I’ve never heard of any, but it seems like a logical thing to do. More then ever, bikes have now achieved a general balance of comfort and power. But seating positions/# of footpegs make it a choose-one sort of deal. It would make sense to have a sports-tourer with a seating position for sport, and another for touring. Otherwise that balance could never be totally achieved. Do these exist?
You can buy what are called “Highway Pegs” (at least they are here in Australia) that are bolt-on additions that attach to the frame. You sometimes see them on Harleys. Very few riders use them. Some bikes have or had footboards rather than footpegs, usually in conjunction with “rocker” gear levers.
The problem with highway pegs, footboards, multiple footpeg positions etc is that on a motorbike your feet do the rear braking (on most bikes) and gear changes as a result you need to be able to get your feet onto (and under in the case of the gear lever) very quickly and easily. Fixed footpegs provide the best means for doing so.
There are bikes with adjustable seating positons. I remember reading a review of one of the BMW touring bikes a few years back that noted its electronically adjustable seating position.
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The problem with highway pegs, footboards, multiple footpeg positions etc is that on a motorbike your feet do the rear braking (on most bikes) and gear changes. As a result you need to be able to get your feet onto or under (in the case of gear changes) the levers very, very quickly and easily. Fixed footpegs provide the best means for doing so.
There are some after-market replacement sets for sport bikes.
http://www.yoshimura-rd.com/rearsets.asp
Understand, the changes are fairly subtle and wouldn’t be very
appreciable on a cruiser or standard bike.
They are called “highway pegs” (as far as I know) since they are NOT for use in traffic, but rather on those long empty stretches when you are not moving your body much. I enjoy them, and have had them on my last two bikes. I could also stetch back and sit on the passenger seat at times, still with full control of brake and shift peg, to get a different position on those multiple hour rides.
Rearsets as they are often called, allow changes in foot postion, which in turn can change your hand, arse, feet, weight distribution.
They can also allow greater ground clearance as footpegs are very often the first things to hit gruond when cornering hard
As you mention, one size doesn’t always fit all so some adjustment might be desirable.
Rearsets allow the rider to change the position of the feet, and still operate the various controls.
Most rearsets have a number of threaded holes to allow for a choice of position.