Peg scraping

[yod]

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[lostinflyz]

blah bollocks.

i rem when i started out racing. i peg scrapped like a bastard, just about fell off the side of the thing.

Stock bikes (particularily bikes of a older generation) are both low and have rear sets (pegs) that sit too low. the rear shocks are usually well past it that makes them ride low and the rear sets are designed for comfort. racers generally always replace them for higher pieces that keep them of the ground. but that doesn't mean that its not easy to scrap shit on the road,esp when you get a little over confident.

if i rem. correctly this guy rides an rg. i know most streetstock guys ground out there pegs every corner. till they get short enough.

Getting your pegs down is no biggie (so long as they are fold ups, or not if your brave, or ride a harley). if you dont like it fiddle with your riding position but stay comfy cause nothing is worse than being uncomfy. and if you really hate pegs down ride with ducks feet (toes out) and youll know when pegs are close. The last option is to slow down but that jsut aint no fun now is it.

best bets to head out to a track and try out peg scraping, hanging off and finding what works.

[Dean]

I'm no expert but this is how i believe to efficiently get around the corners safely (i will say this advice as what i would do if i wanted to corner)

What i would first do is pull my toe back, on the edge of the peg, reason being is if your foot is extending over the peg when on a lean your boot/foot will scrape the road surface. Also by me pulling my toe back i have more leverage to move my leg around

Secondly i would put my knee out, because my toes are tucked back my knee can extend right out. And move my buttocks slightly to the side i am turning.

I will countersteer so if i am turning right i will push on the right handlebar, and i will treat my bike like a door blocking my view. By this i mean i will look around the door which causes my head to move lower and get my helmet between the rear mirror and the handle bar. Whilst looking through the corner.
Correct me if i am wrong.

[smoky]

VX800 - scrapped everything on it; pegs, stand, the pipes. I was bashing it to pieces. The bike wasn't the right sort of bike for the riding I was doing, so I sold it and got the bandit
Bandit 1200s was better, took a few months before i was confident, then I found the pegs were touching down regularly. Starting climbing off the seat occasionally to compensate, until one day I didn't - pegged out and came off
Spent a shit load on Ohlins front and back, I can now I go quicker around the corners, can stay in my seat and never touch down a peg again - sweet

[beyond]

Wait till you get your tits down.

Gravity and age takes care of that mate

On bikes with folding pegs (most modern sports and sports tourers) they have feeler bolts on the bottom as an indicator to let you know that once these touch down you haven't got much further to go before harder bits start hitting the tarmac and that's when the weight starts to come off the rear.... with the result....down and out if you're not ready for it. Once the peg starts rumbling along the ground ligthen up your foot pressure on that peg and keep a relaxed grip on the bars. Sounds like you panicked a bit and probably tensed up, grabbing the bars harder and inducing the wobble.

The GSX1400 is an awesome bike in the twisties but has low ground clearance. I can ride it hard without touching down most the time because I use my upper body and head to lean off the bike. Rapid progress can be made this way and if the need arises you can hang off for faster progress again.

Once the pegs touch down on mine, the left side stand is next which is slowly wearing away, then the main stand on both sides, which is also slowly wearing away, then the engine mounting plate and bolts and recently I wore away the header connector clips where they meet the collector box on the right side under the engine.

No dramas, just relax, go with the flow and be prepared to momentarily stand the bike up should the rear pop out on you which has happened a few times to me when the centre stand has hit harder than normal. Just ended up in a different part of my own lane then I intended to be in which makes you rethink your apex and exits Only happened a few times a while back when I rode more exuberantly.

Short version: peg scrapping is quite common once you get to know your bike and happens a lot more on sports toueres than full on sports bikes.

[AD345]

The one downside to nice comfy footboards is that they do tend to get ground along the tarmc somewhat.


Ya gets used to it

[breakaway]

I use my upper body and head to lean off the bike.

Yep - that's the way to go, you can make the bike really boogey and not touch the ground.

[Cheshire Cat]

This one time, at bandcamp.......

[TOTO]

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

[NZsarge]

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

That guy was riding like a complete muppet and was asking that to happen, had nothing to do with any peg scraping. He was trying to ride through the corners motocross styles... Muppet!

[gwigs]

This is going to end badly.....

[TOTO]

That guy was riding like a complete muppet and was asking that to happen, had nothing to do with any peg scraping. He was trying to ride through the corners motocross styles... Muppet!

thats true Sarge. Regardless, Ive met a few peeps lately that have been riding for only a few kms and are already "scraping pegs". This vid is a good example for the likes of newbies to know what next touches the ground if you try so hard to "scrape pegs" and its you mission on a ride, rather than staying alive.

[NZsarge]

thats true Sarge. Regardless, Ive met a few peeps lately that have been riding for only a few kms and are already "scraping pegs". This vid is a good example for the likes of newbies to know what next touches the ground if you try so hard to "scrape pegs" and its you mission on a ride, rather than staying alive.

Ah yes certainly, I see your point. Newbies should absolutely not be going out to try to get their pegs to scrap. If as you learn to ride uping your skills slowly bit by bit and if it happens your pegs deck out that's one thing but to seek that out with little to no experience is'nt a good idea for sure. If it happens that the hero blobs on my bike should ground out I take it as a warning shot that i'm getting pretty close the max I should be leaning my bike and it's a warning I heed.

[KrazyGixxerBoy]

If your pegs touch down on the road you've just run out of safety margin. Better hope like hell you don't need any more lean angle to make the corner...

The wobbling was probably the rear about to let go and dump yo arse on the ground.

I agree. Farkin lucky would be my guess cos if your scrapin the pegs you better have super sticky tyres on and a beautifully sealed road!! As posted previously, hang more off the bike and you won't have to lean it so far. Also, I have screwed metal plates in the toes of my boots (cos they don't have removeable sliders) and when my foot touches the ground I know I'm right over....mind you, with size 13 feet they stick out like hell anyway!!

[mossy1200]

No, they shouldn't touch. Hang off the bike more, this will allow you to corner the bike with more 'lean angle in reserve'.

Scraping parts of the bike on the ground are dangerous because on my bike, next thing that touches the ground after the peg is the exhaust, and once that touches, it's all over.

You want to try cbr1100x 2 up.First pegs then fairing then muffler.Blue insulation tape is cheep and seems to blend in quite well.
Its hard to hang off to much when you have passenger behind you.
My t100 touches down quite often even when my arse is half metre off the edge of seat.

Like the song says
Some bikes will,some bikes wont,some bikes need a lotta luvin and some bikes dont.

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