Does anyone scrape when banking hard in a turn?
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GOOD video above. TY for linking us. VERY SORRY it happened to the chap.
THAT is a good reason on know the max lean angle of ur bike. And u can only know that by scraping the floorboards.
When he heard the scraping, maybe he should have come off the throttle immediately. He did not. You can hear he did not when you listen to his pipes.
The above is not an analysis of what went wrong for there is way more to say than what I said above about it.
I am just confirming, knowing the limits of the lean angle is good to know. Also when the bike does scrape, it does not create a WHAT IS THAT knee jerk reaction that could be unpleasant.
BuzzCap7
THAT is a good reason on know the max lean angle of ur bike. And u can only know that by scraping the floorboards.
When he heard the scraping, maybe he should have come off the throttle immediately. He did not. You can hear he did not when you listen to his pipes.
The above is not an analysis of what went wrong for there is way more to say than what I said above about it.
I am just confirming, knowing the limits of the lean angle is good to know. Also when the bike does scrape, it does not create a WHAT IS THAT knee jerk reaction that could be unpleasant.
BuzzCap7
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to me it looks like it was sticking his foot out that caused it. it looks like it caught, drag his leg back, unbalancing him. expensive ...
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From: NE Florida
Actually letting off the throttle would make it worse. He should have moved his entire body to the inside of the corner and as far off centerline of the bike as possible.
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From: South Carolina
I was looking at your signature photo. That looks like the falls outside of Highlands NC on hi way 28.
I love that road and its is a good one to get that lean on.
I love that road and its is a good one to get that lean on.
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