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Old 05-08-07, 06:30 PM   #1
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Managed to do this today



Bummer!
Looks like there's some rearsets on the way - not something i intended on spending money on.
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I wasn't touching the brakes, the pegs did grind too. I'm completely stock suspension/ tyre-wise - those D220s have done over 8000 miles!
Didn't even reach the end of the tyre
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Old 05-08-07, 06:35 PM   #2
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Bummer mate, that happened to me but it didn't break off just bent it. Thats why i did my rearset mod. You should just get another break pedal, rearsets are alot of money, about £200 a pair.
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Old 05-08-07, 06:56 PM   #3
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£200! Bummer. The standard pegs are awful I always get my feet scraping on roundabouts as I can't keep my feet high enough! I don't want to spend £200 to find that I can't get comfortable being 6'2"! .....they would look nice in black though
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Old 05-08-07, 08:23 PM   #4
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man you were way over if you've touched the sv down, i thought they had good ground clearance.
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Old 05-08-07, 08:35 PM   #5
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man you were way over if you've touched the sv down, i thought they had good ground clearance.
?? are you serious? - SV's have appalling ground clearnace
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Old 05-08-07, 08:43 PM   #6
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?? are you serious? - SV's have appalling ground clearnace
For a standard street bike they've got very decent ground clearance, you can't go racing with it but then it's not a race bike. DOn't know how you can possibly describe it as appalling tbh...
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Old 05-08-07, 09:27 PM   #7
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It was a roundabout in all fairness. Just need to learn how to get my bloody knee down....I'd imagine I was over far enough!
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Old 05-08-07, 09:36 PM   #8
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like i said in a previous thread i can get my knee down quite easy on the thou but i've never scraped the pegs.
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Old 05-08-07, 09:36 PM   #9
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It was a roundabout in all fairness. Just need to learn how to get my bloody knee down....I'd imagine I was over far enough!
yea i should imagine you were
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Old 05-08-07, 09:46 PM   #10
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I can hang off the bike, I can corner leant over...but putting the two together?! I find it's hard to keep the bike smooth- it can wobble alot if you're hanging too far off. It feels like I lose so much speed.
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