Right side peg problems

[Magician16]

When I'm riding my Magician off road, I have to put my foot down quite a bit. It seems like everytime I put my right foot down, the peg flips up out of the way and I can't find it with my foot when it's flipped up. It needs to flip up for use of the kickstarter, but I'm thinking of welding it down because it constantly causes problems while riding in rocks and deep sand. Is there a way to make it flip back down automatically after it flips up from contact?

[JerryHawk250]

Is there a spring? If so , just remove the spring.

[Thumper]

The footpegs on the Storm, the TBR7, have return spring on both sides. The left only on the Templar, but it has to be left in the "up" position for the kick starter to swing on that engine. Are you missing the return spring?

[Magician16]

I think it should have one of these, but it doesn't.

[Magician16]

Originally Posted by JerryHawk250

Is there a spring? If so , just remove the spring.

I tried it with the spring off, but I didn't like how it just flops around. I put a weaker spring on it which will work for kickstarting, not sure if it will come back down on its own while riding. If it doesn't I'm going to get a spring like the one on the other side, similar to the pic I posted. Too wet to ride off road right now after 5+ inches of rain.

[Thumper]

Originally Posted by Magician16

I tried it with the spring off, but I didn't like how it just flops around. I put a weaker spring on it which will work for kickstarting, not sure if it will come back down on its own while riding. If it doesn't I'm going to get a spring like the one on the other side, similar to the pic I posted. Too wet to ride off road right now after 5+ inches of rain.

If it interferes with the kick starter then it might be deliberately left out. If you install a spring that works, you can use a piece of baling wire to hold it up while you kick start.You could store the wire for just such emergencies (battery low) by twisting some wire around a frame stay somewhere. That way, you can enjoy the benefits of the spring holding it out for you to put yer foot on lol!

The right footpeg on my Tempar has a spring, but it was clipped. I thought it was a defect and powersportsmax actually SENT ME A FOOTPEG when I sent them this pic. But all I needed was the spring (I thought!). The footpeg interferes with the kickstarter, so it was clearly a deliberate "clip"!!

Here is the left peg. You can see the squarebent "hook" that allows the spring to return the peg. Oh, it works fine:



Here is the right peg. SEE the kickstart just in front there? Yup. issue when the peg is down...Spring is clipped on the footpeg! I was amazed when powersportsmax sent a replacement (took like 2 days shipping!). They were heros, but now I have a spare right foot peg (no spring). I guess they really weren't sure what I was saying. But no problem, It drops down and as you can see by the size of the thing, NOT hard to find

[Magician16]

It hasn't rained in like 2 days, so I took it off road for a ride. I've also replaced the stock front tire with a Kenda Trakmaster. Without the new tire, I don't think I would have made it out of the OHV area. I slid into deep water filled ruts constantly and could barely get enough traction to pull back out. Right side peg stayed down for the most part.

[Thumper]

Originally Posted by JerryHawk250

Is there a spring? If so , just remove the spring.

He says the spring isn't returning the peg down. Removing it will be even worse.
Maybe the mechanism just needs cleaning and some grease so that the spring can do what it is supposed to.

Also, I don't know if the magician has the rubber insert that can be removed to expose the metal cage better. If so, that may also help when off road.

If kick starter runs into it in down position, you can wind a section of baling wire onto the frame somewhere. In a pinch, if battery is low you can maybe use it to hold up the foot pegs while you start it. Sounds like this is not a problem though.