as opposed to putting the VFR on a trailer, the angle of pressure will be different, coming from the back as opposed to coming from the top.

 

Lucy, Splain please

 

I was looking at it. the hitch would be pulling in the same direction as someones foot. and with the leverage would only be pulling about 10 lbs of force.

im sure it would work. but probably wouldent look the best.

my first attempt wil be to put a brass bushing inside the axel, then a rod through that.

ill see how bad the bushing and friction will be. hopefully itl last. woudl look the best bing hooked through the axel.

 

Simple answer here, I will just attach the hitch to the frame at the same place that the foot pegs are attached not the pegs themselvs. I wont have to modify the bike, itl look great, and all of the weight will be held 100% by the frame of the bike.

 

A hitch, if I understand you correctly, which is a big if, would put the force as you accelerate from the front of the bike towards the rear, as you brake, the force (assuming a trailer without independant brakes), woulld come from the rear of the bike, going towards the front. The footpeg mounts are meant to take a force going from the top of the bike, towards the ground -- gravity. Even if the trailer weighs only 10 lbs, that is not necessarily the amount of force being placed on the pegs, in any direction, once the object(s) are in motion. It may be less, it may be more depending on the design and how the trailer is loaded.

I ripped a peg off a bike once going around a tight left hander, and dragging the peg. It caught a crack in the pavement, and ripped off to the rear of the bike. The brackets weren't designed for that force from that angle. Very much a PITA to shift a bike all the way home without a left footpeg.

 

ok

I am game but you must check and possibly add a little to support.I had my left muffler fall off one day out of the blue , just a little fatigue and poor weld. A trailer may be a bit much without proper attention.Friggin red neck!:biggrin:

 

you are probably right. tho its not really an issue. I will not be connecting it to the peg. itl be connected to the frame at the same spot that the rear foot pegs and the rear hand grips connect. so its going directly into the frame.

itl be plenty strong enough. no modifications will be made to the bike other than wireing for the trailer lights. the foot pegs will be mounted out 1/4 inch. but that won't be noticeable . and can be put back in the original place when the hitch is removed.