To Scrape Pegs/Boards Or Not To Scrape?
#21
It happens to me all the time on low speed corners, and fairly often on entry ramps and such if I know the corner. Just have to be careful of the board mounts/exhaust. Once youv'e drug through the boards enough or they fold up to much you hit those "solid" parts, much more dangerous and itll scare the $hit out of you if you dont anticipate it. It may even cause a low side, or push you back up and straight out of the curve. Ive drug about halfway through the floorboard mounts on my 1990 though, a few trips to the dragon will do that.
#22
It happens to me all the time on low speed corners, and fairly often on entry ramps and such if I know the corner. Just have to be careful of the board mounts/exhaust. Once youv'e drug through the boards enough or they fold up to much you hit those "solid" parts, much more dangerous and itll scare the $hit out of you if you dont anticipate it. It may even cause a low side, or push you back up and straight out of the curve. Ive drug about halfway through the floorboard mounts on my 1990 though, a few trips to the dragon will do that.
#23
Exhibit A: Guy trying to ride a Harley like a sport bike. This guy was lucky as hell. His leg was about a few inches from being trapped and undergoing a traumatic amputation below the kneecap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYxU_lYBHpY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYxU_lYBHpY
He leaves is foot hanging off (hence why it catches and almost removes itself in the rear wheel). If you dont know when your bike is going to start scraping, you probably dont have a lot of experience pushing the bike to its limit like that and should be trying to show off for bystanders...
Second. He picks a terrible line in that corner at to high of a speed, at the point where he starts to scrape you can already tell hes too hot in the corner and going to run off the side. Instead of backing off, losing some speed, then leaning back in he just keeps on it. Not a good idea when the bike is at it limits and heading out of the corner.
If I am going to hit a corner hard (enough to where i might scrape), I brake to an acceptable entry speed, lean into it while maintaining speed, then slowly accelerate and lean till it *barely* touches. You dont just haul *** into a corner, lay it on the boards and hope youre not going to fast for the corner...
#25
I have been behind guys on a couple of the "popular" curvy roads that seemed to be very afraid to even lean, let alone scrape a board. It was kinda scary to watch. Speed is not always the determining factor to scraping. Good lines will help prevent rubbing the boards on the road.
#28
I had a 2008 frame that I scrapped all the time. With the newer frame, I don't scrape very often. Two times I remember were 1. on a traffic circle and 2. a few turns on the dragon. When I hear it or feel the vibration in my foot I use it as a warning.
#29
Your dragging parts there's a few things going on ; A : harley's have notoriously crappy suspension it's soft on a good day . B : Do you have the bike overloaded ? like you and the passenger putting more on it than the recommended load limits ? another little dark secret harley has nobody wants to address or is the tour pac & saddlebags full of crap ? You'd be surprised how little it takes to drop the *** of a bagger . C : Are you riding within the design limits of the particular model for the road in question ? A hard twisty like the dragon is gonna eat some steel on most bikes unless they are setup for canyon carving and have some ground clearance .
Last edited by TwiZted Biker; 02-18-2013 at 10:20 PM.