Knight Design Hunter Tread Ulysses Footpegs Review - updated 25/03/2015 - Updated 10/03/2106

The Ulysses has been in Krazy Horse Customs for nearly a month now as having the clutch worked on and a "more torque" kit fitted (will post about that after holiday but basically fitted the 900 front engine sprocket and primary chain - you loose 10% of top end but the Uly will never see 135 with my, not so, waif like figure on it...) and was hoping to get to riding again last week but......  went to collect....  paid the bill..... wheeled the Uly out of there workshop...... and...... and..... (Short version) The starter clutch goes south....  Starter spins up fine.... But not engaging the engine..... talk about timing.... So its wheeled back into the workshop.

George at Krazy Horse is a real star but even he was just standing there mouth open.... Me... I just had to see the funny side of it and go Ho Hum stuff happens...

Anyhoo the pegs....

Been looking at the Knight Design website for a long while now as quite like there peg options and the standard Uly pegs are just OK in the dry but, to me, downright dangerous when wet. Having your foot slide off mid corner is, to say the least, disconcerting.....

So when they put an add on there site for testers for there new Hunter style pegs for the Uly I sent a "yes please" mail.....

and three weeks ago I had a mail from Alicia asking if I would like the first pair........ and the answer to that is the photo above...... there stock photo any my photo below....

Popped over to Krazy horse yesterday to "offer up" and they do look very good....

The Uly is up on the workbench, stripped, ready for the starter part so hopefully I will be up and running again in a few days....  will be booking the ferry/ camp site to catch up with my friends in France..... just as a little test run you understand.....  but, seriously its more like withdrawal symptom for not having two wheels for a month....

Update post with fitted photos soon and a review after the holiday and a couple or three thousand miles......

Oh yes... in case anyone in the UK is interested in a pair the import duty was just over £25....


Well boys and girls the Uly is back on the road so time for a few miles to check all OK before I head to France.....

Foot pegs now fitted....  So what do you think..

They looked big in the above photos and small when fitted on the bike...
They are the same "tread" length but with only a 3/4" drop, not the standard 1".
Can't say I noticed the height difference but they are definitely  more comfortable

(sorry the camera angle makes them look out of square)

Really Like these pegs already as there gripy but do not restrict movement and the "feel" to me is near perfect.

Its like you are on the pegs rather than just having a slab of something under your foot.

lots of rain here today so ploughed through a few deep puddles with absolutely no lose of grip... superb..

Different angle but still look tiny...
must be me cause cameras never lie.... lol...

In case your wondering the gear lever is an SES Race Products (CB500) billet job with a nice big bearing, not a bush, and I drilled a few holes to make the peg adjustable...




Well its a thousand plus miles into my French trip and i thought.... time for an update.....

The pegs are breaking in nicely.... It does seem, at times, that a little more angle across the surface would be better as on the higher mileage days I found myself feeling like I was just on the front edge and not the whole peg... Do not notice this at all on shorter/ more normal runs....

But after an "entertaining" run through Grenoble..... miles of really bad, half dug, half done, potholed (read.... where's my front end gone....) and multi cambered road works..... all in the pouring rain.... the pegs were BRILLIANT....

NO hint of a slip and standing on the pegs through the worst/ deepest holes and so called ramps..... I never missed my footing or felt unsafe/ unstable..... SOooo pleased that I have these pegs as the originals would have been a nightmare...

My riding companion was impressed with my acrobatics too....

If they wear away, break or in some way disappoint I will add it here.....

Oh yes bumped into a very tall Dutch 2009 Firebolt rider who loved his 2" drop Knight Design pegs..... Just thought I'd mention....

 Update:-

Well its 8000 miles plus later and the pegs have been superb.
No problems in the ice and snow and the right hand peg has
no visible wear yet with the left showing so little wear to the "points" that it does not show in the photo (unless you zoom in)

Really impressed with the quality of the anodising and overall finish of the pegs as I don't clean the Uly often (this pic was taken straight after a long ride out) and they just seem to keep clean, not that I've been off road lately.

Don't regret buying these one bit as these are the pegs the Uly should have come with, new.

10 Sept 2016
Short n simple update on these brilliant pegs...

Well its 18 months and several thousand miles down the road and I could put a couple of more photo's on here but I don't think you would be able to see the difference...

Yes there is a little more wear on the points but nowhere near the wear I would expect and yes there is a little more wear/scoring on the pivot point but the pegs are still rock solid.

All I can say is, for me, if these pegs got stolen or knocked off by a cage... I would buy another pair in a heartbeat...

Happy Riding All
P

France with Friends Part Three

The next stop was the very beautiful municipal campsite in St Eloy les Mines in the Puy du Dôme, just above Riom/ Clearmont Ferrand,  which is set right next to

a lake.
St Eloy has a purpose built farmers market hall and is also a "sports" village so there is plenty to do and see

But anyway enough info and back to the story...

For the last few mile of the ride o the campsite the TDM had Ben making some odd noises from the rear wheel so, on arrival, Ric easily found the problem as the rear sprocket carrier bearing was shot...... not good..... but as mentioned in part one Ric was the only one of us with breakdown cover..... handy....

So a few phone calls later a car was

arranged for the next day.
So Ric, slowly, rode the TDM up to Mountlucon to be repaired and a short pillion ride with me, I know Ric but I did miss that bus...., to collect the car...

Strange thing was though as we were waiting to collect it started to rain....
Not enough to be a problem but Ric was grinning from ear to ear.......

So I put some leggings on and follow Ric, nice and dry, in the car....

The next day the heaven's really opened up so we all crammed into the little Clio For the day.

The whole area's full of some of the oldest known volcano's and is a cyclist paradise. On Pay du Dome itself is a panoramic viewpoint, spoiled by the radio mast, and when its not covered in mist is a must.....

We also found a weird little cameo making workshop set inside a cliff face. You walk up through it spiraling around a central "ladder" structure that had these moulds on that were transformed into cameo's by the action of the natural mineral spring water flowing over them..... Really strange and even spooky place....  Is also very near this.....  http://www.coursedecote-montdore.com
which unfortunately was happening the following week..... when we were back home..... the locals were all hyped up about it as some very big names would be there.... Great day out though

Still raining, lightly, the following morning but Ric had had a text saying the bearing was in and to call later so it was a stroll around the twin and market for the morning.... Lots of "hippy" stuff I did not expect to find but also loads of geology/ rocks and beautiful local jewellery.

Long story short..... Bike fixed...... Car returned....  Rain stopped..... And it did not rain again for the whole trip.....