Grinding down pointy cams on C10 footpegs

[Stasch]

Thought I would post this up for new C10 owners going through their newly acquired machines.

Grinding down pointy cams on C10 footpegs

These pointed cams do not allow the footpeg to fold up enough, forcing the peg to leverage concentrated pressure on both the footpeg and bracket, often cracking or breaking one or both during a minor tip-over.

The OEM cost to replace these 2 parts is about $200 per side!  (about half that at Murph's).

Here's a simple fix anyone can do with a bench grinder to greatly reduce the likliehood of footpeg / bracket casualties.


Grind the cam down as shown by the red line.

The following pics show significantly smaller peg fold up angle resulting from relieving the cam point, effectively reducing it from being a pressure point during a tip-over.

OEM:

GROUND OFF:

 

[SethInIllinois]

I wonder what was the design logic to providing that travel-limiter?

I've also thought the stock pegs on these look like a late design change to shift the pegs forward after the geometry of the peg bracket and associated frame mounting had already been finalized (and perhaps patterns/molds built). I don't have any info on it, but the way the pegs themselves have the offset mount that shifts them forward from the pivot pin just looks like a kludge, or the kind of aftermarket fix. All the Kawasakis I've seen from the same design era have the pegs straight off the pivot pins.

 

[connie_rider]

My guess is;
The pegs are made to stop the bike from going all the way over in a minor tip over.
Not going all the way over would help prevent; some damage to the bike, injuries to a rider, or the bike pinning a rider down.

As we know the pegs don't do that, they just break...

I highly recommend that new members do this simple trick.
It will save you from breaking your pegs in a minor drop.

Ride safe, Ted