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  • What part of your Eleven does it touch the ground first (while cornering)

    I think I saw this thread somewhere.... but what the heck....
    Anyhoo, it's the centerstand. But I dont have the original exhaust and I think the centerstand gets a bit lower. Bout an inch clearance on the engine guards. Did a right centerstand/footpeg/foot combo while riding solo once.
    A friend who used to race one for a while said it was the muffler clamp bolts till he turned them up.

    LP
    17
    Centerstand
    35.29%
    6
    Exhaust
    11.76%
    2
    Engine guards
    11.76%
    2
    Footpegs
    41.18%
    7
    If it doesn't have an engine, it's not a sport, it's only a game.
    (stole that one from I-dont-know-who)

  • #2
    it needs one more catagory.... "to chicken to get that low"
    wpc57

    '81LH Midnight Special "Margret"

    I ain't as good as I once was..but I am as good once as I ever was.... (Toby Keith)

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    • #3
      1st

      My tires side-wall.
      Bruce
      Bruce Doucette
      Phone #1 902 827 3217

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      • #4
        Zoom Zoom!

        Scrape scrape....footpegs go first.

        Zoom Zoom!

        CUAgain,
        Daniel Meyer
        Author. Adventurer. Electrician.
        Find out why...It's About the Ride.

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        • #5
          Banking left its the SIDESTAND on my '79 SF

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          • #6
            The bars around the saddle bags! it got away from me on the lawn while rolling it around- tipped about 40 degrees over and stopped. When i saw that i thought to myself that i wouldnt be doing any hard cornering on this bike!!! THat was before i had ridden it.

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            • #7
              None of the above. My boot toe.... turning left anyway.
              1980sg-Stocker-- Sold
              1980sg- Cruise Missile- Sold to RODS454
              1990 ATK 604- Ditch Digger
              2005 BMW K1200S- Killer Bee
              2005 Suzuki GSX-R 1000- trackbike

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              • #8
                Well,

                On left turns it's my center stand, cause it's a bit lower than stock, metal piece bolted to rear foot peg holds it down away from 4-1 collector, but there's room for raising it up.

                On right turns, the megaphone of my 4-1 pipes, again mounted just a tad lower that where I'd like it to be.
                T.C.
                T. C. Gresham
                81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
                79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
                History shows again and again,
                How nature points out the folly of men!

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                • #9
                  So far nothing. When you take twisties at 3.67 mph the bike is fairly upright!!
                  Don
                  99 Valkyrie Interstate named Drakker

                  81 XS1100 H Peppylebleu sold and gone to a good home

                  81 XS1100 Midnight Special Peppyledeux sold and gone to another great home

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                  • #10
                    with the 4-1 i had... on right turns it hit much sooner then anything else (especially stock exhaust) which IMO is kinda dangerous.

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                    • #11
                      My tires touch first I scraped the centerstance once. ONCE. By mistake

                      Hey, where's MartyA on this? I think I saw him scrape his handlebar at Illion! Or was that his wristwatch?

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                      • #12
                        I have only scraped once so far. It was the center stand on a slow hard left. I have a 4-1 and the heel of the left CS pad hits the pipe keeping it down farther than it would be stock. It makes me nervous and I dont really like it. But, as of yet, I haven't come up with any way to fix it and keep the stand.
                        '81 XS1100 SH

                        Melted to the ground during The Valley Fire

                        Sep. 12th 2015

                        RIP

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                        • #13
                          The last time anything hit the pavement, it was my ass first, then the bike landed on top of me.

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                          • #14
                            My E scrapes the centerstand on the left and a muffler bolt on the right. My LG hasn't been that far over yet, the Dunlop K404's don't inspire enough confidence for that. Maybe next year if I can wear these out (off to do a smoke-show).
                            Pat Kelly
                            <p-lkelly@sbcglobal.net>

                            1978 XS1100E (The Force)
                            1980 XS1100LG (The Dark Side)
                            2007 Dodge Ram 2500 quad-cab long-bed (Wifes ride)
                            1999 Suburban (The Ship)
                            1994 Dodge Spirit (Son #1)
                            1968 F100 (Valentine)

                            "No one is totally useless. They can always be used as a bad example"

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                            • #15
                              .. on a previous special with the center stand removed it was
                              first the muffler.. then the foot peg.. then the handle bar.. then my helmet.. then me and the bike touching down in the bottom of the ditch on the other side of the corner
                              .. on my newest special with no center stand and a realy good suspension set up with sporty tires all i seem to touch are the sides of my boots

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