What is the little nub that pokes down from the footpegs for?

I couldn't find a nice picture for these purposes but its that little thing poking down from the footpeg that has a rubber boot thing on it...
Sorry if its already been answered... i couldnt find anything on it when i searched around.

It's just a feeler. It touches down first when the bike is leaned over a good amount, and gives the rider some indication that "ruh-roh, we're really over". At that point the pegs will start to fold up a bit, and the rider should be pretty careful at this point not to upset the bike any more, at least in street conditions. You can certainly unscrew those feelers to give a little bit more lean angle without the pegs folding up, but at that point there are other things that get close to dragging at the same time anyway.

Wow Alex, thanks for the answer, and it didn't take you but 3 minutes...
That was quick

He just happened to be on :) Otherwise it would have been Kelly :D

Must be nice to be retired... Or waiting for the job to start (hehehe)

So I guess I got another odd question... because i'm looking to buy my bike sometime soon, i need to save the money, and I was thinking about starting a donation thing like what a lot of people do using paypal and stuff to upkeep a website.
I guess my question is what are your thoughts on this idea?
Good idea? Greedy? Kinda rude? Anything?

who and how are you planning to ask?

i'm not a big fan of that personally. i'd rather just figure out a way to do some extra work in some way or another to score some cash.

To pay for your bike?? O.o that seems to be a bit much... Though certainly ask for bucks for birthday/holiday if you so choose.

But if your speaking for the site... I believe it has been brought up before but I don't think anything got started.. Not from lack of motivation or anything just I believe Alex said, for now, it isn't needed...

yeah i got my job situation set pretty nice and i can do some extra side things and birthday stuff i can throw on, I just had someone bring it up kinda joking-ly and i was like, oh hey, maybe... but i kinda thought it would be a bit much

Just bum lunch money from your coworkers for the next two months and you cold make an extra $500 or more if you want a more discrete way to mooch.

I just bought my new bike, and I need aftermarket parts for it...U think I should ask for donations, any takers, its for a good cause

mine would be for a good cause.... My first bike :)

Kevin - you can always give them your email addy and ask them to paypal money to you ;)

yeah i just dont know how well that would go... like is it rude? would anyone actually see it and be like... sure ill donate...

donate to you so you'll buy a toy? fvck no!

anyone with half a brain would tell u 2 F&%K OFF!!!!

ok thats what i thought

well let me tell ya how that will work...

We have this jar at work we use for food bank events etc. well one day it was not in use and in the way so I put a sign to Donate to the Zartan fund

I got 1 dollar and a some pennies and a piece of hard candy. I hate hard candy :)
It was funny but not serious.