Boots scraping - how to avoid?

Cool, don't take any notice of the piss takes, it's standard operating procedure in hear, and all said in good fun.

Now Danny, if you really are inexperienced and your already scraping your pegs........what bike do you ride?

Hey, I ride a Spewsuki, the only reason I come here is for the piss takes ! It's not that much of an achievement - I'm only scraping size 13 boots, not pegs... And on a GS00 the pegs ain't exactly high set anyway.

I'll have to give a few different things a go next time I get out and about. Not sure how comfortable I'll be getting off the bike - sounds scary.

Danny

Oh hey... a GS ... I can nearly scrape my boots on mine... actually, they corner really well considering they are a fairly upright position bike... (by the way my GS is for sale if you know anyone)...

... Then again... was looking at my back tire today, I have about half a centimeter of unused rubber at the edges... that would be the toe scraping bit I suspect...

spot on, although if you are getting within 5mm of the edge, you are already pretty close to toe-scrapin' terrritory I would think

BTW *toe* scraping can mean different things to different people. The *toe-scraping* you normally read about is that little bit near your little toe, and along the outer front edge of the boot. The other type is actually scraping *underneath* your toes, when the under-section of your boot rides along the top of the road surface ( generally with older, less sporty bikes eg GS500 ).

If you check out the lean angles of sports riders, their boots/toe scrapers can be almost 'vertical' to the road surface at extreme lean angles, and they only scrape the outside edge of their boots.

Then you get those extremer-still lean angle pilots, who can scrape their ankle protectors...........or even the little bit right at the top of the boot

After a month or two of riding I started scraping my toes on regular basis, firstly because I kept my foot under the gearshifter. Once I remedied that I got more confident again and a while later found that I was scraping my feet even with my foot above the gear lever, so changed my foot positioning. Then as I got better again I started scraping the hero knobs on the ground. I dug one right in and actually snapped it off, so I undid the other one... then I started moving off the bike a little and started dragging the sidestand and centrestand!

I then got a bigger bike and motored along pretty well, but was still pretty lazy with getting off the seat. Pontikat had a go at me for it and I've been concentrating on it ever since... all of a sudden what I previously thought was a fast corner speed is now just a lazy doddle!

When you nail the technique and are head, shoulders and bum hanging off the bike it's an awesome feeling... and as someone said you can make yourself look a pretty competent pilot in the process. Leaning off is the way to go faster, safer. Staying put on the seat is a way to go less fast, AND be less safe in the process.

well said


but he still has big feet

. Pontikat had a go at me for it and I've been concentrating on it ever since... all of a sudden what I previously thought was a fast corner speed is now just a lazy doddle!

When you nail the technique and are head, shoulders and bum hanging off the bike it's an awesome feeling... and as someone said you can make yourself look a pretty competent pilot in the process. Leaning off is the way to go faster, safer. Staying put on the seat is a way to go less fast, AND be less safe in the process.

Its usually gets called a "Nana'ring" but as long as you consider my opinion it's all good Shifty.

As for the lean angle, most new riders tend to push the bike down without thinking about it, which is counter balancing the weight. This is a great technique for witches hats & u-turns but not for general riding.

Danny when ya coming out mate?

Cheers Brett

Actually I reckon I might have picked the habit up from those damn figure 8s at QRide Ponti! So it's all QLD Transport's fault .

Will hopefully make it to the ride down the coast this Sunday actually, although I might have to make it just a half day ride.

Danny

Heh Danny, sorry to go a bit off-topic, but can you explain your handle ?? I have been trying every combination I can think of, put it up to a mirror, etc etc, nothing works - I am going insane what does it mean ?

Rtyuiop is a mysterious figure from oklahoma with nothing much to say. According to Google

I use rtyuiop because it's easy to type! I've had it since I was a kid playing games on a Commodore 64 (computer geek all my life).

Danny

I use rtyuiop because it's easy to type! I've had it since I was a kid playing games on a Commodore 64 (computer geek all my life).

Danny

Should be right at home in here then!

You would be suprised how far you can get off a GS500. I have really put my brother's one through it's paces, and it can be made to corner fast without scraping the pegs if you get off it far enough. But they are not a good handling bike IMHO as the suspension is just so damn soft. I had the forks compressing all the way mid corner and the back floating around, bottomed the front a few times with resultant front end slides, not really a great bike for fast stuff. Good commuter though, and with such a lazy engine I reckon the things would just about last forever.

I use rtyuiop because it's easy to type! I've had it since I was a kid playing games on a Commodore 64 (computer geek all my life).

Danny

how embarrasment.........

now if you were named *qwerty* I wouldn't have had a problem