Peg Scraping! Need more clearance!

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Originally Posted by dmracing

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!

Were you on drugs when you wrote this?

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

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

second that.

The corner I speak of is at Stockbury roundabout. Its the London bound M2 slip road. Straight off the roundabout is a 2 lane left hander. This is as dodgy as **** as the left lane is covered in oil and the right lane is covered in stones, cr@p and previous car crash left overs.
However, the second left hand bend is the sweet one. There is no oil or dirt on this part (no sure why as all of Britains road are caked in oil, diesel and sh1te!).
The reason for no knee down action was because I couldnt stick my leg out as far as is needed. I had all my textile gear on which restricts movement. If I had my Alpinestar suit on, I would've been scratching the knee!

As for "less pie/loose weight" remarks, I am just over 12stone. Surely the SV's suspension can cope with that sort of weight.

As for the remark regarding the 208's, I must have had a dodgy set. I really hated them... almost as much as the standard black cr@p that Suzuki put on the bike!

I assume that we are talking about an SV here? The sv pegs are actually quite high compared to many other bikes in the class, try a fazer, Z750 etc. Also a factor in ground clearance is how much you weigh. You can also take the blobs off (i think there bolts on ones) to add ground cleanance although this does mean that the peg grips the ground a little more, I did this to my z750 and it worked well on the track. It means that your footpegs get mullered as though.

Like others have said you dont really want to be leaning much more on the road, hang off a bit. It also might be worth checking that your preloads are set with the right static sag.