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    Senior Member 53driver's Avatar
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    Pegs are "usually" the first thing.
    Pavement 'hills' & 'valleys' during a good lean will cause other things to scrape first.

    I've replaced my peg bolts twice now.
    My belly pan was repainted twice before the side ripped off and took out one of the acorn nuts holding it in place.
    Heat shields repainted once.
    Plastics all scuffed up.
    Underside of pipes - I don't even look anymore.

    Since Traxxion suspension upgrade, I've had to really work at finding some hills and valleys to scrape anything but the footpegs.

    Advanced rider tip: keeping "maintenance throttle" during the entirety of a turn will keep the suspension set and rear tire loaded, resulting in less things scraping.

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    I need to up my game. I don't get to scrape my pegs hardly at all...Officer friendly frowns upon it mightily when I do it rounding the Gorst corner

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    Senior Member willtill's Avatar
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    Am liking my recent Traxxion front end work. I'm still scraping; but not as much as before.

    I hate scraping.


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    Senior Member VStarRider's Avatar
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    15,000 miles and I have only scraped a peg once.
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    2013 F6B Standard, black; sold 7/2019
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    2016 Gold Wing Level 3, red; SCT transmission stuck in manual mode
    2019 Miles:
    7,900 as of 10/6

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    Quote Originally Posted by VStarRider View Post
    15,000 miles and I have only scraped a peg once.
    I'm just under 10k and I've scraped maybe three times and the last was after I put on my highway pegs and was experimenting.

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    Ah you guys make me feel better! Had the bike 4 months, only scrape the pegs on rare occasions. Glad I'm not the only wimp😀!

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    Senior Member willtill's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Heatnbeat View Post
    Ah you guys make me feel better! Had the bike 4 months, only scrape the pegs on rare occasions. Glad I'm not the only wimp😀!
    It definitely is how you ride this bike. each one to their own style. Ride your own bike.



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