Scraping floor boards question
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ORIGINAL: Ram
Question is, just how far over can you go onto the boards with out digging into the pavement or hitting a chuck hole and pivitting or wiping out??
I have not worn my boards razor sharp but they are showing battle damage on the underside!
Question is, just how far over can you go onto the boards with out digging into the pavement or hitting a chuck hole and pivitting or wiping out??
I have not worn my boards razor sharp but they are showing battle damage on the underside!
BTW, I have only rubbed off about 1/3 of theouter edge of my floorboards in25K miles on my '06 Ultra. I have learned to place my feet on the floorboards so that the outside edge of my boots contact the road surfacebefore the floorboards - this gives an early warning to SLOW DOWN!
JMHO
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RE: Scraping floor boards question
ORIGINAL: xxxflhrci
Not necessarily. When I went to the HD's Motor School, we learned to make some turns that require scraping.
ORIGINAL: ZD
I consider scraping anything a mistake... I've been riding for many years,and the odd times I've scrapedhave always been when I was over-driving the conditions at hand.
I consider scraping anything a mistake... I've been riding for many years,and the odd times I've scrapedhave always been when I was over-driving the conditions at hand.
Scraping means you are cool!!!!
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i had to replace no less than 3 sets of floorboards on my work RK. they were all razor sharp from scraping during training and working. getting a road king that low, that slow is pretty fookin cool.
especially when the city pays for replacement parts.
especially when the city pays for replacement parts.
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RE: Scraping floor boards question
Be careful, if you lean to much, you can cause the floor board to go low enough that it will cause the rear tire to come off the ground; then you're in a worlds of S%#T!! I know first hand (former motorman)
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RE: Scraping floor boards question
I installed some Kury floorboard extenders on my SG, which made them scrape far too readily. To compensate, I raised them up a notch, and now they don't scrape at all. I then installed some 12.5" 440's, which raised the threshold even more. In fact, I've tried (very carefully!) to scrape something on the right side and have failed, although the kickstand scrapes easily on the left as before. I don't want to find the lowest point too radically for obvious reasons, as if it is the frame or crash guard I would rather have a subtle hint rather than a rude awakening. I wanted to find out what will hit first, so I took a sheet of plywood and placed it at the tires, then raised the other end. The floorboards were still the lowest point, so I guess if I really lean it over they will be the first point of contact, except the left side, where the kickstand will still hit first.
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RE: Scraping floor boards question
ORIGINAL: billnourse
Tell us how you know this and what your lovely wife has to say about it.
Bill
ORIGINAL: Peekaboo Bob
You can go until you hit the board mounting bracket, then you are going to change direction.
You can go until you hit the board mounting bracket, then you are going to change direction.
Bill
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NOPE! scraping does NOT mean you're cool.
Means you are an accident waiting to happen.
Worse, at wrong time wrong place you're a CORPSE!
Means you are an accident waiting to happen.
Worse, at wrong time wrong place you're a CORPSE!
ORIGINAL: DocHarley
I was told the same.
Scraping means you are cool!!!!
ORIGINAL: xxxflhrci
Not necessarily. When I went to the HD's Motor School, we learned to make some turns that require scraping.
ORIGINAL: ZD
I consider scraping anything a mistake... I've been riding for many years,and the odd times I've scrapedhave always been when I was over-driving the conditions at hand.
I consider scraping anything a mistake... I've been riding for many years,and the odd times I've scrapedhave always been when I was over-driving the conditions at hand.
Scraping means you are cool!!!!
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RE: Scraping floor boards question
It looks like a lot of folks have the scraping down!I dont' think that I will be getting used to it very soon, even though its happening almost everytime out on the bike. I still have that pucker factor going on when it happens. The wife does not like it she keeps telling me to just slow down in corners.
The other morning going to work a Honda 1200 or something was tailing me pretty close until I lit my boards going around a corner. He gave me a wide birth after that! Go figure!
The other morning going to work a Honda 1200 or something was tailing me pretty close until I lit my boards going around a corner. He gave me a wide birth after that! Go figure!
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