TO highlight the advanced design and engineering features of their popular AS31GT series rearsets, Gilles Tooling will again be staging the contest they ran on their booth at INTERMOT when they exhibit at EICMA.
The contest will be to see who could dismantle and reassemble their rearsets from a bike in the quickest time - the purpose being to showcase the ease of installation and the advanced ergonomics built into their designs.
Introduced as the company’s first ever product in 2000, the latest updated version, the AS31GT2, offers fitments for the BMW S1000Rs from 2014 and up, the S1000RR HP4s from 2012-2014, the S1000RR from 2009-2014, and the Triumph Speed Triple 675/R from 2013 and up.
Available in a selection of hard anodised finishes, the TUV approved design delivers multiple adjustment functionality - for the footpeg, the shifting travel and the footlength. CNC machined in lightweight aerospace grade 7075 aluminium, features include dual carbon heel protectors and "zero-play" double ball bearing gear and brake levers.
Also seen here is what Gilles are describing as being the "most unique sportbike footpeg design seen in decades".
Keith Code's California Superbike School has been training riders for 34 years at 117 tracks worldwide with graduates having won 52 world and national road racing championships. Gilles say that "all the experience and knowledge resulting from thousands of hours and miles of motorcycle training can be found concentrated in the Gilles Tooling California Superbike School footpeg collaboration".
Described as a unique, patented design with sloped footpeg ends made specifically for sportbike and track day enthusiasts, the design is said to "assist a rider with comfort while hanging off in a corner. The top surface is wide and rounded to offer a large contact area for the sole, with the best possible grip.
"Thanks to a serrated link to the motorcycle-specific turning joint, the footpegs can be precisely rotated and fixed in 15° steps, to find the perfect alignment." Gilles say they are designed to work with stock rearsets, which is a big plus, and that they can be mounted directly on to approximately 250 different motorcycle models - this makes them a superbly flexible product for dealers to stock, with their RGK2 series turning joints connecting the footpegs to the specific bike.
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