To Scrape Pegs/Boards Or Not To Scrape?
#83
02-20-2013 | 04:36 PM
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Quite a few crashes on roads like the Dragon are because someone drags a "hard part" and it scares the crap out of them. Then they panic and end up in the ditch. If you know your bike and its limits you are far less likely to panic when you hear something scrape.
I must have my feet on the edge of the boards because I always feel my boot edge rub first. Kind of like the old curb feelers on cars.
I must have my feet on the edge of the boards because I always feel my boot edge rub first. Kind of like the old curb feelers on cars.
#84
02-20-2013 | 07:51 PM
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Quite a few crashes on roads like the Dragon are because someone drags a "hard part" and it scares the crap out of them. Then they panic and end up in the ditch. If you know your bike and its limits you are far less likely to panic when you hear something scrape.
I must have my feet on the edge of the boards because I always feel my boot edge rub first. Kind of like the old curb feelers on cars.
I must have my feet on the edge of the boards because I always feel my boot edge rub first. Kind of like the old curb feelers on cars.
#85
02-20-2013 | 07:55 PM
Ive never scraped my floorboards on my glide yet but i have got the jiffy stand before where it picked the front end up. It was my fault going to fast had to stand it back up then back down again i came out of it lesson learned.
#86
02-20-2013 | 08:52 PM
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I don't ride to scrape but I have scraped before. I don't recommend it and I don't like it. Most of the time it is because I hit a curve too hot and rode the bike through it without fear. The problem with riding several different bikes is that they are all different but riding style isn't. I sometimes forget that the Softtail Classic isn't a Wideglide. Like dirt and asphalt. Same but very different.
#88
02-20-2013 | 09:14 PM
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I have scraped once on each side on every bike I have ridden...this was intentional so I know the limits of the machine.
If your makin sparks you are at the limits of operation and control...I prefer not to have both happen at the same time
If your makin sparks you are at the limits of operation and control...I prefer not to have both happen at the same time
#89
02-21-2013 | 08:17 AM
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It was just a comment, didnt realize we had the National Spokesperson For The Ethical Treatment Of The HD Rental Bikes on the forum....
I payed to use the property within terms of a certain contract. If the owner (not you) feels I broke the contract i'm liable, its between me and them. So your opinion doesn't mean ****.
I should probably edit my previous statement to "I would not want to be the sucker that bought any bike out of the rental program haha". Because this isnt happy dappy flowers and butterfly land where everyone rents a Harley to take it on a sweet babied 40mi ride to the park for the day where the ensure that its parked under sufficient cover from the weather, then park it inside their protective bubble for the night, and wash it and change the oil before returning it to the dealer. This is the real world, they get rented, run hard, run far, put away wet, and brought back dirty.
Sorry that I couldnt care less that I've offended you. Im jealous of "people like you". I mean, come on, your life is so dandy that you have time to waste on the internet whining about what one person does with a rental bike
I payed to use the property within terms of a certain contract. If the owner (not you) feels I broke the contract i'm liable, its between me and them. So your opinion doesn't mean ****.
I should probably edit my previous statement to "I would not want to be the sucker that bought any bike out of the rental program haha". Because this isnt happy dappy flowers and butterfly land where everyone rents a Harley to take it on a sweet babied 40mi ride to the park for the day where the ensure that its parked under sufficient cover from the weather, then park it inside their protective bubble for the night, and wash it and change the oil before returning it to the dealer. This is the real world, they get rented, run hard, run far, put away wet, and brought back dirty.
Sorry that I couldnt care less that I've offended you. Im jealous of "people like you". I mean, come on, your life is so dandy that you have time to waste on the internet whining about what one person does with a rental bike
I respect other people's property and you don't. I really don't give a **** whether you care or not. You apparently have time to waste on the internet bragging about abusing bikes that are not yours. Wow, you must be a big, bad, tough biker. LOL
