Another question as I am about to take the plunge. Do all heritages scrape their floorboards during normal riding? What about two up? I am not sure my wife would be real happy with scrapin around every corner and she is trying to get me to buy a Road King because that is what we used to have....I don't want her to be unhappy, not want to ride because of it, then say, "I told you so!"

 

scraping the floor boards has to do with how far you lay it over in a turn. You do not always scrap floorboards. besides they are hinged and will lift up. in 30,000 miles wore out the bottoms of my lower fairings and 2 sets of floor boards.

 

Mine is lower than the heritage.
I can scrape when I want to, but I have learned where that limit is and stay just to the not-scraping side of it.
If you are used to a sport bike, you will probably scrape a lot.

Anyhow, the answer is... It will only scrape if you want it to. Other than the occasional accidental time.

 

Nothin like "scrapin" every now and then to get the HOG juices flowin!

 

Well I have 5000 miles and I haven't leaned my to the limit yet. I haven't scraped one time. . . . . yet.

 

I've been riding HD's for 20 years and have yet to scrape. Of course this is my first softail. My first 4 were 74"'s. I've intentionally tried to scrape and have failed. I've tried mostly on curves. Perhaps I should go to a parking lot and do some figure 8's. I would like to know my limit.

 

My Fat Boy is lowered in the rear end and I used to scrap the floorboards often.

I took a riding course with a former L.A. motor patrol officer. One thing that he told me has prevented me fom scrapping my boards since then :

"Don't look how near your floorboards are from the ground when making tight turns!!! If you look down, you will go down!!! Instead look where you are going, fix you sight in your desired direction and nevermind your floorboards, head's up assh*le!!! "

Believe me, the right advice and the right tone of voice that is all it took.

I felt like I as in boot camp, but some bad habbits die hard and you must ride with technique. Geez, this guy really knew several tricks, and that day (8 hours of course) is one day I will never forget.

Best regards.

 

I've had mine for 2 years now and have never scraped. With all these questions about scraping I looked at how low I was leaning the other night and I wasn't even really close. I must be a wuss.

 

I scrape once in a while, but not that often. It does give you a quick pick me up when you feel it on your foot and hear it at the same time. If you have never scraped, you are not having as much fun as you could. If you scrape all the time, then maybe you are riding a bit too close to the edge. Moderation in all things...

 

Fun aint it.