Is scraping pegs dangerous?
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03-27-2014, 09:27 AM
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Scraping can be fun. Pegs will fold up to allow even more angle, and if you go too far, then you will be scraping hard parts that don't move and that can lever the rear tire off the ground. If you are running the little feelers on the stock pegs they can grab an hole or crack in the road and make for some unexpected results.
All that said, I do like scraping, just for the fun of it, but am careful of road conditions and not to go to far over.
As mentioned, if you don't like scraping, or simply want the best possible speed in a corner, use a little body english and you can go thru the corners faster with no scraping.
Another little trick...my wife does not like the sound of scraping...so most of the time, with her, I hang the heel of my boot a little lower than the peg and can feel the road surface with my boot before it starts scraping the peg...then I know not to go any further.
All that said, I do like scraping, just for the fun of it, but am careful of road conditions and not to go to far over.
As mentioned, if you don't like scraping, or simply want the best possible speed in a corner, use a little body english and you can go thru the corners faster with no scraping.
Another little trick...my wife does not like the sound of scraping...so most of the time, with her, I hang the heel of my boot a little lower than the peg and can feel the road surface with my boot before it starts scraping the peg...then I know not to go any further.
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I hang the heel of my boot a little lower than the peg and can feel the road surface with my boot before it starts scraping the peg...then I know not to go any further.
As an aside, do you guys have gloss black clevises for both the left and right forward controls for '14 Irons? I'm really wanting to get rid of the chrome finish on mine, and I had to do some machining on them (HD forward clevises) to get non-stock pegs to fit right.
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03-27-2014, 09:51 AM
I tend to do this, as well. The pegs I have on my forward controls are pretty long, and will scrape a little sooner than most.
As an aside, do you guys have gloss black clevises for both the left and right forward controls for '14 Irons? I'm really wanting to get rid of the chrome finish on mine, and I had to do some machining on them (HD forward clevises) to get non-stock pegs to fit right.
As an aside, do you guys have gloss black clevises for both the left and right forward controls for '14 Irons? I'm really wanting to get rid of the chrome finish on mine, and I had to do some machining on them (HD forward clevises) to get non-stock pegs to fit right.
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I've lifted a back tire on a smaller metric, got it back up when it slowed down a bit, was lucky. Be way harder to do on 600+ lbs of Harley. Bad consequence of lifting a rear tire - the bike stops going in a curve and heads in a straight line; can be anything from embarrassing to going under a semi, depending on conditions. I dragged my 1200 slightly once, but hit a bump while it was grinding; then it wasn't a grind but a heavy impact on something solid. Thought I'd have a mess under it somewhere, but darned if I can even see where it hit.
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I tend to do this, as well. The pegs I have on my forward controls are pretty long, and will scrape a little sooner than most.
As an aside, do you guys have gloss black clevises for both the left and right forward controls for '14 Irons? I'm really wanting to get rid of the chrome finish on mine, and I had to do some machining on them (HD forward clevises) to get non-stock pegs to fit right.
As an aside, do you guys have gloss black clevises for both the left and right forward controls for '14 Irons? I'm really wanting to get rid of the chrome finish on mine, and I had to do some machining on them (HD forward clevises) to get non-stock pegs to fit right.
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We do not. HD should come out with them soon...maybe...otherwise, take em into a local powder coater...or hit Joe up on the forum here.
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#39
06-14-2021, 07:38 PM
Poor Design?
I used to scrape all the time but now I consider it a risk so I avoid it. There's a reason why people call the metal under most pegs feelers; their funcion is to tell you are starting to go low.
If you go too low you can hit the muffler to the ground too far and lose traction, also these tires don't have the same traction on the sides as sport bikes.
Scraping is OK if you don't go too far down AND you don't panic, but you can avoid scraping pegs just by moving your body slightly on the bike combined with the way you take curves.
This is my muffler and old pegs, now I avoid scraping pegs just with driving technique; same speed, same curves but no scraps.
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If you go too low you can hit the muffler to the ground too far and lose traction, also these tires don't have the same traction on the sides as sport bikes.
Scraping is OK if you don't go too far down AND you don't panic, but you can avoid scraping pegs just by moving your body slightly on the bike combined with the way you take curves.
This is my muffler and old pegs, now I avoid scraping pegs just with driving technique; same speed, same curves but no scraps.
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Imagine my surprise when something scraped on the side of the '48!
When we stopped I checked, and was amazed to see that the pegs hadn't touched, but almost all of the exhaust!!!
Surely this is a design flaw, how can the exhaust touch down before the pegs? The road was brand new, no lumps or bumps to catch the pipes, so I was completely mystified...
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