My ......... 2010 Suzuki M800 Intruder

Here's some pics of my Intruder (Has added footboards & tail cap)- Have sissybar & rack currently detached- Love it!

Looking good & much nicer with the cowl fitted, very sleek looking.

Are your foot boards on the wrong sides? Looks back to front to me. Lovely looking machine all the same

Bloody hope not- they were fitted by the showroom mechanic from new- come to think of it, i'm sure i asked the same question when i got it delivered!

They are in the shape of feet if you look at them, would be easy to swap over if they are.

Will check it out- i'm sure i was told they were handed when i asked

Canny ride Paul .... I'd agree with Crash on the fottboards, they should follow the shape of feet I think ......

I have been looking at the footboards. The heel is the main area as the toe is just a rest. The front wheel needs to clear the footboard - hence the cutout. The C800 has a different shape/ position but I wonder, maybe these are right for the M. Turning them round would alter the position, as the bracket is not central. I would like to think the mechanic got it right but that does not always follow suit!! I look forward to the solution to this puzzle!

So do I, will be my mission to find out

Nice bike mate.

Nice bike. We luvs a puzzle here.

Nice looking ride
Funny how we always want what we ain't got you have the M and wanted footboards, I have the C and want pegs.

No puzzle on the foot plates, they are on the wrong sides.
They are foot shaped, so unless your a stuntman and ride backwards they are facing the wrong way.
There is more foot plate under the brake than before it.
10 minutes with a socket and all will be good

Paul do not go back for a service,(unless they do it for nothing as an apoligy)they are definatley the wrong way round,you are supposed to be able to be able to rest your full foot before applying the brake or using the gears,go back and ask to to see the manager,get some goodies for your bad experience.Use these photos and tell him you will seek professional advise for the wrong fitting of these parts.Your bike looks well all the same,that seat cowl really sets it off.

Cheers for all the nice comments & advice. (particularly if they are on the wrong way) Going to have a look now i think to see if handed. What you may not be to see by the pic is the "slope" at the rear what majority of my heal/foot comfortably rests on- this would be tailoring away from my toes with no contact if reversed?

It'll come to light soon!

Yours Look just like the Highwayhawk ones to me, only yours are facing the other way

Well holy shit, how right you are!

Unbelievable! .....This is going to be interesting when I phone the very well known north east motorcycle shop i bought the bike from!

Thats very reason that I service and do all mechanical work on all my vehicles, without exception. I will not allow some no nothing kid that has been trained by older no nothings to work on anything that my life depends on.
The only time my bikes ever go near a garage or dealership is for the first service from new & thats only because the from new warrantee dictates that the first service is done by a recognised dealership but even then I take them home and double check everything.
If they cant put the foot boards on properly, for fucks sake don't ever let them do anything mechanical on it.

Think I'll just swop them myself- Well capable, I just wrongly assumed and put trust in the shop I bought it from.

I supposed thats why my gear lever fell of when I was sitting on it in my garage with 0 miles on the clock. (I found a bolt loose holding the lever onto the spindle)

Mr Intruder wrote:

Thats very reason that I service and do all mechanical work on all my vehicles, without exception. I will not allow some no nothing kid that has been trained by older no nothings to work on anything that my life depends on.
The only time my bikes ever go near a garage or dealership is for the first service from new & thats only because the from new warrantee dictates that the first service is done by a recognised dealership but even then I take them home and double check everything.
If they cant put the foot boards on properly, for fucks sake don't ever let them do anything mechanical on it.

Trouble is if you know less than the 'know nothings' you need to trust a mechanic for service. Not all are poor. It's like all professions - some are better than others. It would be unfair to label all mechanics as rubbish. I know some locally who are good and 2 who are brilliant. I agree avoid the bad ones. I try to go where I know who is doing the work. I agree the warranty thing means sometime you trust your bike to someone you don't know. So far I have found my bikes have been serviced ok. The larger dealers with anonymous young men in blue overalls may pose a problem. Any other members found a good mechanic? Or are they all rubbish?

Bluesman wrote:

Not all are poor. It's like all professions - some are better than others. It would be unfair to label all mechanics as rubbish. I know some locally who are good and 2 who are brilliant. I agree avoid the bad ones. I try to go where I know who is doing the work.

I didn't label them all as rubbish & I am not prepared to find out which is which at my cost.

When I was younger I had no choice other than do the work myself with hours & hours with my face stuck into a Haynes manual, if I didn't it would not have got done as I could not afford to put anything I had in to a garage for the first 20 year of my adult life.

Shit - didn't mean to start a war!

Sanddancer wrote:

Shit - didn't mean to start a war!

Yeah you bloody did

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

Mr I & Blues are both strong personalities but never a cross word, just different opinions

Sanddancer wrote:

Shit - didn't mean to start a war!

What me and John, not a chance.

Must confess I do stick my neck out - always did. The nice thing about heated forum banter is that you can walk away, cool off a bit and come back all friendly again.

Until next time!

Well at least I've found out my footboards are on backwards!

Just for a laugh will get photo of me sitting backwards before they're changed (and should send to shop!)

Sanddancer wrote:

Just for a laugh will get photo of me sitting backwards before they're changed (and should send to shop!)

Yeak with a little speech bubble says " which idiot put my bike on these floor boards backwards"

Class

On form tonight, Crash

Sorted! Footboards on the right way (Only 15 minutes graft)!

Can't believe been riding with them backwards for over 2 years! All ok now thanks to the help of your observant hawk-eye members.

Sanddancer wrote:

Sorted! Footboards on the right way (Only 15 minutes graft)!

Can't believe been riding with them backwards for over 2 years! All ok now thanks to the help of your observant hawk-eye members.

Do they feel a lot more comfortable than before?

That looks soooooooo much better
Well spotted Crash

Just swapped tonight and have not been out yet- However, they have the facility to tilt angle (which i didn't know), so immediately felt better whilst sitting on in stationary position. Happy days.

Looks better than the "before" photo anyway!

My Mrs is gutted you made me reverse my footboards.

Hilarious that pic

Hahaha, brilliant

I can't figger out what it is but there is something not right about the girl.

Its obvious, she has one arm longer than the other.

Anyway, changed my mind, decided to put pegs on my bike..

Amazing

Cool ! another mod well done

I don't get it

PMSL .... Looked at photo before reading the posts ..... love it

captain crash wrote:

I can't figger out what it is but there is something not right about the girl.

shes got no belly buton

She gives me the Heebie Geebies

recon shes given more than that to the blokes in her area lol

I would love to see her run

My Intruder again- but this time in Rothbury (yesterday - our summer) with a mate that done an artist impression effect from the photo- how clever!.

Note the corrected forward facing footboard improvement

Wow looking for floorboards on chrome led me to this thread. Pissed myself laughing. Wonder if he ever went back to pegs?

Got pegs on at the minute, but that's only because I like to change every so often. The bike looks completely different now with sports windshield, panniers and back box added. I do miss the way it looked in that pic, but geared up to be more practical at the minute, until I change my mind!

Paul got any pics in new trim please?

Just ordered bags for mine

http://www.motorcyclehouse.co.uk/viking-side-pocket-plain-large-leather-saddlebags.htm

Looking at getting a seat cowl soon.

Kevin