When the floor boards first touch down I follow this sequence of actions:
Scraping Floor Boards
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: San Antonio, Texas
Never leaned her far enough to scrape, yet. Wife usually freaks out way before I would even get close to scraping so that will never happen with her on the back. I'm not even sure how close I've come yet to scraping. Pushed it pretty hard Saturday, but still didn't scrape. It IS a touring bike after all so it's not like it's something I feel compelled to do. If I wanted to bank that hard and fast, I'd have gotten a crotch rocket...
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,266
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From: Indianapolis
I've only scraped the Ultra a couple of times and it scares the hell out of me. I scrape the foot boards on my CrossBones frequently and that scares the hell out of me too. Doesn't seem to matter how many times I do it, it still catches me off guard.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,106
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From: SoCal
I tell folks that the street is NOT a track, especially one that is unfamiliar to the rider. On a track everyone is on the same page, going in the same direction and usually at or near the same speed. And the track has a crew to keep it clean and maintained. Those conditions do not exist on the street. That nice clean corner I came around yesterday, may have sand, gravel, fresh striping, reflector DOTs, a divot, a crack, a drop off, or some other surprise in it today. It won't take much to toss me off my bike under those conditions, and at age 50 something I heal a lot slower than age 30 something,......LOL!!!!!
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Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 190
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From: Central MA
I find the kickstand to be the easiest thing to scrape. When turning left I try not to hit it, I prepare for it and it still happens and scares the crap out of me every time.