Re: [ST] For all, donuts, pegs, and technique

[Steve Lawler <slawler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In a previous email, STeve Duncan stated:
> Scraping pegs and other bits, has alot to do with many variables, like 
> speed, and camber and surface conditions and angle and..... well one hell of 
> a lot of shit.  I've dragged a peg at 15mph and scraped my belly pan at 
> 120mph.  What does  that prove?  Not much, other than I was at some kind of 
> limit, for the conditions.  Or maybe not.

A couple of years ago I took an ERC. (Experienced Rider Course) The Blue
Devil had developed a leaky fuel pump gasket two days prior and was
being serviced the day of the class. I dusted the cobwebs off my 1980
Honda CM400T and happily putt-putted off into the early morning sun. I
clearly had the smallest and oldest bike on the lot. During one of the
maneuvers, a slow (15-20mph) 180 degree turn, I scraped my left peg
through the entire turn. When I pulled up to the instructor he was
chuckling. I just smiled and shrugged my shoulders. I guess an even
consistent scrape showed that the turn was smooth.

- -- 
Steve Lawler
Verona, NJ, USA

2001 Sprint ST "Blue Devil"

"Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend
that he is superior to the other."
            -- Honore de Balzac

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