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General forum area => Memorable Rides => Topic started by: sudolea on April 25, 2019, 01:49:44 pm
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This video of a guy having the time of his life on his K1300R. This guy incited me to follow a cornering course about a year ago (which I finally did last week). I think few of the K riders do it like he does, e.g. scraping the footpegs - who else does (I don't - moreover, I don't have a K any longer)...
Watch and enjoy here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJJSOzG-YxM).
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I think you'll find that most of The Old Gits don't have much in the way of chicken strips left at the end of the week.
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If it comes to reaching the "end" of the (back) tyre :
- my GSX-S1000 : check
- my VFR800F : check
- my (former) K1300S : nogo ! I always ended my tyres with a tiny amount of chicken strips, TBH (about half a cm). Let alone scraping my footpegs (never succeeded). I know one guy who was able, once, to scrape his left footpeg. But then again, he had had his complete left fairing scraping the ground too ...
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I think you'll find that most of The Old Gits don't have much in the way of chicken strips left at the end of the week.
I probably do. Tell me, on a dry road, does the K scrape a peg before slipping? I have no idea how far I lean, but tend to err on the cautious side; chicken strips are about 1".
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I think you'll find that most of The Old Gits don't have much in the way of chicken strips left at the end of the week.
I probably do. Tell me, on a dry road, does the K scrape a peg before slipping? I have no idea how far I lean, but tend to err on the cautious side; chicken strips are about 1".
Yes! :D
Obviously, not the MotorSport.
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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The motorsport pegs are the same height as standard? But no hinge!
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The motorsport pegs are the same height as standard? But no hinge!
Without measuring I can't be 100% sure but my gut says they're higher, slightly further back and shorter (so don't stick out quite so far.) You would be off the tyre before a Motorsport peg touched down.
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Yes you can get to the edge of the tyre on the K1300s, it depends on your suspension setting at the time if the pegs touch or not 8) ;D ;D ;D
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Yes you can get to the edge of the tyre on the K1300s, it depends on your suspension setting at the time if the pegs touch or not 8) ;D ;D ;D
And, to some extent, which tyre you have fitted.
I think if mine were an inch wide I'd get the angle-grinder out although I've never got them down to absolutely nothing.
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Yes you can get to the edge of the tyre on the K1300s, it depends on your suspension setting at the time if the pegs touch or not 8) ;D ;D ;D
And, to some extent, which tyre you have fitted.
I think if mine were an inch wide I'd get the angle-grinder out although I've never got them down to absolutely nothing.
You're not trying hard enough Brian! :D I managed to get to the very edge of the rear PR4 on both my Sport and my MotorSport. The front always had a mm or 2 left though.
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The motorsport pegs are the same height as standard? But no hinge!
Without measuring I can't be 100% sure but my gut says they're higher, slightly further back and shorter (so don't stick out quite so far.) You would be off the tyre before a Motorsport peg touched down.
Motorsport / Gilles(?) pegs at their lowest setting are within a whisker, if not identical, to standard pegs.
But bring them up and back, and your clearance will be much greater. In the same ratio as the pain (for me).
(http://www.poqit.com/sport-pegs.png)
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Yes you can get to the edge of the tyre on the K1300s, it depends on your suspension setting at the time if the pegs touch or not 8) ;D ;D ;D
And, to some extent, which tyre you have fitted.
I think if mine were an inch wide I'd get the angle-grinder out although I've never got them down to absolutely nothing.
You're not trying hard enough Brian! :D I managed to get to the very edge of the rear PR4 on both my Sport and my MotorSport. The front always had a mm or 2 left though.
Not going fast enough more like...but after my slow-manouevring lessons I'll be able to get off the edge going round roundabouts ;D
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Only just managed to watch it. Had me worried at 2:45 - 2:55!
Apart from that, pretty controlled, and a damned sight faster than me.