Legal Eagle: Andrew Prendergast

MSL resident bike lawyer answers questions big and small...

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HOW MUCH IS A FOOTPEG WORTH? 

Q. I have a ZZR1400 and as I'm getting a little longer in the tooth, I began to find that I was getting pain in my neck and knees when riding it for anything longer than three hours or so, despite it being a 'sports tourer? As I love the bike, I decided to get a straight bar conversion and some lowered pegs to see if that would help. I'm not the most mechanically minded man so I booked into my local bike dealer to get the parts fitted and have a service.

They had it about a week, and once done, they called me to pick it up. I duly paid the bill and set off the long way home.

The change in riding position was amazing and I couldn't have been happier until about three hours in when I bowled into a right-hander. And that is when the right-hand footpeg fell off.

As I had no platform to place the weight from my right foot on the big Kwak I immediately moved over the crown of the road, placing me in immediate danger of oncoming vehicles.