Peg scraping

[Flip]

Probably means you have reached the available lean angle on your bike. I infrequently touch the road king down, I have got into the habit of dropping my inside shoulder forward and down to get a little more ground clearance. Works for me and I don't hold sports bikes up in the corners much.
Some bold riders seem to be able to grind the ends of their pegs off. But you know what they say about old and bold riders.......
You must have been going quite fast to touch down a RG150. At these cornering speeds you will ride rings around everybody on the WNR. I take it you were sitting bolt upright. It causes me problems when I have been out trail riding and I push the road king down and sit up in the corner which is a trail bike or slow speed riding technique.

[mossy1200]

[QUOTE=TOTO;1129312543]here is a dude scraping his pegs, notice what happens after that...


If you want to lean off the wrong side of your bike guess its cause you plan to sit on it when you come off.

[Drew]

here is a dude scraping his pegs, notice what happens after that...

I'm pretty sure that guy was trying to get a cool shot of himself, scraping the pegs of his K2, round a couple bends. Just happened to go tits up this time.

Touching pegs down never really bothered me, and touching something solid down only ever came to grief once.

It's not a guide, and I dont think it can be used as such, but I also dont think it's something to fear like the sky falling in.

When something contacts the road, I've always found the natural response was to stand the bike up a bit. That doesn't sound like agreat idea, untill you consider how you do it in a hurry. I assume most people do it the same, and throw their body weight over the inside a bit more, to get the bike up. PRESTO, you're hanging off a bit more, and the turning circle is affected fuck all by it.

The way I see it.

Drew