Harold,
That shape is almost exactly what we did for my Son in law's GL 650. We heated and bent a piece of 3/4" solid square bar stock and welded tabs on to mount it to the engine. Then just cut off each end leaving enough bar to drive a rubber foot-peg cover on.
Isaac,
my fully loaded GL500 with rider and passenger at posted highway speeds gets 50 miles per gallon, so 1 gallon @ $3.00 divided by 50 = .06 cents per mile. That's what I call economy, and my 800cc Boulevard gets 65 mpg fully loaded saddlebags and duffle bag.
"I'm still having a passionate affair with the Boulevard. Loving it."
Phil, It's still cheating, nothing but a tawdry affair and in your heart of hearts you know it. I pity 'Ol Yeller's broken heart. I hope she is big enough to forgive you when you come to your senses. Rusty was and I pledged never to stray again.
RichNCT wrote:TechJD, Your crashbars are mounted backwards, but don't take that as a criticism, it looks like it works good in that orientation. Normally, the two tabs seen on the bottom would would face rearward and bolt to 3/16 x 1" flat bars with a 90° welded tab on the other ends that bolts to the H-box mounting bolts.
Another angle
Angle iron with ears welded on under motor mounts to existing aluminum bosses on front of engine. Sorry about the shakes...I guess I need to do more sit-ups.
The rest is just carefully bent flatbar with rounded ends (I used a hacksaw blade for a bending template) and a couple of 3" long flatbar links to allow for a little rotational/radial adjustment for each footpeg. I chose the inside the header pipe routing to keep it all compact and my other goal of not creating a cornering hazard. The only part that could ever drag might be the peg itself and it folds up. I've never even come close to dragging them. I can downshift and brake with my heels also. You really don't notice them as being added on since only the actual pegs stands out from the bike. You notice I had to lay under the bike to get you these photos.