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Custom Vehicle Discussions => Screamin’ Eagle® Softail® Springer® => Topic started by: dite on February 27, 2011, 09:28:33 AM
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Is it possible to put floorboards on a Softail Springer?
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If it is possible you will certainly scrape them on the twisties.
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If it is possible you will certainly scrape them on the twisties.
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I did a little "wag" before making a sharp right on a tight street corner in town on my springer and scraped the tip of my turned down Vance Hines in the middle of the turn -- if I had floor boards I would have been in real trouble. Only had it a week so I am still feeling out it's limits.
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I did a little "wag" before making a sharp right on a tight street corner in town on my springer and scraped the tip of my turned down Vance Hines in the middle of the turn -- if I had floor boards I would have been in real trouble. Only had it a week so I am still feeling out it's limits.
Congrats on the new ride. :2vrolijk_21:
I usually hit the back of my heal ever so slightly just before I reach lean limits. Once I had no choice but to push her through a turn and I folded up the front peg quite a bit through the turn and left my mark on the asphalt. Between me pushing down on the peg and it pushing up against the ground, my foot felt like I was riding an old school skateboard on a less than ideal surface.
So far I've been lucky and haven't had my V&H 2-1 Big Radius touch the ground.
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They are a bolt on proposition. But with the lowered stance on the FXSTSSE you will lose lean angle!
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I replaced the stock pegs with the Harley mini-floorboards. A bit more comfortable, but I am still needing them to extend out further. I have read of peg extensions that would widen the stance by 2 inches or so. I can't remember where I heard about them. Can anyone make a suggestion? Although my legs are short and I have a reach seat, I would still be more comfortable having my boots out a bit from the shifter and the brake. It is too tight.
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I replaced the stock pegs with the Harley mini-floorboards. A bit more comfortable, but I am still needing them to extend out further. I have read of peg extensions that would widen the stance by 2 inches or so. I can't remember where I heard about them. Can anyone make a suggestion? Although my legs are short and I have a reach seat, I would still be more comfortable having my boots out a bit from the shifter and the brake. It is too tight.
I wear size 13w. The forward controls are just fine for me. Moving the floorboards out will decrease your lean angles! Be careful!
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If the reason for the floor boards is cosmetic than I have not intelligent advise. For comfort I added the HD heal rests which greatly reduced the soreness on long rides
(14 days Washington-Sturgis-Washington) and since they replace the stirrup attachment they are raised by and inch which increased my lean angle. I rub the heal rests a little here and there but only in extreme riding in the twisties as opposed to regular riding with the original setup.
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I wear size 13w. The forward controls are just fine for me. Moving the floorboards out will decrease your lean angles! Be careful!
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I will keep that in mind. I hadn't thought about the lean angle.