Scraping floorboards on 09 SG
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03-26-2009, 04:04 PM
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Yeah those are goldwings this is HDF and if you keep watching more of his videos he lays the thing down. Great Skill yes but if you are scraping your floor boards you are doing something wrong. either going to fast, leaning too much, think if he hit sand on one corner like that he is in the other lane or the raspberrys i am just saying RIDE SAFE!
#12
03-26-2009, 04:50 PM
I have no problem scraping the boards on my 09 street glide. In fact...I think its too easy for me...I dont like it. I even scraped the floor board bracket in a turn. Now mind you I ride like the guys in the video above...ok maybe not that hard, but hard enough to scrape very often. When I scrpaed the mounting bracket...I almost went down. The rear end of my bike hopped to the side about 8 or 10 inches and veered hard to the right...I damn near went down. Maybe I should consider raising mine some how. Any suggestions?
.But seriously, just a little weight transfer (upper body) to the inside reduces the lean angle required for the turn. If that ain't enough you might have to hang a cheek in the breeze.
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03-26-2009, 04:59 PM
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03-26-2009, 05:07 PM
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Yeah those are goldwings this is HDF and if you keep watching more of his videos he lays the thing down. Great Skill yes but if you are scraping your floor boards you are doing something wrong. either going to fast, leaning too much, think if he hit sand on one corner like that he is in the other lane or the raspberrys i am just saying RIDE SAFE!
+1 to Cheiron - my first side stand scrape left big pucker marks in my seat.
#15
03-26-2009, 05:11 PM
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I know just what the op is saying. I never left the driveway without scraping on my 05 Heritage. I have been 12,000 miles so far on my 08 street glide. I am riding faster, taking curves faster and have only scraped one time.
The glide just does the same corner without having to lean as far, at least for me.
Dennis
The glide just does the same corner without having to lean as far, at least for me.
Dennis
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03-26-2009, 05:27 PM
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-1 leftcoaster i am not saying drive slow just take your turns slow you want to show you got some ***** take a full dresser and do a parade like the cops do and drag your floor boards doing 7 mph then get back to me. no need for disrespectin anyone just saying that there is no need to drag anything. grow up.
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03-26-2009, 06:49 PM
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