Scraping floor boards
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Scraping floor boards
Leaning a little hard on the turns has caused the floorboads to scrape on my fatboy from time to time, however I'm concerned that the boards don't fold up easily at all, maybe putting too much resistance on the ground and potentially causing loss of control. Is this unfounded?
This is the first bike with floorboards I own, and I'm not completely comfortable with the feel. I do like the way they look, but I wish I had somethng with more and easier "give" when touching the ground on a little faster curve. The bike is factory equipped with 200mm on the rear and it feels like it WANTS to turn a little harder, but with the stiff boards, I don't know...
Any insight from people with longtime floorboard experience would be appreciated.
This is the first bike with floorboards I own, and I'm not completely comfortable with the feel. I do like the way they look, but I wish I had somethng with more and easier "give" when touching the ground on a little faster curve. The bike is factory equipped with 200mm on the rear and it feels like it WANTS to turn a little harder, but with the stiff boards, I don't know...
Any insight from people with longtime floorboard experience would be appreciated.
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RE: Scraping floor boards
Don't let it bother you, I do it all the time, you,ll get used to it. unless your really haulin you shouldn,t loose it. The boards seem stiff but they,ll go up when you grind the black top. Just don,t drag your finger across the edge to see if you've done any damage!
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RE: Scraping floor boards
Love the scrape. A buddy of mine just picked up a new Custom. We're out on his inaugural ride and I lean hard into a corner as I'm following him. His head just about spun around to see if it was something wrong with his new machine. I about peed myself laughing. Don't worry, I explained it to him at the next light.
BTW, +1 on the boards folding up.
BTW, +1 on the boards folding up.
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RE: Scraping floor boards
Yup, I get them to scrape about every other ride. The best time was in the MSF Expirenced Rider course. We were going through the tight S-Curve and I scraped them each time through. The instructor was pretty amused.
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RE: Scraping floor boards
ORIGINAL: M.I.Fat Boy
Leaning a little hard on the turns has caused the floorboads to scrape on my fatboy from time to time, however I'm concerned that the boards don't fold up easily at all, maybe putting too much resistance on the ground and potentially causing loss of control. Is this unfounded?
This is the first bike with floorboards I own, and I'm not completely comfortable with the feel. I do like the way they look, but I wish I had somethng with more and easier "give" when touching the ground on a little faster curve. The bike is factory equipped with 200mm on the rear and it feels like it WANTS to turn a little harder, but with the stiff boards, I don't know...
Any insight from people with longtime floorboard experience would be appreciated.
Leaning a little hard on the turns has caused the floorboads to scrape on my fatboy from time to time, however I'm concerned that the boards don't fold up easily at all, maybe putting too much resistance on the ground and potentially causing loss of control. Is this unfounded?
This is the first bike with floorboards I own, and I'm not completely comfortable with the feel. I do like the way they look, but I wish I had somethng with more and easier "give" when touching the ground on a little faster curve. The bike is factory equipped with 200mm on the rear and it feels like it WANTS to turn a little harder, but with the stiff boards, I don't know...
Any insight from people with longtime floorboard experience would be appreciated.
If ya ain't scrapin' boards or pegs, ya ain't ridin' hard enuf!
Go out and do some mountain twisties!
Then just sand down yer boards with some 200 grit and finish them with 400. (Palm sander works nice)
That wayyou can wash them without gettin yer towel snagged. I use 400 grit on my pegs.
Never had boards. I just have bros that do alla that.
