Peg Scraping! Need more clearance!

Going through a left hander the other day my footpeg was scratching the road. As cool as it feels to have pegs down, I know that it can end in tears if they dig in!
Does anyone else have this problem with standard footrests? Should I invest in a lovley set of rears sets? If so which ones?

Since replacing my crappy Dunlop 208's for some Michelin Pilot Sport's I just cant get enough of going round corners. The 208's were complete sh1te!

[jambo]

Leaning much further than that on the road may mean you start running out of grip, so perhaps be a little wary. However, several companies do rearsets for the SV, or jackup plates if you can get them are a cheap option.

Lean off the bike more, then the pegs won't grind out, it's free too

[G]

If your pegs are touching on the right hand side and you have a standard exhaust it will be about 1cm from hitting ground. Also with pegs down you arnt far at all from having your brake and gear levers down, I have seen two Sv's bend there brake levels.

On another note, I got my knee down last night for he first time

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

Lean off the bike more, then the pegs won't grind out, it's free too

And it looks cool

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

Lean off the bike more, then the pegs won't grind out, it's free too

As Tim says, lean off more, that way you can corner quicker without the bike leaning as much. As cool as it feels having the pegs scraping, wouldn't you rather get your knee down properly?

[STRAMASHER]

Chafted yer pegs?

Nice work!

Your pegs will not dig in. They are sprung. Be more worried about your foot catching and getting ripped off the peg. Hurts even if you don't crash.

Jack up your preload front and rear, will give you more clearance.

Eat less.


Again hanging off like a monkey is easiest.



Did you go back and check the length of the scrape or where you to busy whooping like a madman?

[jambo]

Originally Posted by STRAMASHER

Jack up your preload front and rear, will give you more clearance.

Although it will alter your sag and thus make the bike handle differently everywhere else.

Originally Posted by dmracing

Going through a left hander the other day my footpeg was scratching the road. As cool as it feels to have pegs down, I know that it can end in tears if they dig in!
Does anyone else have this problem with standard footrests? Should I invest in a lovley set of rears sets? If so which ones?

Since replacing my crappy Dunlop 208's for some Michelin Pilot Sport's I just cant get enough of going round corners. The 208's were complete sh1te!

So where is this left-hander you speak of?

I know of only one but that is in maidstone and the junction is on a downhill slope very off-camber...plenty of evidence of peg-scraping there as well though

Maybe try being a litle more frugal with the pie intake. That should help ground clearance a little.