Scraping footpegs. Any advice what I'm doing wrong?

[crystalball]

Hi,

I think I am leaning to much when I do not need to be. I am taking corners more carfully.

Sometimes I have scraped the side of my boot so I have had to lift my foot of the footpeg. I try to put my toes on the footpeg but still sometimes I feel the need to lift foot of peg, Also is it dangerous for the footpeg to scrap the ground as this give's me a big fright which makes me bring bike up a little which puts me out of line.

[Hitcher]

Your lean angle is exceeding your riding ability. Try slowing down a bit and practising picking nice clean road lines through corners.

[bogan]

Check you suspension sag, and make sure to lean off the bike into the corner. If you're still scraping peg on the road after that, slow the fuck down!

[crystalball]

Check you suspension sag, and make sure to lean off the bike into the corner. If you're still scraping peg on the road after that, slow the fuck down!

Hi, Bogan.

I have recently set the suspension to factory settings via the manual book, I am about 63kg 5.4

And yes I will slow the f down.

[hayd3n]

hang of the bike a little more
also look into aftermarket rearsets if they still scrape

[puddytat]

You might be lazy cornering too,where you are spending to long cranked over & running a tad wide on the exit which'll make you lean more to compensate. Try staying out wider & late apexing.....
Or slow the fuck down:msn-wink:

[DEATH_INC.]

Na, drag that shit. It's as much fun as dragging ya knee I reckon.
Dunno about the CBX specifically, but aren't those things fairly wide and not too high off the ground? And do they have nice long 'hero blobs'?

[300weatherby]

Extreme lean angle is not your friend.

If you want to be fast, get some coaching and do some research.Learn to quick turn the bike and correctly position yourself on the bike, work on the ability to put the bike exactly where you want it, evey single time.You are about to crash and only luck is going to determine when and where.

Get practical coaching, and untill then, as others have said........ "Slow the fuck down!"

[Bikemad]

get a trike:msn-wink:

[cave weta]

Hi,

I think I am leaning to much when I do not need to be. I am taking corners more carfully.

Sometimes I have scraped the side of my boot so I have had to lift my foot of the footpeg. I try to put my toes on the footpeg but still sometimes I feel the need to lift foot of peg, Also is it dangerous for the footpeg to scrap the ground as this give's me a big fright which makes me bring bike up a little which puts me out of line.

Are you eating too much?

[Akzle]

really? you've somehow got to a CB1300, and NOW you are asking this question??

if you're not a little bit scared, you're not trying hard enough.

footpegs scraping, in and of itself, is no problem. trying to ride your sidewall, however, will be.

get some frame and knee sliders. i'm sure you can lean over a bit more....

[DEATH_INC.]

You are about to crash and only luck is going to determine when and where.
What a load of shit. I've dragged pegs (and fairings) plenty, and not crashed. You probably don't wanna push too much further tho, once hard bits that don't fold up start scraping you can get in trouble real fast....

[carburator]

I started to post what a piss take then thought about it...

if your height is 5'4" ( presume thats height after the 63kgs wet )
and you have lowered the bike to the extreme to put both feet on the
ground your going to have peg issues..

factory height for the seat is 790mm.. gives you a base line to
sit on the bike and drop a tape to the ground and see..

[skippa1]

You can go over further yet. Don't slow down, learn to put your foot down on the road for added stability like the speedway guys do. A hard dab of rear brake as you lean will kick the arse out, put your foot down, then give it full throttle so that you carry out a controlled power slide. It helps to use a good quality Shinko tyre. Practice in the wet, its easier to master the slide in the wet.

[FROSTY]

OP something reads wrong here.You are 5 foot four riding a CB1300 yet posting like a teenager AND asking the sort of questions someone still learning to ride asks.
However--First of all if you are as you say then you NEED some one on one training. Theres plenty of folk around doing that stuff nowadays. If you don't by the tone and nature of your posts you are heading for trouble.

If you want to glean advice from the internet then first of all as others have advised SLOW DOWN. I'll add the trailer -for now.
Its NOT that I feel that peg scraping is in itself an issue but your reaction to it IS a big issue.The last place you need to be tensed up and worried is exiting a corner.Worse glancing down to see whats going on.
If its country riding then what kind of line are you using?
Have you done the classic newbee panic and dump the throttle off trick?
-That is rather than having a bit of throttle on going into corners to tighten the chasis and lift the bike a bit You are dumping the throttle will have the bike drop like a wet noodle.

[FROSTY]

Hi, Bogan.
I have recently set the suspension to factory settings via the manual book, I am about 63kg 5.4
And yes I will slow the f down.

