Grounding foot pegs

[marcus]

I was reading the posts regarding ground clearance and was wondering if anybody has ever managed to ground out foot pegs using the Tourance tires. I beleieve that this is only possible with the BT20's, isn't it?

Yes,
pegs and knee down with the tourances, 1st gear and 2nd gear

not too confident with the current dunlops though

 

[TheJoker]

I pity the bloke who bought those bars from you! At least there`s more clearance that side now!

Must have been a smart fella, seeing a business opportunity like that!

 

[Big Lee]

I could`ve done with a bit more clearance on the lh side but I`m working on that

 

[Paul S]

I think a lot depends on the weight of the rider & mainly how much rear pre-load the bike has. For a 12 stone rider with the rear preload wound up you have to be really cranked over to touch anything down. If you weigh 15 plus stone with the pre-load on less than medium it is very easy.

You will also find that the 1150/1200GSA's have more ground clearance and so are harder to ground out. Tried very hard at Mallory on my last 1150 on Tourances but never touched anything down until rear tyre eventually let go exiting Edwina's

 

[Big Lee]

Did you pass many "faster" bikes riding like that?

 

[RussL]

I posted this over on AdvRider and will ask the same question over here...

Has anyone tried the Vario footpegs from MSF. They only fit the R1200GS and have 8 adjustable positions that will lower, raise and set the pegs back. Seems like a good option for all types of riding and meet my need for higher pegs at track days.

 

[minkyhead]

tourance i agree are pretty good latest bike came with trail wings which were ok but not awe inspiring when wet o20s give the most reassurance for me espesilly when wet noticed that the trailwings wear quicker than tourance too .. gone at 4000 miles of varius use

this is true is it unusual???
strangley i have managed to touch down the rear brake lever before the footpeg without intention i might add must have a prefrence for right handers but im not aware of it


http://www.putfile.com/minkyhead

 

[Paul S]

Did you pass many "faster" bikes riding like that?

I cheated a bit by going for the novice group (it was my first track day) but managed to lap the entire group. Only got overtaken twice - once by the instructor on a XZ10 and once in the final session by a guy on a GSXR600. One guy on an R1 was so pissed off that he changed his tyres half way through the day and I still lapped him. Great thing about Mallory is the lack of a straight for the "fast" bikes to get up to speed

 

[Big Lee]

I cheated a bit by going for the novice group (it was my first track day) but managed to lap the entire group. Only got overtaken twice - once by the instructor on a XZ10 and once in the final session by a guy on a GSXR600. One guy on an R1 was so pissed off that he changed his tyres half way through the day and I still lapped him. Great thing about Mallory is the lack of a straight for the "fast" bikes to get up to speed

Great! I`ve only done Donnington & Croft , on my old Daytona 955i, and they`re both tracks that IMO wouldn`t suit my GS but Mallory sounds interesting!

 

[NakedRider]

This is using Tourances.

Yeow. In the dark! With one hand behind your back too, no doubt

 

[JFC]

Noise

What the video in this thread and you will hear a GS grounding out at Nurburgring...

Seems to catch the pilot by surprise

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75792

 

[cookiemonster]

Inspired by this thread

Today I dusted off my trusty kushitani one-piece suit, which hasnt been worn for maybe two years or so, and (after happily finding that I can still fit in it) I took the 12 out for a play purely in the interests of research.

Anyway, on D607s I found I could get me knee down on an old favourite 4th-gear roundabout without too much trouble, though I think I was still some distance from touching any of the bike down. It seems too that the tyres on the 12 are quite tall and thin, so it's very difficult to actually get to the edges of them (a good thing I guess). I managed to touch my old 1150 down a few times without trying - tended to be the slow, hard-over stuff when I was two-up (dont think i ever touched down on a fast sweeper). My feeling is that the 1200 has a bit more clearance than the 1150.

Roundabout surfing: very juvenille, but occasionally worthwhile for educational purposes

Can you get a Rallye suit with sliders?

Jon

 

[Alte Wolf]

Today I dusted off my trusty kushitani one-piece suit, which hasnt been worn for maybe two years or so, and (after happily finding that I can still fit in it) I took the 12 out for a play purely in the interests of research.

Anyway, on D607s I found I could get me knee down on an old favourite 4th-gear roundabout without too much trouble, though I think I was still some distance from touching any of the bike down. It seems too that the tyres on the 12 are quite tall and thin, so it's very difficult to actually get to the edges of them (a good thing I guess). ...
Roundabout surfing: very juvenille, but occasionally worthwhile for educational purposes

Can you get a Rallye suit with sliders?

Jon

 

[22Yellow]

What the video in this thread and you will hear a GS grounding out at Nurburgring...

Seems to catch the pilot by surprise

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75792

It did somewhat, only ever got them down under compression before.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8906728734128018743

 

[Pukmeister]

Great pics Joker, I have H&B bars on my 1200, how much past 'knee-down' have you got before the engine bars touch down. I havent gone past toes down yet on the GS and obviously don't want to throw my pride and joy up the road. Thats what my Yamaha is for

 

[TheJoker]

Great pics Joker, I have H&B bars on my 1200, how much past 'knee-down' have you got before the engine bars touch down. I havent gone past toes down yet on the GS and obviously don't want to throw my pride and joy up the road. Thats what my Yamaha is for

Thanks Pukmeister. I actually hang off the bike quite a lot, just for the sparks, but I did get my knee down quite a bit earlier than the bars. However, you can scrape the bars by sitting straight up too... So if you hang off quite a bit, you 'll get your knee down quite easily and quite a bit before the bars. If you prefer sitting up, then the bars will tell you when you've gone far enough... I wish I would have listened!