Footrests on British motorcycles tend to be forged steel things, often intricately shaped to avoid the gearbox, exhaust and kick-start on one side, and the primary case on the other. Depending on the style of engine and gearbox – unit or non-unit – one end may be fitted to the engine plate or the primary case, or, for unit machines such as this Triumph, there will be a tapered boss on the frame somewhere which matches a taper in the footrest. These massive forgings usually can be heated and bent back into shape should the need arise. It also means their position can’t be easily altered.
There are such things as spring loaded folding footrests supplied for machines destined for the USA market which had certain requirements for sporting use, but just folding rather
