1990 VTR250

Modifying the Footpeg Brackets to accept modern CBR style pegs. By hand.



Yes, it sucks as much as you think it does. But I'm almost done.



Sneaking up on it as I want to maintain a nice radius at the base of the widened ears.

 

Been there on other bikes!

 

Exhaust before:



Exhaust after:



Passenger footpegs have been eliminated. Custom struts made. I used one of the welded nubs left from the peg brackets on the subframe and pressed it flat and drilled it for the rear strut.



The front strut goes to a rivnut in the subframe where the side cover lip opens up.





Muffler matches the rear cowl angle nicely now. I cut 3-1/2 inches off the connecting pipe of the Yosh to move it forward (and angle up more). The Yosh bracket was supposed to mount to the original muffler mount and the exhaust was WAY too far back and low and looked super dorky.

Everything obviously needs some black paint, but the hard part is over. Took me the last couple nights after work before dinner.

 

Clean … I like how the muffler tucks in nice and tight and follows the line of the bodywork.
Nice job Cap !


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Very pro dude! She is looking clean!!

 

Finished the pegs at work today on the Beartex wheel.

Clunky steel tube pegs out, modern VTR style pegs in.

 

A number 1 job Mike !


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Looks great. It'll be interesting to hear if the much smaller ones damp the big vibration the Very Tiny Racer makes.

 

I actually thought I was ordering this style I put on the Hawk when I did the same footpeg bracket mods.



But I like the smaller version for the VTR, and they are actually replicas of the new VTR250 style pegs. And the rubber has some airspace cushion, not rubber vulcanized directly to the aluminum like the CBR900RR style, so they should be just fine for the big vibration the Very Tiny Racer makes.