Scraping pegs!

[Big Dave]

I'll give you 'ard mate. I broke the cast footpeg clean off my Buell with my calf muscle when I crashed it. Rode home without one. You shoulda seen the colour of the bruise.

[MotoKuzzi]

Never scraped a peg but did once touch down with the great lump of a cenrtre stand outpost - scared the shit out of me but never happened again after I sorted the suspension settings.

[MotoKuzzi]

Dammit Dave, I was hoping to chime in first

My current ride has clearance of just over 4 inches - which is not very much at all. The hero knobs disappeared off the pegs in the first week.

Lately however I have been having a lot more fun, and moving along quite...swiftly, by playing with 2 concepts.

Firstly, as BD just said, getting my arse off the seat. Improves the lean angle immensely. You really cant believe it until you do it

Secondly, I like to see how far I can go without using my brakes.

Combine that with my own preference for the "slow in - fast out" corner approach and I am having a great deal of fun, at speeds on or under the limit (mostly) and still getting plenty of time to stop for a smoke while waiting for the peg scrapers to catch up

Agree with this - I have lately developed a technique of just shifting weight onto the inside cheek and pushing down into the bike through the corner seems a lot smoother and less energy intensive than hanging off.

The weight transfer into the rear wheel seems to almost pivot it through the turn off the rear wheel, also means you maintain posture through the turn and can keep eyes looking further ahead without disruption, the front just seems to come around in perfect line - might be unique to my style of bike.

[bosslady]

I scraped the left hand foot peg of my bike on Friday and man did it give me a fight. Front wheel wobbled too but all good!

[leathel]

Cranked my shocks up one more click and rode up to Big Bay Maukau heads with a pillion last night... and with a slow in power out approach and plenty of counter steer the cruiser didn't touch once.... and left no chicken strip on the front tyre and a little strip on the rear, must have been very close many times but no scrapes

Was a nice ride...bit nervous looking at the black clouds but it stayed dry

[jimichelle]

its the outer primary case oil leaks that worry me i have worn through the casing
just ordered another one in from the states mates nice enough to bring it back with him

[Big Dave]

:-)

or - verification of post #29.

Have you thought about something like a XR1200 or even a FXDX?

[skinman]

I can scape almost at will (in dry conditions)
almost always on small roundabouts
impossible to hang off due to shape of seat
definitely find that corner speed is limited by available lean angle especially 2 up
footplates have grind knobs underneath and fold up so no dramas
have never gone past the footplates so dont know what hits next

[leathel]

It will be interesting to see if mine still scrape with a 1/2" longer progressive shock, Handles so much nicer and corners better, I guess it will still scrape low speed but not so sure at the higher speeds, Not much of a chicken strip on the front before so I may be able to get rid on the last 2mm as it should get more of a lean on now

[HenryDorsetCase]

Hey,

I know my little S40 aint much of a cruiser but after a good ride yesterday through the Bombay hills (backroads not the motorway) I managed to scrape a peg in a right hander. It was a awesome feeling.

I was'nt going that fast I was only really doing about 75-80kph through a nice section of twisties, gently rolling on the right hand, with the turns and never touching the breaks. when on the last corner (I was giving it a wrist full coz it was the last one) my right peg scraped. It was a fecken surprise but man I had a grin from ear to ear.

Do you big cruiser riders do that?
Or is it just a light/mid weight cruiser thing?

P.S my pegs are not rigid, they fold, so said scraping never affected my line or grip.

hang off more.

be a bit careful about riding it too hard. pegs on the road is fine, but if you get a bit more aggressive, you might end up dragging hard parts on the ground. (pipes, frame rails engine cases). Lean it further than that and you might lever a wheel off the ground. Thats always hilarious.

also, buy a better bike for spirited riding. SV650, Hornet 900, would all be way better options if you want to ride even more quickly. Or a Triumph bonneville. Or a Speedmaster if you must have your feet out in front of you.

[The Pastor]

hey,

i know my little s40 aint much of a cruiser but after a good ride yesterday through the bombay hills (backroads not the motorway) i managed to scrape a peg in a right hander. It was a awesome feeling.

I was'nt going that fast i was only really doing about 75-80kph through a nice section of twisties, gently rolling on the right hand, with the turns and never touching the breaks. When on the last corner (i was giving it a wrist full coz it was the last one) my right peg scraped. It was a fecken surprise but man i had a grin from ear to ear.

Do you big cruiser riders do that?
Or is it just a light/mid weight cruiser thing?

P.s my pegs are not rigid, they fold, so said scraping never affected my line or grip.

awwww cute

[_Shrek_]

came over the whangamoa's today 2 up + luggage didn't go over 80k's up or down new poivot pegs work well