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

[FROSTY:Me]

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

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

[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...

[BigAl]

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

[yod]

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...

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:Me]

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! ].

[roogazza]

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

[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)