Highway Peg Adjustment Help

[Miles]

Hey all. Just bought a 2006 GL 1800 with new Motorttrike kit installed. The highway pegs are too far forward on the engine guards but cannot figure out how to loosen the brackets to slide them back. At thought they were socket head bolts but the look rounder. Trying to attach a pic to show what I mean. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for helping a noob!

PS not able to post pic from mobile.

 

[NC Triker]

Need a pic to understand what you are talking about

 

[Miles]

Hopefully this worked. Thanks.

 

[Miles]

They look like hexes but the bit that fits just spins with no flats to grab onto.

 

[Barney Biker]

You're using the wrong size allen wrench if it turns in the hole.

Barney

 

[bikerbillone]

What Barney said, the hexes do not appear to be rounded off.

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

The pictures are a little fuzzy (no pun intended) ... but the bolts appear to be Torx ... it's a different type of "hex" ... takes a special wrench to get them loose or tightened ... Harbor freight sells a decent set for like $10 ... these are like Allen wrenches with the torx heads.

In this pic you can see the sockets look like the screws your trying to get loose. IMHO.



I got that picture from an eBay search.

 

[tfdeputydawg]

Pic is out of focus but, I also believe those to be Torx head bolts.You need Torx head bits. Available at your local Home Depot or Lowes.

Now the question becomes, what do you mean by "slide them back"? I also have an 06 and the front tip over bars are vertical. They have no horizontal portion to slide anything "back" on!!!!

Can you post another pic taken farther away, in focus, so we can see the whole area to determined what adjustments are available to you

 

[Miles]

Thanks guys! I was not able to get under the bike last night to actually examine the parts - took pics with my camera phone on selfie mode which is why they are fuzzy.

I have a set of torx bits so will crawl under with those and my hex bits this evening and get a real look at the situation.

As far as adjustment, the pegs are mounted on the horizontal portion of the engine guard but more to the front of that bar. My plan is to slide the mount back along that same horizontal to put the pegs closer to the saddle. I will post up a pick of the whole setup in just a second.

Thanks again all!

 

[Miles]

Attached is a pic of the right side. Not sure if you can see but there is about an inch and 1/2 of the horizontal guard at the back that I am hoping to use to slide the peg brackets back a bit.

 

[Wingrider55]

I can see that they are Kuryakan highway pegs. The bolt head may be metric allen hex head.

 

[FRR]

I can see that they are Kuryakan highway pegs. The bolt head may be metric allen hex head.

If they are Kuryakan, and it sure looks like they are, I think you are 100% correct.

 

[Lee H. Mann]

Miles, you have Kuryakyn pegs.

Kuryakyn sells extension for the that will either move the peg closer or further away.

 

[bikerbillone]

Good job deputy dawg, think Torx.

 

[GLtryker]

When I bought my 2010 the previous owner had Kury pegs on the short arms like yours. I'm 5'10" and could reach them, but wanted something more comfortable. Kury offers 6" and 4" extensions. I found a set of clean used 4" arms and they work great for me. I just checked the mounting and found that the bracket that mounts to the crash bar takes a 3/16th allen wrench. Peg is mounted to the arm and angle adjustment using 3/8th and 5/16th allen wrenches.

 

[Miles]

Thanks for the help y'all!