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Originally Posted by Ariel Red Hunter
Funny you should mention the foot peg positions. I covered that subject a year or more ago. From watching videos of people riding Hawks on deer trails through the woods, I noticed how much effort, and throttle, to get over logs and such. I mentioned that traditional trials bikes had their foot pegs only a couple of inches in front of the swing arm axle hinge. Or less. And yeah, another u shaped piece of metal needs to be welded or bronze welded to the foot pegs that it has, in order to satisfy American feet....ARH
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I read that post and think of it often when im sliding up the seat toward the tank, or abusing the clutch to get the front wheel up for a log or rock face.
Many trials bikes have the pegs behind the hinge point of the swing arm forcing the use of linkage on the shifter...Makes them proned to wheelying.
B.T.W. Thanks for the tip.. I watched all the build videos on Britannia Motorcycles youtube channel and found them very informative.