Scraping floor boards question
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Scraping floor boards question
I like to put my bike into a corner now and then. Its something that has carried over from dirt bike trail riding. Often find the floor boards sparking and a scraping up a storm. Not going to fast just enough to pucker.
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!
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RE: Scraping floor boards question
my experience is you can go until you bottom out the frame and the back tire breaks loose I know because Ive done it enough riding obstical courses at slow speed but in a corner I would think you would realy have to push the bike pretty hard you get use to the scraping after a while at least I did.As far as the bracket goes Ive found that thepavement gives before the bracket is a problem but the frame is usalywhat breaks the tire loose.
RE: Scraping floor boards question
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.
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Ram, thats one of the downfalls of the touring bikes. Medium corning and the floorboards will scrape. I've dug my steel floorboard mounts on the frame in the pavement several times. Its not something I like doing, but I get carried away cornering. Those Ultra's will handle so good its almost like riding it on a rail around the corners, but something is gonna dragwhen you ride it even a little but aggressive. I ride a BMW at work everydayand am used to cornering and riding hard. I jump onmy Ultra and have to tone it down some!! But serious, like some others have said, its not the best idea to drag no further than the edges of the floorboards....and they are too expensive to be tearing up.
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RE: Scraping floor boards question
Pump up the suspension as high as it will go, and rode it like ya stole it[sm=americanasmiley.gif]
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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.
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RE: Scraping floor boards question
I love to ride corners tight and if I scape the boards so be it. I actually like to get that low and hear that metal being ground off...
