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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 07:23 AM
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Best way to clean the bottoms of them.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 07:41 AM
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Roads are full of curves where I live, so yeah, I scrape them all the time!
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 07:59 AM
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I do all the time and EVERY TIME I lift my leg saying WTF was that haha
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 07:16 PM
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Been riding for over ten yrs and have NEVER scraped them. And I'm not gay. Why would some ones sexual preference have anything to do with that anyway.....? btw my '12 Lo is lowered almost 2" so...
 
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Yep. I'm a scraper. I don't think it's actually possible to ride without scraping from time to time.
 
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Originally Posted by snksknrZ28
I do all the time and EVERY TIME I lift my leg saying WTF was that haha
Sounds familiar. Hehe...
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 07:45 PM
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Might as well start an oil thread..You can scrape the boards on a Fatboy or Heritage and not wear the little ******* off the outside edge of the tires...

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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 08:07 PM
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I do all the time and EVERY TIME I lift my leg saying WTF was that haha

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Originally Posted by Frederick 2012
Been riding for over ten yrs and have NEVER scraped them. And I'm not gay. Why would some ones sexual preference have anything to do with that anyway.....? btw my '12 Lo is lowered almost 2" so...
Wow...you must be that guy the rest of us pass...or are always waiting to catch up with the group! I've been riding for 40 years, if you ride twisties you're gonna drag a board or a pipe, just a fact of life...
 
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