GV250 How To: Install Foot Boards From Richard Jordan

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[ACD_Bill]

HowTo: Install Foot Boards From Richard Jordan

Ok, folks, this particular mod is so fast and easy it took me longer to prepare for it than it actually took me to do it. As always, I took plenty of pictures, though to be totally honest, you probably wouldn't need the pictures to install these boards. Seriously, it's that easy. With that, lets gets started.

What you need:

• 14MM Wrench
• 10MM Wrench
• Standard Screwdriver
• Needle Nose Pliers
• Footboards
• And of course, Coffee!

I gathered what I needed together. Of course, I had, as usual, the most important tool, COFFEE!




We'll start with the right side of the bike (it was in the sun for better pics).




Lay on the ground beside the peg and locate the peg pin and retainer clip.




Using the screwdriver, wedge the tip in one of the open spaces and pry the clip off. Be sure to save the clip and pin, we'll use it later. When the clip is off, it will look like the picture below.




From the top, gently pull the pin completely out of the peg.




Gently pull the peg off the peg bracket. Be careful not to lose the spring thats inside. We'll use the spring and peg later.




Using a 14MM wrench, remove the upper bolt on the peg bracket and set aside.




Slide the floor board over the peg bracket and line up the bolt hole on the floor board with the top hole of the peg bracket.




Put the top bolts back in and tighten.




Take one bolt, one nut and one washer from the bolt kit (this may be incorrect, the Korean diagram shows multiple washers, but I received only one for each set).




Feed the bolt through the top of the peg bracket and apply the washer and nut to the bottom and tighten using a 10MM wrench.

Note: I highly recommend replacing the washers at the first opportunity. The washers are quite thin.




This step isn't really required but highly recommended. Feed the pin through the peg and spring. Apply the retainer clip to the pin by placing it in the groove and using the needle no pliers to clamp it back on.

Note: Set aside and save for when/if you ever sell the bike. The new owner may want them and it shows that you took great care with what you did to the bike while you owned it.




Do the same process with the left side and your done.



I'm serious here folks. This whole process only takes maybe 15 minutes if you start off with the right tools.

I'd like to extend a big thanks to Richard Jordan. He's helped so many of us in the Hyosung Global Community. Hyosung should give him an award!

[billynono]

I'll second that award nomination! Where others have failed when we needed help, Richard has always come through, in spades.

After I installed my foot boards, I tried the heel shifter again. Richard sent me both types, as seems to be his habit. I still didn't like them, so I ended up sticking with the toe shifter and I love it with the boards.

I'm curious about your choice, and I'm curious whether I would like or dislike a heel shifter on another bike.

Excellent documentation, Bill, as always. 

[ACD_Bill]

I have both "S" and "U" type. I was going to install and document them both but hit a snag. I'll be darned if I could figure out how to make the "S" type work with a foot board (almost as if it was designed to work with a peg only). So I sent Richard an email and he's going to ask a Hyosung mechanic and get back to me. Just another example of Richards devotion to both Hyosung and his customers.

Oh, and thanks for the compliment. My hope is that these HowTo's might help someone down the road.

[billynono]

Exactly my experience. No matter what I tried, the "S" type wouldn't fit right, but I liked the construction of it more. I got the "U" type to work and tried several positions on the shifter, but it remained uncomfortable.

I've resigned myself to having black marks on all of my left shoes.

[BEAR]

Any further light to shed on this - I quite like the idea of the heel to toe and just assumed that the "S" type is for the pegs and the "U" is for the boards (don't have my bike yet still another week or so) but wondered if anyone has used them and were happy - I would have thought hey would be great heel for up sole of eh shoe for down... Cool.

[ACD_Bill]

I loved mine when I had it.

[cbwoods]

I loved mine when I had it.

I just added the Hyosung footboards and the "U" shaped heel shifter to Sweet Thing! Thanks for the "How To" Bill! It was a lot more informative than the Korean sheet that came with the boards. One difference I did notice (maybe a change during the time since your write up), I needed a 13mm wrench instead of the 10mm you mentioned.

With your quote above, does that mean that you did get the "U" shaped heel shifter to work with the stock footboards? Mine works, but I think it will take a lot of getting used to it. I rode around the block after mounting all the hardware, and I couldn't tell if I had actually shifted gears or not by the feel of it. I eventually resorted back to using the toe shifter. I also noticed that I will have to get used to the boards before I severely bruise my shin! 

Any new input and advice would be appreciated for anyone here.

[ACD_Bill]

No, it was just a general comment on heal shifters. I had the alternative footboards with the "U" type shifter.

[cbwoods]

It's been a couple of weeks now since I put the Hyosung stock footboards and the "U" shaped heel shifter on my GV250. I have managed to get used to using the heel shifter, and it actually does work. At the very least, it makes finding neutral a lot easier (even when you are not trying to go to neutral.  ) I have had many incidents, where I was trying to shift up from 1st to 2nd using the heel shifter, and it went to neutral instead. So I have gotten into the habbit of using the toe shifter for that 1st to 2nd gear transition. Other than that, it works fine. However, it seems to be very flimsy, and makes a lot of "metal rattling" noise when I shift. I initially bought, and mounted it, because I thought the footboards would make it difficult to put my toe under the toe shifter. But I have found that to be a natural position while riding. So I may remove the heel shifter. I just haven't made that decision yet.

[ACD_Bill]

The problem is that the U shifter wasn't designed for the OEM footboards. Whats happening is the shifter is hitting the footboard before it completes the shift from first to second thereby leaving you in neutral.

I had tried the U shifter on the OEM boards and experienced nearly the same thing. Removing the heal shifter or changing to the alternate footboards are just about your only choice.