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Lean angle on the Heritage
Road Captain
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From: Beatrice, Nebraska
RE: Lean angle on the Heritage
ORIGINAL: grzly
the floorboards do hinge upwards ... so enjoy the ride and replace every so often
the floorboards do hinge upwards ... so enjoy the ride and replace every so often
Road Master
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 983
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From: Sydney
RE: Lean angle on the Heritage
be surprised if they didn't . one way to find out is have a look . once you get used to the scraping then it becomes no big deal and you find your're riding more confidently
grzly
grzly
Big Kahuna HDF Member
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From: Oregon
RE: Lean angle on the Heritage
ORIGINAL: Trash Rat
Do they hinge on all of them? The floorboards on my 99 Fatboy don't look like they hinge.
ORIGINAL: grzly
the floorboards do hinge upwards ... so enjoy the ride and replace every so often
the floorboards do hinge upwards ... so enjoy the ride and replace every so often
Advanced
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: PNW
RE: Lean angle on the Heritage
Yep,
Scraped them coming home from the dealer just feeling out the bike....scared the ***** outa me until I realized what it was. Don't like scraping. Did it 2 more times in the next 2 weeks and that was because the road was crowned the opposite way on a particular street corner.
I just took the Experienced rider course from MSF this week and scraped the floorboards 4 times doing the course! Never got above 20 MPH. The instructor was cracking a smile because I was cussing everytime I did it. You can avoid it however by using the whole path of travel and shifting your weight a bit on the seat.
Scraped them coming home from the dealer just feeling out the bike....scared the ***** outa me until I realized what it was. Don't like scraping. Did it 2 more times in the next 2 weeks and that was because the road was crowned the opposite way on a particular street corner.
I just took the Experienced rider course from MSF this week and scraped the floorboards 4 times doing the course! Never got above 20 MPH. The instructor was cracking a smile because I was cussing everytime I did it. You can avoid it however by using the whole path of travel and shifting your weight a bit on the seat.
Big Kahuna HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Oregon
RE: Lean angle on the Heritage
You can mostly avoid it, but in your course I'm sure they taught you accident avoidance maneuvers. When you do that basic "slalom" turn in a hurry you'll scrape.
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 281
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From: Northern NJ
RE: Lean angle on the Heritage
I don't think people realize how much cornering clearance is given up when they "lower" their bikes....
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