Hello,

Have a 2004 Grizzly 660. Love it by the way. Its BIG but runs well with (and beats) some of the sport bikes, especially in the deep dark woods. My only problem with it to date, and I run it hard, are the foot pegs. The problem is that they only stick up about 1/4" from the floorboards. This is a serious problem bacause as soon as you get a layer of mud on the floorboard, your boots will slide right over the metal pegs. This is VERY dangerious and I have had a few close calls from losing my footing on the pegs. Not good.

I have searched the net a bit but have not found anyone else complain about this. The pegs MUST be raised to hold your muddy boots properly. Has anyone modified the pegs or are there higher after market pegs available?

I may be able to shim them up a bit but have to check.

Thanks,

MP

 

you know my kawi is the same way.
and i was thinking about doing somthing with mine also.
maybe taking the stock ones of and putting on a set thats about 1" deep.

 

I'll take a look locally to see if they can get me a set or pegs from something else that are higher. I did look at mine and it look like they could be shimmed up with some longer bolts and some metal shims.

I'll keep ya posted on what I do.

Thanks,

MP

 

Longer bolts and washers. Easy cheap fix. If you are looking for more bite from the pegs after the shim and raising, take a dremel and cut out every other spike. That should do it for you.

 

I knew i wasnt the only one who had that problem. The way i fixed it was i cut took off the pegs on my old twolf and welded them on top of the ones on my griz. I just tacked them on there with a wire welder on the four corners but it holds good and has never broke. If i want to take them off all i have to do is grind off the weld which isnt very hard. I fell off mine once and came close to gettin hurt bad so thats when i decided to do something about it and that was the only thing i could think of at that time so i did it and it works good so i never thought about any other way to make them taller.

 

Like Bull Rider dude said, I just cut some metal shims and put under them with some longer bolts. They aren't any wider (lengthwise), but they do stand up tall enough where they actually have some bite now.

 

I knew I couldn't be the only person with this issue! I'm not quite the Grand-dad type that just putts through the woods on the monster Grizzly! I get on it and I have almost lost it a few time from slipping off the pegs. I'll try the washers and bolts. Did you just get stainless bolts locally or get something from Yamaha?

Quess what? I got a new Dremmel for Christmas with just about EVERYTHING attachment you can get! (Thanks Mom! HAHHA)

Now where did I put my VICE!

Thanks for the tips. I think I may even send Yamaha a little love letter about the issue. I love the Grizzly, but if I have come close to getting hurt from slipping off the pegs, I'll bet many other have too. Yamaha should be told about it. They just need raised another 1/4 to 1/2" or so and they will work so much better.

I have rolled the grizzly over on me coming off a jump (which was bettter than hitting the trees which I rolled between) Can't say the pegs were the problem. Actually, the Grizzly is quite nimble for a utility Quad and I tend to treat it like a sport bike. That is my demise.

Its so big, (high center of gravity) its easy to lose. As I lay under all 600 plus pounds of it, it was all I could do to hack squat it off of me. There were others around, but none saw me wipe out.
I got away with only a mild rotator cuff sholder injury, bent handlbars, a few body scrathes and a broken ego.

Had I hit either of the trees, I would have really been hurt badly. Learn from your mistakes I always say. The GriZZly is NOT a sport quad. Don't ride it like it is one (and ride to extreames) or you'll end up hurt. It is definetely more sporty than most utility quads, but don't push the envelope to much or you'll be laying under yours as well and maybe not so lucky as I was. Thanks God for the protection. I just don't see how I missed hitting those trees. The Grizzly (and me) may have had a total of 8 inches clearance betweeen the trees that I rolled between. That is not luck, its devine intervention. Since I was spralled out on top of it from standing it up off the jump, eight inches in one direction or the other and either my legs are broken or my helmet is tested to see how well it protects my brain.


I was a little da, da, da dumb that day. I had read several articles on how Quads are topping the injury and death rate for all types of recreation vehicles. I nearly put myself on the stat sheet!

Riding is great fun, but know your own and your machines limits and weaknesses!

 

I think I just used some bolts I had laying around the house. Didn't get too picky with it.

 

I would just go to wal-mart and get some stainless washers and some longer bolts, cheapest way. You might be able to talk your dealership into giving you some of them if they are cool. I stripped a few bolts once and my dealership gave them to me. I am a terror with a dremel. I got one right after christmas and I have just about wore it out. Dang things are just so handy. Next week I am buying a wire-feed welder, I might turn my utility Grizz hauler into a toy box. That would be cool.