How dodgy is scraping foot pegs on sports bike or sports tourer?

[newbie2012]

Hi all, how serious (dangerous too strong ?) is scrapping foot pegs on sports bike/sports tourer at reasonable speed (e.g. 100kph) ?

Any insights from rider who have actually done it welcome.

PS there was a blog under hogs & cruisers, but it didn't answer the question assuming more serious at higher lean angles, couldn't see any other threads, hence new thread.

[tigertim20]

slow down rossi

[MVnut]

Hi all, how serious (dangerous too strong ?) is scrapping foot pegs on sports bike/sports tourer at reasonable speed (e.g. 100kph) ?

Any insights from rider who have actually done it welcome.

PS there was a blog under hogs & cruisers, but it didn't answer the question assuming more serious at higher lean angles, couldn't see any other threads, hence new thread.

Depends if you're any bloody good.....might be an idea to slow down !

[newbie2012]

Hell, I'm not Rossi, figure there is way too much to hit on NZ roads without throwing in excess speeds.

I haven't actually scrapped them, certainly do not plan to. I am curious what it does to the stability of the bike when people have, as I can only assume it will have an adverse impact.

[Akzle]

scraping pegs? Pussy, you should be scraping your bar ends like all the pros.

[Akzle]

oh you never have?
I think youll find pegs fold up.
But you shouldnt be that far over without a knee down.

[newbie2012]

scraping pegs? Pussy, you should be scraping your bar ends like all the pros.

Excellent, it is official. I'm a pussy on KB, at least my street cred can only go up. I hope.

When you are putting your weight on the inside peg (with our weight over the inside of the corner if you are trying to get your knee down) and the peg hits, does the weight keep your foot on the peg or is it a real 'oh shit' moment ?

[FJRider]

Thicker knee sliders are what you need ... foot pegs are hinged for a reason ..

[Akzle]

Thicker knee sliders are what you need ... foot pegs are hinged for a reason ..

youre getting slow in your old age.

[Gremlin]

Depends on the bike, it's suspension, the rider, the overall weight on the bike etc. Some can touch down quite easily, others you're more likely to lose the tyres before the pegs.

What happens when they touch down? Depends again. Most front pegs on bikes are folding, so you may feel them fold up slightly. Touch them down too hard and you're risking one or both tyres lifting up, and the bike pivoting on the peg instead. This usually ends up with a lot more getting scraped.

[cs363]

Start practising....

Or for a more sensible answer see Gremlin's reply above.....

[FJRider]

youre getting slow in your old age.

The older I get ... the faster I was ...

[skippa1]

Hi all, how serious (dangerous too strong ?) is scrapping foot pegs on sports bike/sports tourer at reasonable speed (e.g. 100kph) ?

Any insights from rider who have actually done it welcome.

PS there was a blog under hogs & cruisers, but it didn't answer the question assuming more serious at higher lean angles, couldn't see any other threads, hence new thread.

[Motu]

Touch them down too hard and you're risking one or both tyres lifting up, and the bike pivoting on the peg instead. .

Bikes didn't always have folding pegs, you'd just lay the bike down hard on the pegs and scrape everything - we didn't look at chicken strips, there were none, we looked at how much of the pegs were ground down to gauge what sort of rider they were. Pivoting on the pegs - yes it was done, lift the back wheel up and tighten the line. Of course we didn't have 100hp and 3 disc brakes....

[Gremlin]

...we looked at how much of the pegs were ground down to gauge what sort of rider they were...

A lot of bikes now have the feelers under the pegs you can wear down.

Alternatively, I remember a few years ago, touring on my boss's Blackbird. South Island West Coast, corner tightened up a bit so I leant the bike over. Heard a small twang, thought nothing of it as everything seemed fine. A few weeks later my boss asks me where the one feeler was. Apparently it did have one on each peg when he lent it to me.