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[Chains]

Glad to hear you weren't hurt and were able to get the bike home.  I have lowered a lot of bikes and messed up their handling but never had floor board extenders on them.  Will never put them on for sure now.

[jonga]

Very sorry to see the pics of your accident that JC posted, but so glad that you were spared any serious injury.  Sounds as if you've readjusted your riding attitude and will be enjoying riding again very soon with just a tad less aggressive 'scraping'.  Ride safe Jon.  spyder

I'd say that sums it up just about perfect..... I'll leave the aggresive scraping to my younger brother's   thanks spyder, Jon

[mr_magoo]

Just glad to hear you are OK.

[JCZ]

I thought it was pretty interesting when Jon said that his floorboards never scraped, just the floorboard support brackets.  I guess due to the diminished lean angle and the slight crown in the road on that curve, it caught the brackets rather than the floor board.  And, those that were in front of him didn't scrape at all says something, too.

Definately something to consider if you're going to use those floor board extenders....especially in the twisties.

[naitram]

john, glad your doing OK, i cringed when i saw you bike at Jim's shop. i had the extenders on the SERK and after the back end getting light on some right hand turns on the dragon a few years ago i removed the spacers from the right side, but have left them on the left side. you guys have more technical roads then most of the east coast guys do but i didnt have any issues with this setup while i was out there

[sadunbar]

Jonga, just a after-thought....being vertically challenged I lowered my SEEG with the adjustable air shocks (legends) so that when riding hard in the twisties like you were you can have the ground clearance yet still lower for moving the bike around in the parking lot.  Has worked well for me on the bagger.  spyder

Exactly what I've done also - Legend Air Shocks - lowered in low speed traffic and parking situations - raised when riding.  I'm 5'11, but with a 30 in. inseam, it's tough to get my feet planted.  This solution works well for me....   

[Midnight Rider]

Exactly what I've done also - Legend Air Shocks - lowered in low speed traffic and parking situations - raised when riding.  I'm 5'11, but with a 30 in. inseam, it's tough to get my feet planted.  This solution works well for me....   

X3...the Legends are a bike saver when parking these beasts, or stuck in traffic.  I have the Kury 3/4" spacers on my new bike, just like I did on the '06, and never scraped anything other than the outside of the boards...never the brackets...and I've been known to ride pretty hard in the twisties...But, when I'm riding the twisties, I have the Legends raised all the way up, and I keep my suspension stock...13".  Plus, the Traxxion front end keeps the front from compressing as much when taking curves at speed.  I looked at the 1" spacers offered by some of the other companies, but decided against them for the very reason you discovered, Jonga.  Glad you're OK...the bike can be fixed, and it's in good hands with Jim.

[spydglide]

I thought it was pretty interesting when Jon said that his floorboards never scraped, just the floorboard support brackets.  I guess due to the diminished lean angle and the slight crown in the road on that curve, it caught the brackets rather than the floor board.  And, those that were in front of him didn't scrape at all says something, too.

Definately something to consider if you're going to use those floor board extenders....especially in the twisties.

Another thing to consider if you ride a lowered bike is to practice shifting body weight way out from side to side thru tight corners so as to be able to get thru a corner faster w/o leaning the bike as much.....this can save you if you get surprised on a corner like Jon got into.  But, I find that you have to practice this (as stupid as it looks) so that it'll come 2nd nature when the emergency in a corner arises.  spyder

[grc]

Another thing to consider if you ride a lowered bike is to practice shifting body weight way out from side to side thru tight corners so as to be able to get thru a corner faster w/o leaning the bike as much.....this can save you if you get surprised on a corner like Jon got into.  But, I find that you have to practice this (as stupid as it looks) so that it'll come 2nd nature when the emergency in a corner arises.  spyder

   

Right on the money spyder.  This technique has saved my bacon on more than one occasion when I managed to get into a corner too hot.


Jerry

[SBB]

Another thing to consider if you ride a lowered bike is to practice shifting body weight way out from side to side thru tight corners so as to be able to get thru a corner faster w/o leaning the bike as much.....this can save you if you get surprised on a corner like Jon got into.  But, I find that you have to practice this (as stupid as it looks) so that it'll come 2nd nature when the emergency in a corner arises.  spyder

I completed a class two months ago that taught this practice. They had us practicing by putting our chins on top of the mirror on the bagger as we went around a curve. It works and was fun but I don't see any knee pucks in my future. But it does work. The class was a MSF class called, Advanced Ridercourse Sportbike Techniques.

SBB

[Ironhorse]

Can the boards be raised up?

[JCZ]

Can the boards be raised up?

Not on the new frame.  But he just removed the floorboard extensions...so they're not out near as far.

[Ironhorse]

Not on the new frame.  But he just removed the floorboard extensions...so they're not out near as far.

I didn't know that JC. What years is that, 2008 and above?

[GregKhougaz]

Another thing to consider if you ride a lowered bike is to practice shifting body weight way out from side to side thru tight corners so as to be able to get thru a corner faster w/o leaning the bike as much.....this can save you if you get surprised on a corner like Jon got into.  But, I find that you have to practice this (as stupid as it looks) so that it'll come 2nd nature when the emergency in a corner arises.  spyder

      Trying to get my head around this one.  I was taught that turning is a matter of physics: speed, wheel base and lean angle and that you change body position to stabilize and direct yourself and the bike.  In other words, how sharp you (cornering radius) will turn depends on speed, wheel base and bike lean angle.  You change body position to achieve correct lean angle.  How is it that a weight transfer alone can change the cornering radius for a given lean angle?      Can someone explain how this works?  Thanks!   Mark, do you want to chime in on this?   Inquiring mind(s) want to know. 

GK

[duranh]

Ouch, that must have been your bike I saw last Friday then. Glad to hear you are OK though.