I think that is the only way to take a curve . P.S love to here that sound .

 

Love to here that sound ,personally

 

I just love hereing that sound personally

 

We heard you the second time.

 

They're great for cruisers, but they are going to scrape

 

I don't really mind scraping my pegs. But the first time I scraped my pipes and my primary, now that sucked! I got a set of 12" heavy duty progressive shocks and that seemed to help a little. I have them set on the third setting. I'm also not riding as hard through the twisties.

 

Scrape the Primary, ouch

 

I scrape my pegs all the time. It reminds me of my old sportbike days.

 

What If You Drag A Peg?
If you react instinctively you probably won't recover

By: James R. Davis


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Most of us do not need to test limits, but it still happens that you might someday find yourself leaning too far into a curve and hearing/feeling your peg start to drag. What should you do about it?

Well, let me start by telling you what most people, I believe, instinctively try and what is dead wrong! They immediately roll off the accelerator and lean away from the dragging peg. These are BOTH wrong things to do because each action either lowers the bike (rolling off the accelerator) or increases the lean angle and as a result the peg will no longer be gently scraping the asphalt but will try to gouge a trough into it.

There are three things that can be done as soon as you hear/feel a peg scrape:


Increase throttle - (but note that you are already close to sliding and ANY increase in speed can be all she wrote)


Counter-steer away from the dragging peg - (widen the turn)


Shift body weight towards the dragging peg - (that is not a misprint)

Each of these actions tends to straighten the bike up. Any one of them will 'cure' the problem and is sufficient by itself. You can, of course, do two or all three of these things at the same time.

Note, however, that doing the wrong things, it seems to me, is instinctive and that you need to mentally prepare to do the right things in advance. But that is exactly why you are reading this tip - to determine what experience has shown others is the right thing to do without having to 'discover' by trial and potentially fatal error for yourself.
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Let's see if this makes that third alternative clearer as it is your best choice. Here is a diagram that on the left shows a motorcycle that is about to drag a peg in a turn and on the right it shows what happens if the motorcyclist leans INTO the turn. (It lefts the peg off the ground.)


(go to the web site to view the diagram, it didn't past)
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http://www.msgroup.org

(James R. Davis is a recognized expert witness in the fields of Motorcycle Safety/Dynamics.)

 

I have forwards on my Fat Bob and haven't scrapped anything yet and I "don't think" I take it too easy on the corners. However I've always owned much bigger heavier bikes (Honda VTX 1800 was my last ... over 800 lbs loaded) that have floor boards and shallow ground clearance so I probably don't corner as aggressively as some just because of conditioning. Considering what I came from I find the Fat Bob to be a light and very agressive machine and a lot of fun to ride. Compaired to the VTX 1800 Bob feels like a small sports bike you can turn with your butt! (And Fat Bob gets around 10 MPG more then the VTX too!)