Footrest bracket mounting rubbers? Are they Gold plated?

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WOW! A quick search found them from 2 OEM Yamaha online dealers at $90 for the 4 . I stopped there. Mikes has them listed @ $19 for 4, but I have always heard Mikes rubber parts are crap? Any advice or source for reasonable prices?
 
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I've got a set of Mikes rubbers on mine and they seem to be holding up OK. The shifter rubber, not so much. Based on what I am seeing on the shifter and foot pegs, the compund used is not very resistant to abrasion.
 
i tryed some of mikes rubber parts, 6-7 years ago , I was lucky many of them I thought I needed where out of stock. I thought they would solve all my 30 year old bike problems. many of the rubber I thought needed replace are still on the bike. my foot rest rubber covers lasted about a year and a half they are soft so they absorb vibes nice but they are soft so they fall apart, they are a wear item and will need replaced. if you buy get 4. I got some OEM ones from a junk 77 XS400 they are holding up great.
I now pay the extra money for OEM rubber if available or used, I avoid the chinese stuff.
 
Well, here's an el-cheapo option I've used. PEX tubing cone-shaped black rubber seals. These are used on RV plumbing systems. Also used 3/8" ID reinforced rubber washers (2 per mount post), one on inside against frame, one under the thick chrome washer (sandwiching the peg bracket)...
 
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Thread update, adding a pic.

Several years ago, I used some 7/16" ID PEX tubing cone-shaped black neoprene rubber seals to replace the old, expensive hour-glass shaped OEM footpeg rubbers. These are used on RV plumbing systems. Also used 3/8" ID reinforced rubber washers (2 per mount post), one on inside against frame, last one under the thick chrome washer (sandwiching the peg bracket).

The replacement MikesXS rubbers have a 12mm ID.
The 7/16" ID of these alternate rubbers fit my XS1B's 12mm posts better.
I don't know if the post diameter of later models is the same?

Much better than the wore out rubber. Unsure how that would compare to new OEM rubber...

XS1B-FootpegRubbers.jpg


Edit: Originally posted 3/8" ID cone washers. Wrong. Memory fault, happened long ago, used 7/16" ID, and inadvertantly posted a pic of my other spare 3/8" ID cone washers...
 
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Update. It's gggGary's fault, asking how these are holding up.

It's been 7-8 years since I used PEX conical washers on my footpegs. The footpegs have been fine, still firm, no flopsy-mopsy, not much vibration. But, the rubber is getting a bit tattered.
XS1B-FootPegRubbers01.jpg XS1B-FootPegRubbers02.jpg

I have some new flat and cone washers for replacement.
XS1B-FootPegRubbers03.jpg

I like to sandwich the footpeg bracket holes with larger 1-1/16" OD reinforced flat washers, to reduce the amount of "floppy" in the pegs. Assembled, with new flat and cone washers, looks like this.
XS1B-FootPegRubbers04.jpg

But, this time I have some MikesXS rubber bushings that I bought 3 years ago, and want to try them, with a bit of a twist. Add some 3/4" ID, 15/16" OD o-rings to the ends, to sandwich the footpeg mount holes, and reduce that flopping.
XS1B-FootPegRubbers05.jpg

Now, looks like this, o-rings barely visible, much cleaner.
XS1B-FootPegRubbers06.jpg

We'll see how well these hold up. I'm thinking that by reducing the footpeg slop, the MikesXS rubbers may stand a chance at a longer life...
 
Interesting, I may have to try this. The peg mounts on the bike I'm fixing up have seen better days, and the footpeg rubber covers are totally shot. My best guess is both came from Mike's. I've replaced bad original mount rubbers with other used originals in better shape and recall the rubber being pretty dense or hard. Just feeling the ones in these footpegs I mentioned reveals they are quite soft, another reason for me to think they're aftermarket replacements. Even if these plumbing supply rubber cones only hold up for a few years, that's OK because I see I can get a lifetime supply for about $15 .....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RUBBER-CON...AG-/162932117411?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368
 
Just buy Mike's replacements for the same price and you won't have a lifetime supply of toilet washers.

On my bike the metal mount is against the frame and on the other side is a big metal washer against the mount, so it's not really rubber mounted anyway. You could probably put anything between the stud and the hole and not tell a difference.
 
The mount shouldn't be metal to metal. The rubber is supposed to hang out a little on both sides, that's what it's there for. You might as well take the rubber right out and solid mount yours for all the good it's doing you, lol.
 
That's what I was saying. It could be anything filling the gap :) But I don't feel a lot of vibration and doesn't feel different than other XSes I've ridden. On my SR250 the mounts were the same but it was more rubbery. Another thing to try, if you have auto heater hose, it might be about right. It's strong stuff and usually reinforced with a layer of threads. BTW, the 250 easily gets 80 mpg.
 
Another lil' update.

The O-rings aren't working out so well. Must be some serious loading down there. They want to squeeze out, and some got cut.

So, got some square o-rings, durometer 70, 1" OD, 0.100" thick.

XS1B-FootPegRubbers08.jpg


Superglued them to the footpeg brackets, hopefully to prevent oozing out.

XS1B-FootPegRubbers09.jpg


So far, so good. We'll see how these work.
In the meantime, have some durometer 90 on order...
 
This is a problem I didn't give much thought to until seeing this thread. I think once I get my garage back, I will try casting these in different durometer urethanes. Assuming I am capable of casting them of course...
 
Thinking about this subject, and the relative dissatisfaction with mikesxs lately, I turned to this outfit to see if they had any of the footrest dampers:

https://www.claussstudios.com/index.html

I found them when I was rebuilding a DT360A, got some of their bits, and was satisfied with their stuff (I will add that the parts do not 'feel' like OEM, so if a concours restoration is your goal, then I suggest sticking with OEM). They do have a few TX650 bits already.

They don't happen to have that damper, but I intend to email them to see if they would consider doing some. I cannot speak for the "hardness" or durability of their polyurethane material, but I do recall getting a set of polyurethane swaybar bushings for a van I had at one point, because they were supposed to be superior to the rubber ones I had in there. They certainly felt like they would hold up (cannot actually say, as I have sold the van)

At any rate, I intend to email them today, and will come back to this thread with their response.

TTFN
 

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