IRM Moto Sahara Highway Pegs for BMW Hexhead R-Series Review | Gear  - motorcycles

IRM Moto Sahara Highway Pegs for BMW Hexhead R-Series Review | Gear 



The IRM Moto Sahara highway pegs are simple to install and provide comfort for long-haul riding.

The IRM Moto Sahara highway pegs add a new dimension of sleek aesthetics and functionality to the usually dreary task of finding an alternate place to rest your feet on long rides. These pegs are designed to mount to the valve covers on BMW?s 2005-2009 Hexhead R-Series models, such as the R 1200 RT, R 1200 R, and R 1200 GS.  

When not in use, these pegs can fold down to give the motor a stock appearance. The rider can deploy the pegs by swinging them outward with his/her boots, exposing a convenient 3-inch perch on which to rest weary feet. 

When not in use, the IRM Moto Sahara highway pegs fold down and out of the way.
These pegs boast impressive mechanical engineering, which leads to a very simple installation process. The peg assembly consists of two pieces. A small, cube-shaped placeholder slides into the rear-facing valve cover recess, comes to rest on a ridge therein, and is shaped to allow the spark plug wire plenty of room. The main peg body then fills the hollow space in the valve cover over the ignition coil (where a black plastic protective cover normally lives) and mates with the aforementioned cube-shaped placeholder via four 7/64-inch stainless-steel hex bolts. After applying some blue Loctite to the bolts, they slide through the placeholder and into the main peg body. The bolts are then torqued down evenly in a star pattern with the inclu...
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