scraped pegs

[solman]

Most riders in my area won't touch Dunslops.  The three main brand that I see on the majority and are happy are Michelin, Bridgestone and Metzler.  As far as scraping, I believe that I am getting pretty close.  I used to ride with my toes further down and scraped them for the first time while on the Dragon.  It definitely got my attention when it happened the first time.  But now I have moved my left foot up next to the shifter and have scraped my foot a few times.  So I am turning harder, but gradually.  I still have a lot of nerve to rebuild up because of my major accident last year.  Riding the Dragon definitely helped to build up my skills and confidence in the bike and myself.

[banditoverde]

Ya gotta scratch em every one in a while.  
I have skinny little after market pegs and Metz M-1s on & I touch peg every once in a while.  I,ve even bent my brake pedal and knocked the edges off the bottom of my end can.  Talk about needing to wipe after a ride.  I usually do things like that if I go into a turn too hot.  Makes me glad that the pegs are hinged.  I don't want to have a get off but If I have to I'll take a low side thank you.

[todius]

The one trackday I did with my Bandit 600 was a scrape-fest.  Turn one was at tight 90degree turn.... SCRAPE.... through the esses, round the carousel, a few more bend,s then the long sweeper to the right....  SCRAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEE at 50-60mph!!!!!!  Ugggghhh... I was even hanging of the side of the bike to get it more upright.  

By the end of the day those little feeler nubs that stick down off the bottom of the pegs were gone as well as about a 1/3rd of the edge of the footpeg.   I told myself I would use a different bike or get rearsets before I ran another track day.. so farI haven't done another track day.


My friends said they knew when I was coming around cause they could hear hard parts grinding through the length of that sweeper.  

[NCBANDIT]

I have scraped my pegs, engine guards, midpipe, shifter, brake lever, sidestand and centerstand. And I do this everytime I head to the twisties. It doesn't bother me much anymore but I know I need something with a more aggresive riding position, it is hard to get the COG low enough on the bandit to feel comfortable it always feels squirrely to me, kind of a top heavy feeling. This is why I am in the market for an sv1k, keep the torque, lose some weight and gain some ground clearance and stay in the suzuki family so ya'll will allow me to hang out here

Josh

[PitterB4]

The one trackday I did with my Bandit 600 was a scrape-fest.  ..... so farI haven't done another track day.

You need to get your B4 out there!  I'm almost edge to edge on my rear tire (less than 1mm strips) and haven't scraped a thing.  I have raised the tail, though.

[todius]

The one trackday I did with my Bandit 600 was a scrape-fest.  ..... so farI haven't done another track day.

You need to get your B4 out there!  I'm almost edge to edge on my rear tire (less than 1mm strips) and haven't scraped a thing.  I have raised the tail, though.

Yup! Next time I do a track day, I'm pretty sure it will be the B4.  It has way more ground clearance as well as a more sporty riding position/feel.  I've had her over pretty far on some local twisty roads and haven't touched down yet!  

Just gotta find a track that has no straightaways so I don't get left behind.  

[banditII]

I had a Dunlop 208 that I'm pretty sure was slippery as an eel.  I was a green(er) rider then, so I lacked the confidence to firmly say that I was sliding, but I'm telling ya' . . . that tire was crap.  It was like I couldn't hold a stiff line . . . like the rear tire was wandering out on me.  

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My experience with Dunlops are the same.  They slip and slide a lot.  For a sport touring tire, I like Michelin Pilot Road or Metzler Z-6's, both great tires.

Warren