Questions about foot controls

[Joe Garfield]

A couple, on an '82 GS650L:

1) should my brake light illuminate when I press the foot brake, or only with the hand break?

2) is there a common mod for moving the foot controls either down or back? My only complaint about the bike is where my feet have to be.

[DanTheMan]

A couple, on an '82 GS650L:

1) should my brake light illuminate when I press the foot brake, or only with the hand break?

2) is there a common mod for moving the foot controls either down or back? My only complaint about the bike is where my feet have to be.

1) Both the front brake lever and the rear brake pedal should activate the brake light. The foot pedal pulls a small cable that operates a micro-switch to trigger the brake light, the brake lever has a switch in the handle.

2) There's no common mod that I know of, you have to fab your own,

[midnightcafe]

Purchase aftermarket-what are you looking for, a sporty rider position? Tarozzi rearsets from www.fastfromthepast.com, adapt some stock gsxr rearsets to your frame, or fabricate your own. I chose the latter:

[Joe Garfield]

My legs just get pretty uncomfortable after not so much time on the bike. Moving my feet forward would be comfortable but the mod would look pretty bad. Down would help, back might help...

I'll check out the link. I don't really have means to fabricate something myself right now.

[Joe Garfield]

Well it's amazing what a new seat will do! Turns out someone before me carved a bunch of foam out of the seat. Put a 'new' seat on today and it's a whole different ride - different position (higher) and much better dampening. Took care of 90% of the discomfort in my legs =)