Scraping Floorboards
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: P.E.I. Canada
Funny, I used to scrape them all the time, but haven't had it happen at all lately. Until today... Scared the crap out of me, and I seem to be missing a lot of chrome off my highway pegs. I guess the Mark IVs hit before my boards now, which sucks because the boards you'd never really notice, but the chrome pegs will stand out a little more with the ends and bottoms all scratched. Oh well, just shows you know how to drive. How fast were you going?
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 323
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From: Detroit
Mine scrape all the time, however just the other day when the wife was with me i scrapped really hard and she freaked out!! it was kinda funny because she doesnt ride much and it was her first timebeing on the bike and scraping
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Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2011
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From: NC
I wasnt going that fast, 15-20 mph, I was coming out of a turning circle that is on a hill, I have done that turn a bunch of times, and never scraped and kept wondering when it was going to happen, I guess today was the day...
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Sunny South Florida
You mean you activated your lean level indicators. 
Love to scrape em. I've lean it so hard anymore that I run them on the ground nearly all the way around the exit ramps on the way to work. Between the bike being a bit lower than stock and my fat a$$ on it and the harley goodies extensions, I'm surprised when they don't scrape.
Love to scrape em. I've lean it so hard anymore that I run them on the ground nearly all the way around the exit ramps on the way to work. Between the bike being a bit lower than stock and my fat a$$ on it and the harley goodies extensions, I'm surprised when they don't scrape.
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Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Ohio
I scrape mine a lot too, but once I can ride again I don't think I'll be doing as much. A couple weeks ago I was turning a corner and leaned too far and ended up getting into the floorboard bracket that doesn't move and lifted my rear tire off the ground. The jump caused me to put my foot down and the saddlebag promptly clipped it. So now I am hobbling around on crutches with broken ankle and missing out on the good weather we finally got to. It probably save me from dumping the bike, but either way it was a dumb move on my part
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I ride a lot of serious twisties where I live and consistently scraping boards on my lo which tells me it is reaching maximum lean angle a lot quicker than my other bikes did. Bought a set of like new standard Fatboy shocks on Ebay which are an inch higher for 125 bucks, that will help and if I still scrape some so be it.