LOL funny im only 5.7 and 69kg's far from tuff lol. Not sure why ya have to be tuff to use a word tho :bye:
You shrunk three inches and lost a few kg over the past few months?

[Phantom Limb]

The CB1300 is a similar beast to my XJR, the foot pegs do tend to be a bit low and will touch down early on tighter bends even when it doesn't 'feel' like you're pushing that hard. This type of bike does require a more animated riding style if you're planning to hit some windy roads regularly.

The solution is to climb off the seat to the inside of the up coming corner just before you start to lean, you don't need to pop the inside knee, we're not on a race track, however that weight bias to the inside keeps these big machines more upright. You will also find that the corner feels 'smoother' using this method. When entering a left hander for example, I will put my left bumcheek off the side of the seat and brace the right knee against the right hand side of the tank, works a charm.

Practice at lower speed first, soon it'll be totally natural :yes:

[ducatilover]

Get magnesium hero blobs?

You're either riding wrong or riding correctly. Nobody can tell what you're doing over teh interzwebs.

[willytheekid]

Just a matter of...
273905
:niceone:

[BigAl]

Get some good health/life insurance and then get your crankcases down:woohoo:

[yod]

273906

10chars...

[Akzle]

...I will put my left bumcheek off the side of the seat and brace the right knee against the right hand side of the tank, works a charm.

ahh. the right knee on the right side of the tank.. i wondered what i'd been doing wrong all these years... :bleh:


Nobody can tell what you're doing over teh interzwebs.

you're forgetting. this is KB. we're all heros.

[swbarnett]

I think I am leaning to much when I do not need to be.
Are you leaning with the bike? The bike will go over way more than it needs to if you do what I used to do and keep the torso upright.

[nodrog]

Hi, ..........

What I'm doing wrong?.

Umm, nothing.

[mulletman]

Maybe firm up compression front and rear, try a coupla three clicks.

[tzrmike]

Do you have feet like Sideshow Bob?

Seriously though, it can depend on the bike and your style of riding.

I saw a guy today on a Duke who was pushing the bike under him, ala motorcross style, around corners on a very mild part of SH1. Your body should be on the inside the centreline of the bike, or at the very least, in line with it. That'll reduce lean angle. This guy was bolt upright regardless of the cornering angle, but because of the added angle needed to turn, his feet were closer to the road than they needed to be. Plus, if you get on the inside of the centreline of bike, you tend to pull your inside foot up a bit as well (well, I do anyway.)

Old bikes and bikes of an "older styling" ie your CB1300 tend to have lower pegs, and softer suspension to begin with, and the seat position can have you hanging your toes as well. On my old TZR I ground a 45 degree angle on the outside toe of my work boots through the Kopu Rd. Although it was a "GP Replica" 250, it was still a 250 rep from the mid '80s!

[Tigadee]

Check you suspension sag, and make sure to lean off the bike into the corner.

+1

I was scraping the footpegs on my 250 cruiser and then I figured out that the suspension was too soft. I set it to a firmer setting and no more scraping.

Mind you, it was a newer bike, so suspension setting was definitely the main factor, not age-related material fatigue or riding ability [such as it was then! :lol:].

[roogazza]

I'm afraid you are normal ! Grind them suckers, enjoy. :laugh:

[Botany Honda]

CB1300's will scrape the pegs, I suggest leaning off the bike a little to bring it more upright, you will be on the edge of the tyres at these angles so don't push your luck, also right hand corners you can hit the exhaust collector on the pre 2008 models if you hit a bump mid corner, I weigh a good 99 kg (in denial) and find the stock suspension settings OK, I have done 45000km on mine and this is what I found, mind I am slow old and fat..........YMMV<_<

[Maha]

The only time I ever scraped mine was when I was cleaning them....(pegs that is) :confused:

[Phantom Limb]

I reckon you're more likely to scrape pegs on right handers. Your mind will be telling you not to cross the centre line with your body, so as a result, subconciously you stay more upright and lean the bike under you instead, as mentioned before this creates a higher than normal lean angle. I think the key is to conciously enter right handers wider, don't use the centre line as an apex, instead stay in the middle of the lane, it's not a great racing line but it's a safe one :blink:. Would be really nice not being decapitated by an oncomming tractor while you're trying to catch that bugger on a 750 that just went by <_<.

