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



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!