R&D - Part 2

New foot pegs for Race Safer Pro nerf bars

Stronger, lowered pegs will make you safer and faster

In R&D part one, we explained how every product at Tarantula Performance Racing undergoes a rigorous research and development phase before it hits the market and gets bolted onto your quad. In R&D Part 2, we're going to show you the results of that process with the re-designed foot pegs on the TPR Race Safer Pro nerf bars.

Before.... and after. The picture on the left shows our original design for the foot pegs on the TPR Race Safer Pro nerf bars. The picture on the right shows the production design for the pegs. The re-designed pegs are made of thicker material and feature more bracing for added strength, yet the slimmer design of the new pegs did not add weight over the original.

Testing on the pegs showed they stood up well to the abuse of motocross riding, but we wanted to make them even stronger. The thickness of the material used for the pegs was increased to one-eighth inch steel. Additional bracing near the frame mount improves the peg durability for handling hard bottoming situations. The added bracing maintained the large drainage areas to allow mud and stones to fall through the pegs.

The pro-peg style foot pegs use the same mounting system, which allows the nerf bar to slide easily onto the peg bar mount. The peg teeth also retain their 5 degree angle towards the quad, which fits naturally with a rider's stance. These new pegs are also slightly lower than the original design and are a little more than one inch lower than the stock YFZR pegs. For most models, the pegs are approximately 1 inch lower than stock.

The new pegs have proven to greatly improve cornering by keeping the rider's body weight lower on the quad. The added leverage of the longer pegs allows the rider to more easily whip the rear wheels of the quad out when power sliding through a corner. The lowered pegs also greatly reduced leg fatigue compared to stock height pegs by reducing the rider's time spent in transition between sitting and standing.

The Race Safer Pro nerf bars are available for most sport ATV models, including the Yamaha YFZ450R and YFZ450 models, the TRX450R, Raptor 250, Kawasaki KFX450 and Suzuki LTR 450.

To order a set of TPR Race Safer Pro nerf bars for your quad, call TPR at 330-273-3456.