Fold up rear foot pegs on 04 1150RT?

I've seen other BMW motorcycles with their rear foot pegs folded up and out of the way. My pegs have a spring in them keeping them "deployed" and out. What can I do to fold up my pegs and have them out of the way, if anything? Thanks

That's wild.

Never seen passenger pegs set up to stay down.

Maybe the PO installed front pegs to prevent the passenger from accidentally folding up the pegs ? Who knows.

Here's a link to the peg parts diagram .

You may have to replace the pegs with the correct ones. As the actual peg male end is diff.

Try Just removing the springs as that may work too. Experiment .

The "detent" is the metal, square, spacer. Hard to say without seeing.

Ebay shopping could work if you need pegs.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=0499-USA-04-2004-R22-BMW-R_1150_RT_00_0419,0499_&diagId=46_0308

Here is a photo of what it looks like now. So I should simply remove the spring? Shows what I know, I thought that maybe the bikes came that way for some reason. lol.

I don't even know if this is possible to do but, looking at this parts diagram, it looks like you have a rider's peg in the passenger's spot. Hang on, dirtrider to the rescue in three two...

http://www.bikebandit.com/oem-parts/2004-bmw-r1150rt-front-and-rear-footpeg/o/m245sch376027

Edit

Ah...Tri750 beat me to the theory.

Pat

That looks like a Suburban Machinery aftermarket rider peg lowering kit. If you remove the extra parts the pegs will stay up.

I took out the spring and they just flop forward, so I removed the pegs permanently. I'll look around for some more. I guess.

Any way to reverse the spring?

You have the Suburban Machinery peg lowering kit on your passenger pegs. With them on you cannot get the pegs to stay up. If you remove the piece between the peg and the sideplate you will be able to leave them in the upright position.

The following is from Suburban Machinery's webpage. Note the part about the pegs always being in the down position.

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Good eye!

Yes, remove both retainers and pins, delete the aluminum block and reinstall the rubber covered peg only.

Then you'll have stock, folding pegs. Keep the blocks for now as a current or future passenger may prefer them if they have long legs.

Thanks guys. I've followed your instructions and am having some difficulty getting the pegs on. I'm going to try it again later today with some grease.

Thanks for the information. I would not have figured it out. lol.

Hi Brad,

I wouldn't grease there.

The thing to remember is that the rear foot pegs use the actual rubber to act as a "spring" to sort of latch the peg in the up (and down) position.

So, just pushing inwards on the peg as you try and insert the pin should allow the pin to slip in much easier.