More clearance with forward controls?
Just bought my first Harley a week ago, a Softail Slim. I have been riding Ducati's with the occasional track days for years and as such enjoy leaning into my turns. I have been scraping the floorboards quite a bit already and to be honest am not sure if I'm sold on the floorboards instead of pegs. My question is would adding forward controls help with the low clearance that the softails have? I enjoy the low ride of the slim but don't want to be chewing up the boards constantly, especially because I would like to lower it even more with the shotgun shock thus possibly creating even more drag. I can adapt but just curious if this might help a bit.
Aegis,
I feel your pain. I recently moved on from a 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa to a my first Harley, a 2014 Breakout. The first time I dragged my foot pegs scared the crap out of me. I'm used to leaning the bike over at a good pace through all my turns. Now I seem to drag my pegs through even the slightest turns. Even on a freeway onramp...come'on! I wish there was a way to get a little more clearance too since the bike can handle it and leaning is the best part of riding. I'm wondering if switching to a different peg will give me a little more clearance, but likely only and inch or two on each side.
I guess I will have to take everyone's advice and just slow the hell down in my turns!
I feel your pain. I recently moved on from a 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa to a my first Harley, a 2014 Breakout. The first time I dragged my foot pegs scared the crap out of me. I'm used to leaning the bike over at a good pace through all my turns. Now I seem to drag my pegs through even the slightest turns. Even on a freeway onramp...come'on! I wish there was a way to get a little more clearance too since the bike can handle it and leaning is the best part of riding. I'm wondering if switching to a different peg will give me a little more clearance, but likely only and inch or two on each side.
I guess I will have to take everyone's advice and just slow the hell down in my turns!
Take a look at these pegs by clicking on the names-
Slip Stream
Canyon Carvers
Both of these peg/mini platforms have an adjustable set screw that lets you set the lateral angle. For tearing up the curves, just use the set screw to adjust the pegs so the are slightly angled up toward the engine. This will give up to 1.5" of additional clearance before scraping.
Not only are they low profile & more comfortable, they will give you that extra room to really lean over.
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