Pillion footrests for a CRF 450?

Tuffers · Scooby Slapper Joined: 29 Oct 2011 Karma :

Im thinking of buying a road legal CRF 450 when i pass my test (knock on wood i will have passed mod 2 this time next week.) i want a supermoto because i dont want something that i dont have to worry so much about when im having fun with friends. My question is, can a CRF be fitted with proper footrests to carry a pillion on short rides? If not, what type of footrests are best? The only ones i know of are some pretty flimsy looking clamp-on pegs that clamp straight onto the swing arm. For obvious reasons they dont really look like they are worth bothering with. They also sound pretty dodgy on a bumpy road with the swing arm moving up and down with the passenger's feet ontop.

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

You can also get ones that clamp on the 'sub frame' (it's not a subframe as not bolted on.)
The bike probably won't be designed to have that extra weight all that way back, so certainly not a bike I'd be wanting to take pillions on regularly.

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Tuffers · Scooby Slapper Joined: 29 Oct 2011 Karma :

i only want to carry a pillion for a short ride e.g. into town and back which is around 15 mins each way. Possible across a dirt track road too.

DRZZack · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 20 Jun 2012 Karma :

I know you can get them for the wr450f so might be a case of fashioning your own.

One thing, even my DRZsm which came with pillion pegs stock is horrible to ride two up on, and it's even worse being on the back.

Maybe you could somehow bolt some through where the rear plastics are held on if you managed to make your own, just for it to be legal.

But if you think about how torquey a 450 single is, it's pretty hard to stay on the back unless you take it really easy, which takes the fun out of having a supermoto Razz

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

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Tuffers · Scooby Slapper Joined: 29 Oct 2011 Karma :

I wouldnt be booting it with anyone on the back, it would just be to get them from A to B.

DRZZack · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 20 Jun 2012 Karma :

Tuffers · Scooby Slapper Joined: 29 Oct 2011 Karma :

Hmm well its either a CRF and weld some support bars under the rear plastic or buy a DRZ400 and get an Athena big bore kit + stroker kit + 41mm carb + hotcams and then have around the same power as the crf :/

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dangerousdave · Traffic Copper Joined: 22 Apr 2011 Karma :

even the trail bikes which were designed to take passengers are only bearable at best especially for the passenger.

as far as modifying an lightweight off-road bike like the CRF to take passengers > not a good idea for all the reasons above. take anybody too heavy and you'll bend the frame. They aren't designed for it.
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binge · Emo Kiddy Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Karma :

Quad footpegs. Job done.

I had a set of quad pegs on the YZF450 for when I took Rox out on the back.
They are double length, so the pillion can get their feet beside yours on the pegs.
Did some green-laning with her on the back too. No issues what so ever.

Then on SM setup, rode from Gillingham, to Dover, and back again, twos up.

Ben