Hepco & Becker, LARGE pictures

[NLS]

yes too much

and the suspension won't compress that much esp. if your preload is up... (so to measure it... DON'T have it up this will simulate SOME compression)

 

[Mouse]

Here's a wacky idea...

Tie one end of a length of string around the rim (and tyre) of the front wheel, and roll the bike so that the string is at the bottom of the wheel.

Now take the other end of the string, pull it tight, and hold it against the lowest point of the footpeg. If the engine bars stick out further than the string, they will hit the gound first. By moving the string around, you can find out which part of the bike will touch down first.

I can't see that the suspension will make a difference (to which part hits first) as the engine and footpegs are all on the frame, they move together. Of course the suspension will affect the overall ground clearance, and how far you can lean in total.

Does this make sense or am I spouting gibberish?

 

[TheJoker]

Here's a wacky idea...

.......

Does this make sense or am I spouting gibberish?

That actually makes some sense... I think..... now to improve on it, see if you can find an elastic band and put one end under the front wheel, and the other under the rear wheel... and then you should be able to see both at the same time...

.. One thing tho, if you're fully loaded you're usually compressing the rear more than the front, in which the item that will touch down might have changed - but overall I think this method should work pretty well...

 

[Clive]

Bike on sidestand, standard preload.

There is approx an inch gap between the end of the peg and the "floor" when the bars are grounded.

 

[Clive]

This is probably why the standard BMW bars (which are similar shape at the front) don't have the bar underneath the cylinder. If that was missing and with the riders weight compressing the suspension a little more would mean the bars/cylinder would still have a little clearance after the peg hit down.

 

[NLS]

on the other hand with the suspension compressing the "clearance" between the peg and the virtual surface when leaning (as seen in picture) would become less than the demonstrated inch... maybe half (or maybe less)... you see what I mean right? add to this that the foot IS wider than the peg anyway, so I guess the real leaning clearance is the same... (and the boot will touch down)

of course we expect someone to tell us in practice ;-)