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05-14-2008, 01:54 PM
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| Where Am I ?  Joined: May 2008
Bike: '08 Suzuki C50T
Location: Cottage Grove, MN (Twin Cities)
Posts: 48
|  First time peg scrape On my lunch break today I scraped my boards for the first time ever, on any bike. Scared the poo out of me!!! 
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05-14-2008, 04:54 PM
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| In The Zone   Joined: Jun 2006
Bike: Grey, not silver, GREY 2006 Suzuki Boulevard M50
Location: Prince George BC
Posts: 2,702
| Haha...first one of the year, without fail, shakes me to the core. You've been baptized man...carefull though, it's addicting. I have to switch back to my stock pegs because I've ground my kury's right down to "nubs" 
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05-20-2008, 08:12 PM
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| Puddle Runner   Joined: Nov 2006
Bike: '06 M50 Grey
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 394
| Yeah, that first time is a killer! I remember almost peeing myself! What's funny is you'll get to where you LIKE it!
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05-22-2008, 06:10 PM
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| No Significant Other  Joined: Jul 2007
Bike: 07' C90T 76' MT250
Location: 3rd house NW of the Depot
Posts: 2,283
| I have not scraped my boards on my 90 yet, not for a lack of trying. I tried again today and had a fairly extreme lean, nothing!! i watched a video last night of a guy on a 90 scraping his boards at a very low speed. How did he do that with so little lean???? Really long feelers??
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05-24-2008, 01:55 PM
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| Ditch Magnet   Joined: Jul 2007
Bike: '07 C90T
Location: Gravois Mills MO
Posts: 168
| Vinnie, I had a guy on another forum tell me that my C90T boards would drag at a measly 15 degrees. Obviously, he doesn't know what he's saying, because I've gone over 45 degrees many times and not scraped. I measured the boards, and they're 9 inches off the ground! It would take a heck of a lean to make them scrape. I envy those who have done it, because I'm too chicken!
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05-24-2008, 08:52 PM
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| No Significant Other Joined: Jul 2007
Bike: 07' C90T 76' MT250
Location: 3rd house NW of the Depot
Posts: 2,283
| That's kinda what I figured. I had a heck of a lean today on a very sharp corner taking it at 50 in a 30 and still nothing. Guess I have to get really long feelers on my boards.
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05-27-2008, 10:01 AM
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| Dastardly villain   Joined: Sep 2004
Bike: '01 Marauder VZ800, '08 M109R w/LE mods
Location: Royal Oak, MI
Posts: 1,601
 | The M109 scrapes the front pegs all of the time at a decent lean. I usually will scrape at least once every time I go out no matter what.
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05-27-2008, 11:16 PM
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| In Training  Joined: Apr 2008
Bike: 2002 Marauder 800
Location: Michigan
Posts: 120
| I get quite a nice warning on the Marauder. The heels of my boots scape before the pegs when the balls of my feet are on the pegs. It's a lot of fun on the highway off ramps just barely not scraping my boot.
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05-28-2008, 12:21 AM
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| Where Am I ? Joined: Apr 2008
Bike: '06 Boulevard C90
Location: El Dorado Hills, CA
Posts: 45
| FWIW, I drag the boards on the C90 all the time. Slow to moderate speeds are more comfortable because the consequences needing a sharper turn at high speed and not having any room to get it is a bad thing. I could never understand the logic behind lowering an already low-slung cruiser.
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