foot peg rubbed?
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foot peg rubbed?
I have a 2011 Superlow 883. Very often, I feel my foot peg was rubbed while making a turn. I thought it because my turn is too sharp.
Today, I took a look to see how bad it is. I then found it is still pretty good.
As I mentioned, I feel it was rubbed very often, how can it be still good... Then I found two screws under exhaust pipe were rubbed.
They were rubbed very bad.
Does anyone have this same finding?
BTW, I am only 152 Lbs, not too heavy I believe.
Today, I took a look to see how bad it is. I then found it is still pretty good.
As I mentioned, I feel it was rubbed very often, how can it be still good... Then I found two screws under exhaust pipe were rubbed.
They were rubbed very bad.
Does anyone have this same finding?
BTW, I am only 152 Lbs, not too heavy I believe.
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Road Captain
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Howzit
pretty much normal,even with raised shocks on mine touching pegs and bottom off exhaust happens.When i had to remove my exhausts the bolts were to badly damged to unscrew and i had to cut them off.H.
Cruiser
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From: Torrance, So. Cal.
I grind those pegs all the time and love every moment of it, got the bottom of the pipes a couple times too. And yes the bolts on the exhaust have become nubs. Wish I could lean it a bit more, but that ain't gonna happen with cruiser style bikes.
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From: Badlands of ND
I have not ridden a Superlow, but everything that I have read bout them is that the scrape early and often. It is a trade off to get the seat that low. Slow down and do not lean so hard into those corners. The pegs are set to grind as a warning that you are about to run out of clearance. If something fixed hits you can lever the rear tire off the ground and that leads to a bad day.
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This is very true, so you just have to learn to ride in a way that you don't drag hard parts. I mean I use to do that on my XL50, but now I can rip in the curves and not drag, it's just something you learn over time. The Sportys are not sport bikes so don't try to ride them like one. I had to learn that as well since I come from the Sport bike world.
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Forward controls won't hit as much as mid pegs but when they do, to the right, you'd better have room to stand it up in that corner.
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Road Warrior
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Of course you're scraping. Sportys aren't designed to be cornering monsters. And you do have one of the "low" models that has almost no ground clearance. You'll get used to it, it's part of the fun of Harley ownership.
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From: Cave Creek, AZ
Also be very careful of speedbumps. The bottom of the frame will drag or bang on most, doesn't matter how slow you creep over them. That bang probably sounds worse than it really is, but sure don't want to bust open a case. If you can hit them at an angle, it decreases the chances of bottoming out.
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Just means you're riding/cornering the bike correctly...
I don't recall if the SL pegs have scraper tips like Nightsters...?? If not, you could swap yours w/this type of set, or possibly look into mid-controls...JMO.
I don't recall if the SL pegs have scraper tips like Nightsters...?? If not, you could swap yours w/this type of set, or possibly look into mid-controls...JMO.