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Offline curly

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Re: Muffler Scrape
« Reply #20 on: August 20, 2011, 11:57:15 AM »
Ok, disregard my above post, my morning coffee had not kicked in. The paint is Rust-Oleum and the color is titanium silver. My apologies to anyone who ran out and bought the wrong paint :)
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Offline Conrad

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Re: Muffler Scrape
« Reply #21 on: August 21, 2011, 06:55:12 AM »
Ok, disregard my above post, my morning coffee had not kicked in. The paint is Rust-Oleum and the color is titanium silver. My apologies to anyone who ran out and bought the wrong paint :)

Dang Curly, it took almost 5 hours for your coffee to kick in? Time for a new brand buddy.   lol
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Re: Muffler Scrape
« Reply #22 on: August 21, 2011, 03:39:35 PM »
Nah, that was time diffirence when I finally santered into the shed and saw the can and said to self "oh crap, I have spread eronious info to millions of concourians, I must correct this at once!" :P
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Re: Muffler Scrape
« Reply #23 on: August 21, 2011, 07:43:44 PM »
On my old bike (the 2008) I had a close low side taking a right turn. My right foot actualy got in between the rear bag and the exhaust. Right before i was all the way down I gained just enough traction to save it. My ankle was pretty sore for a few months. My bag never touched down, but the exhaust, peg, and the plastic on the outer rear hub were marked up. So it is possible to hit exhaust and not the bag.
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Re: Muffler Scrape
« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2011, 11:04:44 PM »
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Not sure how much shifting of parts there is, due to production tolerances. On my bike, the pegs scraped without dragging the muffler.  ;D

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Re: Muffler Scrape
« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2011, 11:41:18 PM »
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Not sure how much shifting of parts there is, due to production tolerances. On my bike, the pegs scraped without dragging the muffler.  ;D
I'd bet money you wer on throttle, not off.  Changes the suspemsion set quite a bit.  On provides more clearance, off and the suspension collapses/less clearance.  This is why entry speed is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO critical, even if you dont use a brake lever, everyone forgets about that third brake, the one right between yer legs./  Entry speed, entry point, body position, apex/exit point and throttle control ties everything together.
With the kinda miles Charles has racked up there aint much I can say, but I'll try anyway.  I'd suggest a slight shift of the hips with the shoulders following, keep yer knees tucked in, less ya wanna look like Elbowz, allows the suspension a better chance to work as it was designed and it will give more clearance, less of course you entered hot and chopped the throttle, closing that gap.
The art of street cornering is differant then track stuff, we have all kinds of variances and potential obstacles, not to mention vehicles traveling in the oposite direction.
I'd strongly suggest that we keep our aggressive tip ins on the track or in a location suitable for these rides.