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Footboard set up - Bates

Moto Guzzi V700, V7 Special, Ambassador, 850 GT, 850 GT California, Eldorado, and 850 California Police models

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Thanks to John Ulrich for providing this information to me in a private e-mail.

My Boards are actually by Bates not DB. Here's a pair I purchased to get the shift arm. Notice the C shaped bar to connect the front across the frame.
My Boards are actually by Bates not DB. Here's a pair I purchased to get the shift arm. Notice the C shaped bar to connect the front across the frame.

Photo courtesy of John Ulrich.

You can see on mine the cam type of mounting where I can turn the round offset hole cam to lift or lower the boards.
You can see on mine the cam type of mounting where I can turn the round offset hole cam to lift or lower the boards.

Photo courtesy of John Ulrich.

Solid mounting tab of a Bates.
Solid mounting tab of a Bates.

Photo courtesy of John Ulrich.

Mounting bracket detail.
Mounting bracket detail.

Photo courtesy of John Ulrich.

Here's a picture of the mounting brackets before chroming if it helps. PS: Those are rear footrest on the top.
Here's a picture of the mounting brackets before chroming if it helps. PS: Those are rear footrest on the top.

Photo courtesy of John Ulrich.

This is the factory shifter that I cut off the back arm and reattached the heel lower so you did not have to lift your so foot so high to shift. This was before I found the Bates shifter.
This is the factory shifter that I cut off the back arm and reattached the heel lower so you did not have to lift your so foot so high to shift. This was before I found the Bates shifter.

Photo courtesy of John Ulrich.

Here's my extended brake arm that moves the pedal forward and out of the way so you can stretch out when riding. I was more concerned to maintain the nice slope/arc when the local muffler shop re-welded it. What I found out later is that it hit the footboard when stepped on because the longer arc also lowered the pad when it's extended. I raised it one notch on the spine and all well except it looks high. When I feel like wasting a nice chrome job I'll heat it and bend it down a little.
Here's my extended brake arm that moves the pedal forward and out of the way so you can stretch out when riding. I was more concerned to maintain the nice slope/arc when the local muffler shop re-welded it. What I found out later is that it hit the footboard when stepped on because the longer arc also lowered the pad when it's extended. I raised it one notch on the spine and all well except it looks high. When I feel like wasting a nice chrome job I'll heat it and bend it down a little.

Photo courtesy of John Ulrich.

Photo courtesy of John Ulrich.

I cannot find a better close-up of the Bates shifter. Greg knows it's a bugger to heel but after a few months it's second nature. You do need to have all slop out of the shift linkage or the front toe will hit the board when you downshift. You can raise it but then you are also lowering the heel when takes more ankle to push it to up-shift.
I cannot find a better close-up of the Bates shifter. Greg knows it's a bugger to heel but after a few months it's second nature. You do need to have all slop out of the shift linkage or the front toe will hit the board when you downshift. You can raise it but then you are also lowering the heel when takes more ankle to push it to up-shift.

Photo courtesy of John Ulrich.