lowered bike scraps pipe
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Our a reduced reach solo seat. They're just so ugly.
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I scrap the pipe in right turns, I scrap the peg in left turns, as most of us do. If getting a scrap on the pipe, pegs or what every catches it in a turn is a worry, be less aggressive in your turns. Learn your lean angle, know the sound and be causious when you know its coming or are in it.
OP, if a taller shock works to solve your problem without adverse consequences, change them out. If changing or modifing you exhaust solves it, go for it. Good luck solving your problem.
Last edited by blueangel73; Oct 21, 2014 at 08:36 AM.
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But it's really nice being able to make right turns again. I was beginning to feel like a NASCAR driver.
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Lowering a motorcycle always has negative consequences, you lose ground clearance and lean angle at the very least.
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If rubbing pegs and pipes are a negative conciquence then yes I have always had this issue and so have many, many others on both raised, lowered and stock bikes. I had the problem with a stock Sportster Custom and the Street Bob before I lowered it. I don't see how rubbing parts against the ground is a negative concequence, it is a consequence of riding a motorcycle, but it's not a negative one. It seems to me that even the guys that raise there bikes to get more aggressive turning ability still rub bike parts. Yes, raising, lowering or leaving your bike stock, via shocks or body weight does change the ground clearance and lean angle, but either way the rider has to learn his or her limits/consequences of using the setup, lower your bike you'll lean less to rub, raise your bike you'll lean more to rub. The guys that race supermoto can lean damn near on the fairing of the bike and rub the bike and body parts on the ground without any "negative" consequences. If you don't want to damage/wear and tear your bike parts then don't ride so hard, take it nice and easy and avoid the consequences of riding hard (or pushing your limits). Pretty much it's only a "negative consequence" if your not expecting it to happen or are worried about the effect of what the change or non-change caused. A negative consequence to me would be something unexpected and caused a crash or death, not a little rubbing here and there.