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If you're not scraping occasionally, you're not riding hard. The diagram shows the correct method for negotiating a corner. If you follow this method, and you are maintaining enough speed, you will still scrape. Poor skills will cause you to correct a second, or third time while in the corner. If this is when you scrape, you're doing it wrong. Typically, I drag the boards lightly through the corner. You should maintain the same lean angle throughout the turn and not have to lean additionally once you set up. The advantage to running the inside of a turn is that if you find you have set up in too much lean and are dragging, you have room in the lane to 'un lean' and not be in oncoming traffic.
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Mid Michigan
I'm on an 08 Streetglide, factory height. I just bought it about a month ago. Upgraded from my first Harley 98 Sportster that I bought at the start of last season, before that all Hayabusa's since 1996.
Yes, I ride it very hard
Did I miss any questions?
Also, thank you all very much for your input it is appreciated.
Yes, I ride it very hard
Did I miss any questions?
Also, thank you all very much for your input it is appreciated.
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From: East Tn Foot of The Dragon
I went from an FL to a Heritage, I was scraping it all the time. I had to relearn how to corner and it took practice. It is best to come in to the curve on the high side and apex down thru the curve. This keeps the bike more vertical throughout the curve. It also allows some safety area if you start to scrap. (a way out)
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From: DOWN SOUTH
Welcome to the forum, you are turning correctly, now slow down
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I've ridden a lot of bikes over the years. My RK is one of the most sensitive to where I put my body in a turn. Sit up stright, and the bike has to lean way over. Lean myself over, and the bike stays much more upright. I'll speculate that it's because of the low center of gravity the bike has. My relatively high center of gravity (compared to the bikes) makes this effect much more pronounced than on most of my metric bikes.
There's not a lot of separation between scraping and having the tires lifted off the pavement. The bike doesn't corner worth a darn with the tires off the ground. So I try to minimize scraping myself.
COW. Takes some getting used to, but it works very well. Stands for Chin Over Wrist.
There's not a lot of separation between scraping and having the tires lifted off the pavement. The bike doesn't corner worth a darn with the tires off the ground. So I try to minimize scraping myself.
COW. Takes some getting used to, but it works very well. Stands for Chin Over Wrist.
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: Bakersfield
Since your bike is an 08, you can move your floorboards up. I was always scraping even when adjusting and counter steering with a stock height Street Glide. Now that I've moved the boards up, I rarely scrape.
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Southern Maryland
just wondering, are your pipes stock or does it have duals on it. i just put some RCs on mine and scraped the pipe the other day in a right hand turn. never have scraped in that turn before....dragged the pipes. might it be the pipe rather than the floor boards. just a thought.
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I scraped constantly on my Heritage. Almost never on my SG even though I ride the same curves faster.
I felt like I had to lean the Heritage much more than I do the SG and the SG frame is just a bit higher.
Dennis
I felt like I had to lean the Heritage much more than I do the SG and the SG frame is just a bit higher.
Dennis
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From: KCK
Sorry...
Hopefully you're not trying to mimic a crotch rocket on a Harley Davidson.
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