Lone Rider MotoPegs — Honest Install & Review (BMW R1250 GSA)

Lone Rider calls the MotoPegs "the world's most advanced motorcycle foot peg." I spent AED 1,299 to find out if that's true on my BMW R1250 GS Adventure — and the box did not start well. Inside the beautifully packaged kit was dust, a bit of mould, and a set of rubber control pins that had gone flat on one side from sitting on a shelf too long. This is the honest story of what happened next.

What the MotoPegs Actually Are

These are wide, aggressive, adventure-bike footpegs with a clever party trick: they rotate with your foot, so the platform stays flat whether you're seated or standing on the pegs off-road. You tune how much they rotate with little rubber control pins that come in three densities — soft (green), medium (amber, the factory setting) and hard (red) — for more than 12 combinations, plus a fully-fixed option. Bigger platform, more grip, less foot fatigue when you're standing up on rough ground.

The Problem in the Box

The green pins in my set had deformed into a D-shape — a tell-tale sign of old stock. I emailed Lone Rider and politely asked for a few replacement pins. Just the pins. A tiny ask.

The Customer Service Made the Difference

They didn't send pins. They shipped an entire brand-new set — and when I asked how to return the old one, they told me to just keep it as a spare. For a product that arrived flawed, that response is exactly why I'd still buy from them. The hardware problem was real; the way they stood behind it was better.

I asked for four bits of rubber and they mailed me a second set. The mould was a letdown — the customer service is the reason I'd still recommend them.

A Rookie Install — and the Verdict

Rebuilding the pegs is fiddly but doable: grease the housing, seat the rubber pins with the included tweezers, swap to your preferred density (I went one step firmer, to the medium amber pins), then reassemble and torque to spec — axis to 16 N·m, locknut to 8, the three teeth screws to 4 with a dab of thread-lock. Knowing my limits, I let the pros at Touratech bolt them onto the bike. Out on the pegs, shifting my weight forward and back, the platform rotates and stays flat under the boot — genuinely the difference between comfortable and hanging on for dear life. So, worth AED 1,299? The mould was a real letdown, but a whole new set, no argument, and pegs that feel this good — for a bike I plan to keep, that's a yes from me.

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