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Testing:
Testing of these pegs will be done in four ways. The first test will be an accelerated weather test to determine the weather durability of the pegs. This will be accomplished by placing a set of the pegs in a container full of water and letting them sit in the container for a full two weeks. If necessary or no noticeable changes to the material finish, the test may be run longer to determine the longevity possibility of the pegs. The duration of two weeks was chosen because an assumption was made that the bike and pegs would be used once every week in a year for duration of five hours per ride. This brings a total of two hundred and sixty hours of ride time per year. Two weeks is three hundred and thirty six hours of time and exceeds the ride amount time average of two hundred and sixty hours for a year. This duration allows for worst case scenario for an accelerated year and helps exceed expectations on peg treatment or coatings.
The second test will be a stationary test to test the deflection and strain. This will be done by having the bike sit on a stand and having the rider standing on the pegs in full riding gear to simulate the weight the pegs would see. Strain gauges will be applied to at least one of the pegs so that strain readings can be gathered once weight is applied. The rider will then stand upon the pegs so that data can then be collected. A second person will be needed to assist in collecting data from the strain gauges along with measuring how much variation the pegs deflected downwards by measuring the distance from the ground to the bottom of the peg and subtracting that value from that distance without a rider upon the pegs.
The third test that will be performed similar to test two but will be conducted at a motocross track. The strain gauges will be applied to the pegs similarly to how they were done in test two but with additional caution as they will need to stay connected as the bike goes around the track. This will record the strain that is placed upon the pegs over different obstacles on the track including corners, tabletops, rhythm sections, etc. The pegs will be put under testing on the track for a duration of twenty to thirty minutes. This duration of time allows for the average moto time the pegs and bike would receive on a daily ride along with possibilities of track busyness. After the duration of time has been completed, a second person will again measure the deflection amount by performing the same procedure as in test two. This test will be performed three to four times depending on time in the day the test is performed. The results from each testing group will be recorded and then an average will be taken of those values. These values will then be compared to those gathered in test two and see how they compare and if they meet the requirements acknowledged in the requirement section.
The fourth and final test will be peg operation. This will be done in two parts. The first part will be done in conjunction with test two. While the bike is stationary on the stand, the rider will test the movement of the pegs to make sure they rotate properly along with return to normal state. The second part will be in conjunction with the third test. This will be done by checking the operation of the pegs during and after each moto session has been completed. Things that will be checked for include how the pegs responded while the rider was on the track and how operation of them is after a long moto session.