can you scrape the mufflers on the pavement with a GPX250?

WRT_GPX · Post by **WRT_GPX** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:24 pm

YES!... hah i found these from some japanese GPX250 page...

pretty impressive... im not like that yet

... i still have 1-2cm of chicken strippage

jmuzz · Post by **jmuzz** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:29 pm

With the centerstand off you can (though peg will have to fold up).
Try it with the stand on and you will did a trench in the road

Also crash.

kellz · Post by **kellz** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:35 pm

jmuzz wrote:With the centerstand off you can (though peg will have to fold up).
Try it with the stand on and you will did a trench in the road Also crash.

joel is speaking form experience here...

i can only scrape on one side theoretically, one of my mufflers fell off. oops.

Ratmick · Post by **Ratmick** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:40 pm

...might want to ditch the crappy stock Dunlops tyres as well, they are truly shite

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Burky · Post by **Burky** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:58 pm

Crap he must be going down hill

or is it on the bottle, i didn;t these things went fast enough to lean over that far.

Dark_Angel · Post by **Dark_Angel** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:10 pm

jmuzz wrote:With the centerstand off you can (though peg will have to fold up).
Try it with the stand on and you will did a trench in the road Also crash.

.. wen i had my zzr250 i used to get scrapage with my centre stand.. not good at all...

RG · Post by RG » Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:54 pm

Shifty will tell u all about scraping everything on the GPX250.

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:02 am

Dark_Angel wrote:
jmuzz wrote:With the centerstand off you can (though peg will have to fold up).
Try it with the stand on and you will did a trench in the road Also crash.
.. wen i had my zzr250 i used to get scrapage with my centre stand.. not good at all...

You're a nutbag then Dark Angel

Scraping a ZZR250 really is a commendable effort you know!!!!!

Those things actually lean a fair way over before they start dragging stuff! I kept a 1996 ZX6R behind me going up Reefton Spur riding a ZZR250 many years ago. And it was the fairing which ground away more so than the pegs or centre stand.

FrogZ · Post by **FrogZ** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:13 am

The ZZR has less ground clearance than the GPX and niether had the clearance of a GPz250R (the first on the watercooled twins). Apparently (as in never actually DONE it) you can get higher profile tyres on your ZZR to give them more ground clearance, anyone ??
The front corner of pipes on ex's ZZR did get ground off

I-K · Post by **I-K** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:38 pm

Strika wrote:Scraping a ZZR250 really is a commendable effort you know!!!!!

...unless you're over 100kg.

WRT_GPX · Post by **WRT_GPX** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:53 pm

when im going to uni i usually get lazy and let my feet relax... and with 12/13 size feet, im slowly wearing away the tip of my boot around roundabouts.... damn being too lazy to get my legs up ...

wazza1234 · Post by **wazza1234** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:01 pm

WRT_GPX wrote:when im going to uni i usually get lazy and let my feet relax... and with 12/13 size feet, im slowly wearing away the tip of my boot around roundabouts.... damn being too lazy to get my legs up ...

Screw that man, wouldnt take much for your boot to catch on a small hole in the road or something and you could kiss an unbroken ankle goodbye...

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:57 pm

WRT_GPX wrote:when im going to uni i usually get lazy and let my feet relax... and with 12/13 size feet, im slowly wearing away the tip of my boot around roundabouts.... damn being too lazy to get my legs up ...

toes on the pegs mate....dont hang ur foot off the front....

WRT_GPX · Post by **WRT_GPX** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:13 pm

Neka79 wrote:
WRT_GPX wrote:when im going to uni i usually get lazy and let my feet relax... and with 12/13 size feet, im slowly wearing away the tip of my boot around roundabouts.... damn being too lazy to get my legs up ...
toes on the pegs mate....dont hang ur foot off the front....

is that just for sport bikes or all bikes? im just asking because our learner course enforced the fact that we should hang em off and to the outside a bit... but i know where your coming from, and when im serious about moving along other than just commuting i usually do toes on it... brings the knees up nicer too.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:25 pm

WRT_GPX wrote:
Neka79 wrote:
WRT_GPX wrote:when im going to uni i usually get lazy and let my feet relax... and with 12/13 size feet, im slowly wearing away the tip of my boot around roundabouts.... damn being too lazy to get my legs up ...
toes on the pegs mate....dont hang ur foot off the front....
is that just for sport bikes or all bikes? im just asking because our learner course enforced the fact that we should hang em off and to the outside a bit... but i know where your coming from, and when im serious about moving along other than just commuting i usually do toes on it... brings the knees up nicer too.

umm i dont remember my training...but i ussually drag my feet off too, but everyone tells me to get tje ball of my feet on the peg.....this allows for balance/weight transfer...

i do wen scratching or at the track..