Does lowering the rear of a Heritage Classic reduce cornering ability? I already drag my floorboards pretty often & I only weigh 154.

 

Yes, the lower the bike, the less you can lean before something scrapes.

 

I still do NOT understand this "scrapping" issue I always read or hear about. If your scrapping, IMHO, you are not riding it right and taking curves or corners to fast. I ride a Deluxe I'm 5'10" 225 and I NEVER drag even if I slam it. That makes me lower than a Heritage and I am heavier than you too. If I do scrap it's because I want too, put on a little sparkler show! I have quoted an old boy a few times here that once told me that if you are not scrapping, your not riding it right. If you go to and use a very popular air ride system here on this site on your bike then you can raise it up and hit or scrap nothing. You can lift it up when needed or get out on the open highways and slam it and go. Ask anyone here about the popular air ride systems most of us has gone with here and you will only hear good things......unless a "hater" chimes in!

 

I scarped my old Fat Boy all the time. I scrap my floorboards on my 11 FLTRX with 13" shocks. Lowering makes it handle like $hit.
tbonetony06, sorry but if you don't scarp the $hit out of your bike, you ain't riding it right. Have you ever looked at a 'COP'S bike floorboards? If you haven't you better. Maybe you could tell them they aren't riding there bikes right!!

 

im wearing through my pegs pretty quickly, and im sitting at stock. im nowhere near the knee dargging angles i hit on my previous bikes (r1, fzr). but thats half the fun for me.

 

Go to youtube and watch this video. Then tell my hero Donnie Williams,he don't know how to ride. Scraping floorboards is to let you know you are riding to the max safely. Some floorboards even have replaceable wear ***** on them.

 

40+ years of riding and I only scrap when I want it to scrap. That's why I threw in there what that old boy told me years ago. I once let a friend ride my 75 Super glide, he should have been gone 5 minutes. 30 minutes later I hear this Harley, spitting and sputtering and then my bike came into view. He tried to ride it like I rode it and he dragged, dug in to the asphalt and he went down. If I drag, it's a controlled drag.

 

If you're scraping boards now at your weight I wouldn't lower the bike anymore.

I'm a fairly conservative rider so that probably explains why I've rarely scraped the boards on my 08 Heritage with Harleygoodies floorboard extensions. Maybe twice in 20k. And that's at over 200lbs.

 

that is one of the best videos i've seen. i'm no veteran on a motorcycle, so maybe it's my inexperience talking, but that was awesome.