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pocono1700
07-14-2014, 05:23 PM
:bs:the nice lady that agreed to let me buy my voyager 1700 says her feet get hot!!! does anyone know if there is a way to mount an extra peg or small board on bag crash bars?? thanks for any ideas [ kawi on ]

cnc
07-14-2014, 05:41 PM
Use highway pegs meant for the crash bars?

ringadingh
07-14-2014, 06:19 PM
Try a set that are meant for the front crash bar, the offset dually's may work.

ringadingh
07-14-2014, 06:28 PM
Theres a member here selling a set of new ones in the parts & accessories board.

george james
07-14-2014, 06:30 PM
Marvellas makes a set for the 1700. Good product, reasonable price.

pocono1700
07-14-2014, 06:43 PM
i will check out your suggestions, hoping to find something that will work and have a good look

JD Hog
07-14-2014, 06:49 PM
Marvellas makes a set for the 1700. Good product, reasonable price.

http://marvellas.com/cart/index.php?route=product/product&manufacturer_id=11&product_id=51

Wish they would work on my 05 Nomad :cry:

Fooch
07-14-2014, 07:59 PM
We have those. They look a lot nicer then in the picture. The wife never complained of any heat, but said they were comfortable. She now has her own bike. The only thing you have to look out for is when putting your feet down when stopping. You just have to remember they're there or you get a little rude awakening as they hit the back of your calves.

coacha
07-14-2014, 11:07 PM
http://marvellas.com/cart/index.php?route=product/product&manufacturer_id=11&product_id=51

Wish they would work on my 05 Nomad :cry:

I may have my old brackets for pegs out in the garage. Can't remember if I sent them to another member or not...sucks getting older. If I find them and you want them, let me know. You'd just have to put pegs on them cause I gave the pegs to another member for his bike.

napom
07-15-2014, 09:15 AM
+1 on the Marvellas . . .

tonik
07-15-2014, 09:57 AM
Maybe something that mounts to the front/bottom of her floorboard...to get her feet out away from the bike. I have seen several versions, much cheaper than the below...but this is the only one I can find right now.

http://www.kuryakyn.com/products/929/adjustable-cruise-peg-mounts

JD Hog
07-15-2014, 11:06 AM
I may have my old brackets for pegs out in the garage. Can't remember if I sent them to another member or not...sucks getting older. If I find them and you want them, let me know. You'd just have to put pegs on them cause I gave the pegs to another member for his bike.

coacha, so you are saying if I change the brackets to what you have they will fit my 05 Nomad?

coacha
07-15-2014, 01:15 PM
No, it is an additional bracket that goes on your bike to fit footpegs to.

kawboysix
07-15-2014, 01:30 PM
What kind of shoes or boots is she wearing? Maybe she needs something vented with cloth or mesh on the sides that will allow air to pass through. Is she wearing solid leather boots? Much easier and cheaper than modifying the ride if so.

JD Hog
07-15-2014, 01:37 PM
No, it is an additional bracket that goes on your bike to fit footpegs to.

OK, thanks for the info. I have emailed the company about this and see what I hear back.

pocono1700
07-15-2014, 02:30 PM
she has tried all kinds of boots; it her right foot that she says gets hot so I guess its off the exhaust!! its a 2012 so I have the fan that's suppose to help. thinking of trying the marv pegs:crazy:

Peg
07-15-2014, 03:19 PM
You should think about wrapping your pipes and / or spraying them with a UHT ceramic ultra high temp paint.

I wrapped mine, not painted, and they're now painted, not wrapped... Either way temperatures are lowered. One day I'll get around to wrapped and painted.

AZ Voyager
07-15-2014, 03:46 PM
Another thing to consider is if you are running stock pipes, her foot is sitting right over the Cat. mine complained until I changed the pipes and got rid of the aweful CAT. it is amazing how much heat those things produces.

pocono1700
07-15-2014, 06:34 PM
thanks az voyager!!! I think you have it figured out, could I put slip on mufflers and remove cat material ? I really don't want to do full system?

Peg
07-16-2014, 01:46 AM
Slip ons - either Cobra or V&H - are pretty much what's mostly available. V&H do a 2 into 1 full system, and you will have noticed on the forum with a search that Freedom Performance True Duals are very very popular, but otherwise it's Cobra or V&H. Either one will get rid of the cat material, since that's in the mufflers not the headers.

I've put Cobra scalloped tip slip-ons on mine, and they certainly do help... But I'd still give the wrap and / or paint most of the credit for heat reduction.

pocono1700
07-16-2014, 04:17 PM
thanks for all the help I will try the slipons first and then the wrap or paint if needed. I love the vba kawi on

JD Hog
07-17-2014, 02:26 PM
Just received this email back from Marvellas


Yes, the 1700 Adjustable Passenger Footrests should fit on a 2005 Vulcan Nomad 1600. If you have any additional questions or concerns, feel free to contact us and we will gladly work with you.


Just looked at the adjustable footrest on their Website and my passenger footrest on my bike and don't see how this is possible. :ohno: :shrug:

TS Tinker
07-20-2014, 01:22 AM
You should think about wrapping your pipes and / or spraying them with a UHT ceramic ultra high temp paint.

I wrapped mine, not painted, and they're now painted, not wrapped... Either way temperatures are lowered. One day I'll get around to wrapped and painted.

UHT or VHT? I just did this to my Voyager with VHT. I also rapped the pipes after Curing the VHT. I have not tried it out yet as I did several other
needed maintenance services while I already had the bike stripped down. I should have it all back together and on the road tomorrow.

A friend that rides with me has a 12 Voyager with the KAMS and still notices the excessive heat off the pipes on the right side. All big bore bikes make a lot of heat. Be they Harley, Victory, Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, or Kawasaki. If I left any maker out just plug them in. All big bikes make big heat. What's the old saying " if you can't take the heat......."

The hottest bike I have ever been on was an Ultra I rented last year in Sandi ago. The 1700 is ice cold compared to it.

Peg
07-20-2014, 03:40 AM
UHT or VHT? ...

Yep... VHT. My bad.

I had them wrapped alone, but the heat shield clamps worked loose on the wrap and frayed it. I considered just coating the damaged wrap with the VHT Ceramic paint, but instead removed it and painted the pipes themselves.

It does seem to reduce the temps this way... But I'll probably wrap them again anyway at some point, and VHT paint the wrap to give it a bit of strength.

Cajunrider
07-20-2014, 10:09 AM
I had the same issue until I removed the CAT. It was cooking my wife's right foot and calf. Put a set of V&H true dual headers and Rinehart slip-ons along with open air breather and richer fuel map. The air cooled engine is still pretty warm but problem solved.