Yea, I'd like to see that one. Post a vid if you are ever able to get that low.

 

will do

 

 

I love leaning her wayy over. I recently put a burly slammer kit on that lowered the bike about two inches front and rear and i really havent noticed much difference in dragging.

 

Lots of safety courses have you scraping the pegs before the 1st hour is up... better to know the feeling than it surprise you at 70MPH in a turn

Most of my scrapes are at intersections and the like I dont often ride aggressive enough to scrape lots in turns... sometimes but not often. However I'll throw her over to the boards in a instant in tight, low speed maneuvers...

As to the meat of the question... when the pegs hit you are at your practical maximum lean. How much further you can go will depend on the bike, suspension and accessories. Soon as something bites hard enough its lowsider time .. if ur lucky

On my FXD with drag pipes.... if I keep leaning to the right after my peg touches it will push up and the rear part of my front cylinder heat shield scrapes.

 

The only way you will get a Harley past the edge of the tires limits is by laying it on its side. I have had my pegs scrapping on the DX and that has even a better lean angle. I looked at the tire afterwards. You can see on the tire itself how far you were going. Plenty of room left.

 

That's what I figured, just wanted to make sure.
Thanks

 

What JohnC FXDX said; looking real close at the tires you can tell how far over they have to go...it will be quite a ways on a Harley...but don't lever your *** off the ground on something more solid than a folding peg; that'll hurt...I have a few favorite clean slow sweepers I like to use once in a while to try how far over I can get; some body english helps lessen the lean angle required to turn tighter,too. Just got an FXDF; it's nothing at all like the FXDXT for handling.

 

You just need to Jack up the back of it with some 13.5" shocks and add some better springs up front. Not a bad ride to start with for a replacement. Always loved your bike. One of the best looking ones I've seen. Especially the wheels.

 

One thing to note is that IF you are entering a corner at speed that requires you to lean MORE than the bike will allow (ie: scraping the exhaust), you will not be able to make the turn as sharp as planned and you may be forced to change your line. For example, This has happened to me when I have been riding on or off a freeway ramp and been totally prepared to nail the corner at speed and then at the apex of the turn when the exhaust (for example) hits the ground, you cannot lean any more and then you are forced to modify your exit from the turn by straightening up slightly. This can cause you to get into trouble IF there isn't room to change that exit line.

Anyway, something to think about.... Ride safe!