Well, I am quite impressed with myself for not teaching my America any more sailor language on this latest project. Everything went pretty well to swich out the floorboards and brackets on the left side of the bike. The right side was, shall we say..., interesting. the lower bolt will come out just fine, but the top two in the brake cylindar...grrrr! They are usually held firm with locktight so there is just no way around stripping the darned thing! My friend and I were as gentle as possible, and nearly burnt up a couple tools fighting those stubborn bolts! (Nothing like the smell of smoking power tools to indicate a really good cursing is about to start!) Sure enough, the bolt was too stubborn and tools just spun in the hole created in the bolt. Now you can have sympathy with Soren, because my stubborn streak met with the bike. Thankfully my friend has one too. Dremmels are really awesome tools! We cut and shaved and beat with hammer and chisel a slot to turn that bolt into one that would accept a flat head screw driver. Still holding it's own, we took a hammer and beat that screwdriver against the bolt until FINALLY, it turned free! We took the horribly mangled bolt to the hardware store and found a chromed replacement and finished the install. Nothing will come between this girl and her chorme! Stubborn? Oh,yeah! Mum used to tell people I could teach Ghandi a thing or two about passive resistance. I can set my heels pretty darned well!
So now I have the shiney new chrome and new footpegs on my bike, and they look great! It found that the pegs I got were not made for Triumph, so added a couple of nylon washers to make the peg a little better fitting. I'll need to use a dental tool to lift them free of the bolt if I ever change out my pegs again. The bolt catches on them where the C clamp goes as you draw it out. Other than that, it is a pretty cool install.
