Folding Brake Pedal?
 

Has anyone spotted anywhere I might get a brake pedal that folds up yet? I've seen a mod using a pedal from a different bike but I was wondering if anyone made one? It seems like an obvious thing and I thought i'd seen one on Touratech but they only do the gear lever. I had an off today and it's well bent!! Any advice will be much appreciated!

Cheers Jay

with my english will be difficult to explain but....

I had bent mine quite a few times and I learned, that ussually it is not getting bent because of the... end part, which is not foldable, but because of the lever (metal plate) BEFORE THIS END (not foldable) PART.

The problem is that the lever is lead under the pegs, and so it is too low. When you fall on the side, the lever touches the ground first.
This can be properly solved only in case, you will modify the brake lever and lead it over the foot peg. In this case when you will have a side slide, the pedal will not touch the ground, and it will not bend ... or at least very rarely.
This is (one of) my winter project!

hi jayb, no one to my knowledge make a folding tip brake lever for the tenere, a few on here including me have made up ones by welding on folding ends from the likes of xr's etc.

the easiest and simple solution is cutting the lever 'pad' to a more sensible size, i've yet to find fault with proper off-road pedals such as on a ktm, tiny and fixed!. the one i really don't get is the t*tech, you pay out for a massive clumsy albeit pretty extension which is as much use as a chocolate tea pot!

don't forget a brake snake is perhaps the biggest help!

a funky artistic shot from this time last year
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Snake brake is much easyer solution, but does it really works?
How is it in practice?

It it does I might be interested in fitting one, since it is simple solution.

As Stoic suggests, I also cut mine down by 1/3rd, and it made a huge difference - I also fitted a brake snake which again stops it bending out so readily...

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This is what used to happen:

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Jx

Well now I know what to do to help prevent my pedal from bending too far when I fall off! Any tips on straightening the damn thing using DIY tools?
I've managed to move the plate out but the pedal sits too high making braking an on/off procedure, not much fun on wet, slimy winter roads.

Without being able to have a close look (for small stress cracks etc) it's kinda hard to say, but here are some pointers;

First thing to do is remove it from the bike and work on a solid bench, preferably with a vice. Placing the flat part in the jaws will get it almost straight without over stressing it.

Or,

Depending on the condition, you could try pulling the lever straight, or using a hammer, or hammer and heat, or heat and pulling. Heating the lever up at the point you want to correct the bend will make it more difficult to work with (you'll need some really good gloves - welding gloves work well) but will put less stress on the steel

There is some adjustment at the piston (to the rear of the pivot), but it depends how much adjustment you need, it could be beyond the adjustment range, or it could be within it.

Cheers GULG, I've tried to adjust it out but not enough play. I did remove the pedal and stuck it in the vice, but for something that bent so easily in a fall it was a ****** to try and straighten. Not helped by all the original bends which position the pedal in the right place. Interesting about the heat making it harder to bend, thought it was the opposite!!

Nooo....

It makes the bending easier, but the job hard as you are having to handle a hot piece of metal, with the right gloves on, it's easier

hi, ni3ous the wire firstly stops plants, branches etc from getting between the pedal and engine, needed here because we ride a lot of forestry secondly it limits the amount of outward travel if it gets dug into the ground etc hopefully saving it. you are right raising it will leave it out of harms way, the problem with the tenere is the pegs are far back it leaves you toes pointing kind of downwards and a high brake pedal may be difficult to use

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yep how ever easy to bend they do take a lot of brute force to straighten, a sturdy vice, heat and a large hammer. funny enough early in my bikes life i bent mine like jmo's in a field which had just had the grass cut, it also marked up the casing. since the end and snake were fitted about 30+k ago apart from puncturing the casing the padal has remained untouched

and as for folding ends i've just ordered a new gear lever for my exc as i broke the end off this weekend messing around with some mates in a nearby forest, go figure!