Ive spoken to GMC about his footpegs and he only does ones for TM’s but he said from his info they should fit 79-86 RM’s and PE’s. So before buying I would need to do some more research to make sure they would work as I wouldn’t want to pay $165 and then find out they don’t fit. But if any one has them on a 79/80 RM and can tell me they are a good fit and use the stock springs then they should be right for my bike. Next issue, he cant make any till end of January and I really wanted some before the end of the yr so I can get them fitted to my frame a make sure they fit ok and do a dry assembly before blasting and painting it as I don’t want to get it painted and find things still are not right and welding/grinding needs to be done after ive got it painted.. So this whole pegs drama is holding things up for me. I work in then trade and know what its like to be extremely busy so there’s no way I’m going to put pressure on GMC to make me a set asap. So in the meantime I’m still prepared to search around.
I’ve had no success with Vintage iron, Rage racing, Vintage Suzuki or AMS racing but I thought it was worth while inquiring to AMS since they had such a large range for other bikes but am waiting on reply.
Does any one else know of any other specialist vintage places I could try?
Surely there is some other places that make pegs for old RM’s or even mid 80’s RM’s.
I found a photo of a RM 250 T on the Pro Form pipe site and it has some different pegs on it but the photo isn’t close up enough to really see what they are.
Another thing ive just noticed is that the 79/80 has different RH peg mount to the 80/81 PE so im wondering if that could have been the cause of my problem of the new 91 onwards RM pegs not quite positioned out wide enough and the kick starter hitting the spring right on the corner of where the spring hooks in. Andrew from Monster racing said he didn’t have this problem with RM 400 79/80 so I’m now wondering if its differences in the RH peg mount or kick starters or how the RM 400 motor sits in the frame.
My next idea is to go back to the idea of using the new RM pegs and get a 79/80 RM 250/400 RH pegs mount to see if that makes a difference. I cant see why it would be different to the PE mount though. You can see the part numbers below.
Has any one got an old peg mount off 79/80 RM 250/400 they can give me or lend to me? I would just need to borrow it to compare to my PE peg mount and then I can return it.
Another idea ive come up with is using pegs from late 80’s to about 1990 off RMX/RM as they still used the same springs as the PE’s and old RM’s but the in 91 they changed to the newer style springs which ive got. I would imagine RM/RMX pegs from 88-90 still are not that good but I haven’t found anyone who makes aftermarket replacements for them yet. They all start from 91 onwards models.
Part # = 43510-40600
Part Description = HOLDER,FRONT FOOTREST,RIGHT
Model Count = 4
PE250T 1980 246 PE250 DUAL PURPOSE
PE250X 1981 246 PE250 DUAL PURPOSE
PE400T 1980 397 PE400 DUAL PURPOSE
PE400X 1981 397 PE400 DUAL PURPOSE
Part # = 43510-40401
Part Description = HOLDER,FRONT FOOTREST,RIGHT
Model Count = 4
RM250-N 1979 246 RM250 OFF ROAD
RM250-T 1980 246 RM250 OFF ROAD
RM400N 1979 417 RM400 OFF ROAD
RM400T 1980 417 RM400 OFF ROAD
