Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: dizanott on August 24, 2005, 03:37:03 PM
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i'm curious if anyone else scrapes their pegs on a regular basis. it's pretty sweet, and i need to share the joy because the dudes i ride with go into twisties going like 20 mph whereas i'm going like 40.
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I do once in awhile . I made some homade dogbnes which raised the rear of the bike bout 2 inches . Now I dont drag them much any more . Slide off the seat a little in turns it 'll help you drag less hard parts as well . :lol:
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I've never dragged one, but you can bet your ass I try each and every curve!
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maybe it's cold tires, but my dunlop d205 on the back seems slippery. Everytime I go aggro in a corner, I start spinning it and worry about sliding out. I know the bike can handle a LOT more than I can, but what gives?! Is there a technique to doing this that I'm missing? :duh:
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I've never been able to spin my rear tire in a corner , not sure I'd like it much . I'd probably have to change my shorts . :boohoo:
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I've never been able to spin my rear tire in a corner , not sure I'd like it much . I'd probably have to change my shorts . :boohoo:
I've been through a lot of tide.... :wink:
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Between the Busa shock and the footpeg jackup plates, I don't scrape pegs. Have drug a toe a few times or two when I leaned sharper than I thought I would and didn't have the balls of my feet on the pegs.
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Oooh no, the riding position on the 250 is a lot more sporty, with far more ground clearance. You're right on the tyre wall before you get peg scrapage!
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Though I have touched the gear lever down with a mate on the back once, it really wouldn't go any further over than that lol
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some day maybe, I just hope if I do scrape a peg, It`s not the bike siding across the asphalt :wink:
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If you're getting around the corner quicker than the 'peg scrapers', don't worry about it!
A lot of riders ride in a fashion that 'looks right', but they can't get through the twisties worth a damn.
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maybe it's cold tires, but my dunlop d205 on the back seems slippery. Everytime I go aggro in a corner, I start spinning it and worry about sliding out. I know the bike can handle a LOT more than I can, but what gives?! Is there a technique to doing this that I'm missing? :duh:
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.
I switched to Metzelers (like my teutonic friend Manny :bigok: ) and I now have more confidence in my contact patch than ever before.
Replace that Dunlop with a Metzeler (Z6 or M1) and see what you think. :wink:
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Replace that Dunlop with a Metzeler (Z6 or M1) and see what you think. :wink:
Heh, Oddly enough, my wheels are currently at the local dealership getting a set of Bridgestone BT-020's. Hope they're a little bit stickier!
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I enjoyed the Battlaxs that came on teh bike as OEM. I thought they were great tires!
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Mine are scraped up pretty good. The stock Bandit has its limitations.I have the Holeshot rearsets on and with my gsxr shock on I do'nt scrape as much. Last time to the track I think it only touched down once,but it may have been due to rider error( if you make mid corner sterring or throttle adjustments you may require more lean angle to finish the turn than need be.)The more I practice on the track,the less I scrape and the faster I go. You have to get your but off and use your hips abit.The stock pegs will fold up and they have those feelers on the bottom.But if you start scraping hard parts such as exhaust cans you could be going for a low slide.My D&D can had a big flat spot on the bottom,so I switched to the Holeshot high munt pipe.Have fun but keep it right side up :motorsmile:
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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.
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Ya gotta scratch em every one in a while. :banana:
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.
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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. :lol:
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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 :stickpoke:
Josh
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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.
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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. :bandit:
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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