900LT--- replacing passenger pegs. Reccomendations

[Big Ed]

Little background.

I have an 08 900LT. Participated in my first group ride last week. Took the oldest boy with me on the ride.

I am now looking to replace the stock passenger footpegs with floorboards.

This brings two questions:

1) Do you have any suggestions, product recommendations, horror stories, or whatever on that?

2) Does anyone know how to get melted and baked-on boot heel rubber off of your pipes?

Thank you ever so much,
Ed

[Cruz]

Well I have the Kuryakyn Passenger Footboards. The wife loves them.
Look at this thread, I got them through BTK:
http://www.kawasakimotorcycle.org/fo...00-market.html

Kuryakyn Passenger Floorboards Part# 7907 - Retail $199.99 / your cost $169.99
Kuryakyn splined adapter mounts Part#8826 - Retail $29.99 / your cost $25.49

Not sure about the melted boot with out damaging the chrome.

[1400pilot]

to get the melted boots off of the pipes.........make sure the pipes are cold, and spray the marks with easy off oven cleaner, let it sit on them over night and wipe them off in the morning.

[ersterhernd]

I went with the Cobra Swept boards because in addition to comfort, they look great when stored in the 'up' position. Put mine on before I even licensed the bike, never regretted it as most of my riding is with a passenger.

[Gatogonow]

The Cobras look great and are pretty expensive. I used the Kuryaken Mini Wings, they are smaller but still work as a floorboard, they do require an adaptor.

currently $89.99

Kuryakyn ISO®-Wing Mini Floorboard - Male Mount - Pair for Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic LT

Adaptors $19.96

Kuryakyn Standard Footpeg Adapters (sold in pairs) - Vulcans for Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic LT

Because the 900 pegs fold towards the rear instead of straight up, you mount them backwards so they will fold up on the exhaust side. They also match the popular Kury driver floorboard covers. If you get them, throw away the spacers they give you and replace with 4 spring washers available at any hardware for about $.50/each.

[keith_stepp]

Originally Posted by ersterhernd

I went with the Cobra Swept boards because in addition to comfort, they look great when stored in the 'up' position.

What I got too. Love them. Super easy to install, look nice, work great. No complaints at all.

...most of my riding is with a passenger.

Most of my riding is solo, but wifey does tag along on the weekends pretty regular. The floor boards make a huge difference both in terms of comfort and keeping crud off my pipes. She used to rub her rubber heels on my pipes all the time. Very annoying. I bought her a pair of leather soled boots, but she does not think they are very stylish and does not wear them. So, in terms of money... the flooboards cost about the same as a really nice pair of boots and then she can wear whatever she wants. Not to mention the labor saved from having to clean crud off my pipes every weekend.

[900classic]

Originally Posted by ersterhernd

I went with the Cobra Swept boards because in addition to comfort, they look great when stored in the 'up' position. Put mine on before I even licensed the bike, never regretted it as most of my riding is with a passenger.

I bought the cobra swept off of a guy on craigslist for $150. They look great!