forward controls?

[jsandidge]

Are there any kits available for forward controls on our GS bikes? I have rather long legs, and think this may improve comfort.

 

[tkent02]

Getting rid of the ladie's model would do more.

 

[jsandidge]

expected

expected

Getting rid of the ladie's model would do more.

Well, I expected that one. But, does anyone have info on forward controls?

 

[bwringer]

Eh, don't mind tkent -- the mere mention of an L model GS makes him grumpy. We suspect some sort of L-related PTSD, maybe childhood trauma...

Although he does have a point -- the "standard" GS models have more leg room than the L models.

In any case, no one ever made a forward control kit, even back in the '80s.

I've seen a few very sketchy homemade forward control setups (lengths of rusty, bent all-thread, that sort of thing) and maybe one home-brewed setup that didn't look immediately frightening. I believe it might have been pieced together from assorted aftermarket bits scavenged from metric cruisers. Perhaps you could visit your local bike boneyard?

Lots of people have highway pegs mounted to their GS crash bars or frame, so perhaps that would be a good middle ground -- a place to stretch your legs when needed, but the controls are back where they belong, under your body.

 

[woodsrider250]

I had a set of old Markley floor boards/controls for my CB750k. Certainly not made any longer.

 

[scrapper]

There are some kits on ebay for about 140. You have to do the welding .
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TC-Bros-Uni...02-0010-/400709861618?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

 

[scrapper]

There is some info on here. http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16124

 

[Steve]

I have rather long legs, and think this may improve comfort.

Getting rid of the ladie's model would do more.

Although he does have a point -- the "standard" GS models have more leg room than the L models.
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Lots of people have highway pegs mounted to their GS crash bars or frame, so perhaps that would be a good middle ground -- a place to stretch your legs when needed, but the controls are back where they belong, under your body.

I, too, belong to the "long leg" club.

I can verify there is more room on the G than on the GL. Click on the "Family Portrait" link in my signature, you will quickly see how I know.

I have spent many hours a day for consecutive days on my 850, with no problems. One trip was about 800 miles, a three-day trip around parts of New England, riding two-up. If that doesn't force a degree of discomfort, nothing will. We could have kept going, but we both had to get back to work.

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