Two days ago, on return from my first ride, and sort of hill climbing up to my shop, my right foot peg came off. Upon examination I found that the weld on it was amazingly thin, no more than a thirty second of an inch, or a millimeter. The footpeg is welded to another piece which is bolted onto the bike. Not only that, but the weld material looked suspect; it appears crystallized. The peg itself has been ground to fit the piece it fits to, but penetration of the weld into the ground part was minimal, if it existed.
So yesterday I did a destruction test on the other foot peg, placing a large block of wood under it and leaning the bike on it with a modest amount of my weight. Foot peg bent off with this relatively small pressure.
Sorry I don't have a camera to file a photo, but I'm glad that I found this problem before it caused any danger, which it certainly could have. I thought to order new foot pegs, but what's the use if they are all made the same? So I'll have both foot pegs welded by a good local welder rather than do it myself (self-taught). Anyway, 1) has anyone had a similar problem?, 2) heads up!