[puddytat]

Slightly off topic.....but fuck, the amount of you fellas out there that are riding the centre line ,& having to pick yourselves up to avoid hitting oncoming is just un-fucking-real.:facepalm: What the fuck is it with you?
I think that every bike I've seen over the last week on a corner has had atleast ,their upper torso in
the oncoming lane.
For example...the group of sportsbikes that came up the Buller Gorge on Tuesday morning set a good example of stupid riding. One after the other,following the leader, wheels on the centre line,heads in our lane, all getting a wee fright to see us.....
Yor not impressing anyone. Quite the opposite, you're intimidating, & aggravating the Public.
Leave your egos at home .:yes:

[Phantom Limb]

It comes from trying to push too hard on the road I reckon. They're trying to create a smooth race line through a right hand bend, problem is the apex just so happens to be in the path of oncoming traffic! :blink: :facepalm:

[crystalball]

All I can say is yes I am 5.4 and have lost some weight, Shaved the bike seat and good work boots.
I have no problem with my cornering and love the bends, I have only owned the bike for about 18 mths and have done 25,000km ALL I wanted to know was it dangerous for the pegs to touch the ground. Now I know it is. Yes I do all the correct body movements and and arm movements and cornering line. So to all you hero's whom like to try make other look like tossers then F you. Getting sick of this site how people are getting silly ansews. Getting a busa soon hope that scares the f outa ya all lol. Last post ride safe.

[puddytat]

Well you did ask for advice on what you were doing wrong.....suck it up ya midget.

[ducatilover]

All I can say is yes I am 5.4 and have lost some weight, Shaved the bike seat and good work boots.
I have no problem with my cornering and love the bends, I have only owned the bike for about 18 mths and have done 25,000km ALL I wanted to know was it dangerous for the pegs to touch the ground. Now I know it is. Yes I do all the correct body movements and and arm movements and cornering line. So to all you hero's whom like to try make other look like tossers then F you. Getting sick of this site how people are getting silly ansews. Getting a busa soon hope that scares the f outa ya all lol. Last post ride safe.
You'll be fine. I fold pegs on a GN all the time yet never get near the pegs on the ZX6.

Put some healing cream in that vaginal wound too

[Phantom Limb]

Impending rage quit!
Stand back least you get roosted guys. :no:

[sugilite]

All I can say is yes I am 5.4 and have lost some weight, Shaved the bike seat and good work boots.
I have no problem with my cornering and love the bends, I have only owned the bike for about 18 mths and have done 25,000km ALL I wanted to know was it dangerous for the pegs to touch the ground. Now I know it is. Yes I do all the correct body movements and and arm movements and cornering line. So to all you hero's whom like to try make other look like tossers then F you. Getting sick of this site how people are getting silly ansews. Getting a busa soon hope that scares the f outa ya all lol. Last post ride safe.

Touching your pegs down is not in itself dangerous, infact your motorcycle is designed to do that very thing. The feet thing is an easy fix, get on the balls of your feet before you get to the corner/s. Are you getting right to the edge of your tyres? If not, you can look at removing the hero knobs if they are still present. Look at after market rear sets, or custom made rear sets. Is a kinda expensive option, esp as there is a busa on the horizon. :devil2:
Shaving your seat shows you have already put a fair bit of thought into how to get yourself low without sacraficing ground clearence.

Fair enough on your KB heros comment. Personally I ride to live life, as against being a airbag safety hero on the internet.

[BigAl]

Getting sick of this site how people are getting silly ansews.

Hey guys stop the silly ansews........you're upsetting the ladies :nono:

[Phantom Limb]

look at removing the hero knobs if they are still present. .

Thats what corners are for.
If you have to file / cut off your hero knobs then they were not earned and you sir are no Hero!

[sugilite]

Thats what corners are for.
If you have to file / cut off your hero knobs then they were not earned and you sir are no Hero!

In most instances I'd completely agree with you. Though I've seen some crazy long ones on Hondas that almost look like a liability.

[Banditbandit]

Getting a busa soon hope that scares the f outa ya all lol. Last post ride safe.

Good luck ... I'd have to say we won't have fond memories ...

[Maha]

Hey guys stop the silly ansews........you're upsetting the ladies :nono:

The ''ansews'' given are opinions on a particular subject, not fact.
As per any question asked on here, there is never really a right answer given, only ones opinion due to previous or current experience on the subject.
If I were to ask ''what is the acceptable number of hokey pokey bits per scoop of Ice Cream''?...(ok we all know its 45) but my point is, each answer given will differ due to ones own personal experience.

[skippa1]

Yes I do all the correct body movements and and arm movements and cornering line

sounds like you are as busy as a beaver on that bike :laugh: