Footpeg position

[boyd]

Hello, I have just registered with the club and I am currently awaiting the arrival of a 1961 AJS model 14, I have been looking at pictures and comparing it to some pictures of other bikes and the foot pegs appear to be very far back, are they adjustable? They appear to be almost under the kick start shaft instead of under the gear shift shaft. Hoping this hasn't been set up for a giant!

[cbranni]

Footrests have a square hole which fits onto a square rod so you simply remove the fixing nut and footrest and place the footrest in the forward position, it may be in its present postion for a reason, it could be bent so fouling on the gearbox, if this is the case it needs to be heated and straightened.
Welcome to the club
Colin

[boyd]

Thanks Colin, glad to hear they can be moved, I'd have needed size 16 feet!

[Janet]

My footrests are splined.

[Ozmadman]

My footrests are splined.

So are mine and they are bent, can I straighten them without taking the rubbers off cos I can' get them off and they are in good condition and I don't want to ruin them???

Paul

[Colin F]

My footrests are splined.

So are mine and they are bent, can I straighten them without taking the rubbers off cos I can' get them off and they are in good condition and I don't want to ruin them???

Paul

Have you tried forcing a small screwdriver etc between the rubber and the bar then squirting WD40 or similar in, this will normally lubricate them enough to get them off. It might need 2 or 3 applications for it to free it.

[Janet]

My footrests are splined.

So are mine and they are bent, can I straighten them without taking the rubbers off cos I can' get them off and they are in good condition and I don't want to ruin them???

Paul

Have you tried forcing a small screwdriver etc between the rubber and the bar then squirting WD40 or similar in, this will normally lubricate them enough to get them off. It might need 2 or 3 applications for it to free it.

It's a shame Paul's footrest rubbers aren't modified* like mine. Then he could have squirted the lubricant in from both ends.

*ie, ground off.

[Colin F]

It's a shame Paul's footrest rubbers aren't modified* like mine. Then he could have squirted the lubricant in from both ends.

*ie, ground off.

What have we told you about doing "the wall of death" round those hairpins going up those Yorkshire "mountains!

[Janet]

It's a shame Paul's footrest rubbers aren't modified* like mine. Then he could have squirted the lubricant in from both ends.

*ie, ground off.

What have we told you about doing "the wall of death" round those hairpins going up those Yorkshire "mountains!

I Think the advice has always been "Don't do it, you know your propensity for falling off." They're not wrong, you know.

[SPRIDDLER]

So are mine and they are bent, can I straighten them without taking the rubbers off cos I can' get them off and they are in good condition and I don't want to ruin them???

Paul, it's no good trying to remove the rubber by pulling at the outer (closed end) of the rubber as pulling that end will cause the rubber to stretch/contract and grip the steel inner rod even tighter.
FWIW I open my (big, solid) engineer's vice jaws a fraction wider than the bare steel part of the footrest arm, then place the footrest vertically into the gap in the jaws so that it drops down until the jaws prevent the rubber passing through. Warm the rubber with a hot air blower and arrange a lever device (piece of wood or steel rod attached to Mole grips clamped onto the bare steel footrest bit) with which you can lever the bare steel bit (which is below the vice jaws) against the underside of the bench to draw the steel part downwards, finally dropping out of the rubber.
It may have been fitted using Evo-Stick or some such adhesive so some warming will help a lot.
Or cut 'em off and get a new pair for a tenner.
If you don't have a fly press or a sufficiently solid place in t' shed to hold the footrest whilst you straighten it, place it between the bars of the nearest road drain and slip a length of tube over the, now de-rubbered, end and bend it according to taste . I've always/frequently straightened mine cold but heat would probably help.