affraid to scrape!
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RE: afraid to scrape!
i forget who it was, but i remember reading in a post about a week ago that someone was riding with a buddy who stuck his forward control into the ground and didnt live to tell about it. no thanks.
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RE: afraid to scrape!
i tell ya i got samsons on my bike too and they come down low especially in the back of the bike because they slant down.....and if i get to much lean they scrape but only on the bottom of the pipe ...no one sees it not even me....the one thing that scares me is the SOUND....im cruising along and then a loud screach makes me think something is wrong with the bike ....gets me all the time HHAHAH
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RE: afraid to scrape!
If I scrape anything it's usually the heel of my boot - which tell me I'm close to scraping my pegs and lighten up. ******'s issue may be different though, I'd imagine there are circumstances that could cause problems but most pegs will move up with contact and not cause you to go down.
****** - so what happened to you?..care to share?
****** - so what happened to you?..care to share?
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RE: afraid to scrape!
I normally just scrap the bottom of my heel also. But everynow and then i'll have touch down on my pegs. In fact i have a spot missing from continual scrapage. (is that a word?) I dont relize how far over i am untill i hear it and think oops. Its on a 05 sporty 883C.
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RE: afraid to scrape!
weve got a highway here that travels with the flow of the illinoise river real windie at 75 never touched a thing my old kawasaki did though must just be those jap jobs not used yo these 'Merican roads
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RE: afraid to scrape!
The first time you scrape it does get your attention but it's not a big deal after you've done it a few times.
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RE: afraid to scrape!
I scrape the muffler bolts on the right (SE Slipons slashcut), but I haven't touched down on the kickstand yet on the left side. Need to try that one as soon as the roads get cleaned up a little!
Maybe my right love handle is bigger than my left?
Maybe my right love handle is bigger than my left?
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RE: afraid to scrape!
I've never actually scraped (well not at least when the rubber was still on the ground [:@]), but my brother did scrape the bottom of my exhaust on a hard right turn the first time he rode my sporty. He's used to being able to lean a lot more on his Ninja, lol.