From my post above you can see I scrap, alot. I never really pay attention to it any more but when I go further into a corner what your saying definitely happens. When I let up is when I can feel the rear end start washing out, also going that far scrubs alot of speed off and good throttle control is key so you dont make the washing out rear end problem even worse. I wish some one would make pegs/ boards that would allow me to go further. I want to run my bike at a moto gp track thats just down the road but the scrapping will keep me from actually keeping a decent speed

 

tracks are pretty strict around me. sent out "the commandments".
cancelled my play day.

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Take a school on a track type bike, don't waste your time on an HD floorboard equipped bike. Yamaha has a great one. It is at Arizona Motorsports Park.

 

I drag floorboards pretty regular when I get tight in turns on my Street Glide

 

Correct. The intent is to slow down and straighten up. Not slow down only for those results will be unpleasant.

Good catch, I should have been clearer.

BuzzCap7

 

At parking lot speeds, when transitioning fast, the bike will land hard on the rear support. If I'm decreasing my radius either fast or slow, the board will normally scrape before the mount.

As others have said, it's not a big deal.....it's like ABS in a car. If you've never felt it before, it can be startling. It's a good idea to push your vehicle to the limit if for no other reason than to know where that limit is and how the vehicle is going to react. I'd suggest doing this in the proper environment. Same goes for the ABS on our bikes.....if you've never experienced it, I'd suggest doing so.

Scraping the boards is no biggie, but be warned it DOES mean the bike is nearing it's limit. As others have pointed out, pushing the bike past that point risks unloading the rear tire which can lead to a low side accident like the one in the video posted earlier in the thread.

 

Holy cow thats pretty strict! the only requirement from our track is that all blinkers and lights need to be taped over. Then there is coolant requirements for liquid cooled bikes, but that's pretty much it.

 

On my FXDX with forward controls the left forward control was getting shorter every ride...used to scrape that all the time and the tyres showed that it was right at the very limit at that.

Now on the ultra I rarely scrape anything...on occasion the kickstand but nothing else.

Even though the seating position on the ultra is better for cornering that on the FXDX, it feels 'scarier' to lean it over??

I'm never sure how far I can lean it over before it decides to let go...think I'll just start leaning it over on mini-roundabouts and see what happens...if I can deliberatly scrape it anytime I like then atleast I'll have my warning system in place!

 

All the time, more left side than right for some reason. I tend to be a bit aggressive I am told