I found with my '06, the chrome of the OEM guards a bit much. I wanted to dull it down. I also didn't like the way highway pegs would "stick out" too far.
I toyed with skateboard grip tape once and applying a nicely trimmed piece onto the engine guard. That was very short lived since I found that the grip tape coarse material shedding, and it ended up scratching the chrome on the engine guard.
So...
I bought some rubberized plumbing pipe at Home Depot. I think it's used for connecting clothes washers to laundry tubs. I split it, and slipped it over the bar to dull it down. The rubber is kind of "grippy". I never put my boot on the bar, I'm tall. I sometimes rest my longer 6'3" frame legs on them by draping my ankle over them. Stretching left side then right.
This backfires though, since the infamous VMAX cramp in my ass and hip usually get me after returning my foot to the stay.
I toyed with skateboard grip tape once and applying a nicely trimmed piece onto the engine guard. That was very short lived since I found that the grip tape coarse material shedding, and it ended up scratching the chrome on the engine guard.
So...
I bought some rubberized plumbing pipe at Home Depot. I think it's used for connecting clothes washers to laundry tubs. I split it, and slipped it over the bar to dull it down. The rubber is kind of "grippy". I never put my boot on the bar, I'm tall. I sometimes rest my longer 6'3" frame legs on them by draping my ankle over them. Stretching left side then right.
This backfires though, since the infamous VMAX cramp in my ass and hip usually get me after returning my foot to the stay.