Re: Belly Scrape

["Dennis Tackett" <sprint99@xxxxxxxxx>]

>David,
>
>I recently scraped the right side (sitting on the bike) and didn't even
>realize it. I have yet to scrape a hero tab. I was going through a
>section of "S's" that had huge crowns during the transitions, this is
>where I think I scraped the belly pan.  I think part of it has to do
>with my weight. I weigh 220, I am in the process of losing some weight,
>hopefully this will allow the suspension to soak up the bumps and give
>me better ground clearance.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Arnett [mailto:DArnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 11:43 AM
>To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Belly Scrape
>
>
>I am curious for those who have scraped their lower fairings in turns.
>Are you scraping both sides of the fairing, or does it only occure on
>one side?  Do the "hero" tabs touch down first, or does the fairing?  I
>have managed to touch the left side "hero" tab twice, yet the right is
>still a virgin.  This is most probably due to the higher off-camber
>found in left handers, as opposed to predominately "banked" right
>handers (in the US).  There are no scrapes on the fairing!  I am on
>factory suspension settings without baggage and riding one-up when I
>scraped the left tab.  Putting the fairing on the ground kind of scares
>me as this "third leg" will not fold up like the peg will and could act
>as a pivot point, teetering one tire off of the ground!  Although,
>rolling off the throttle causes a loss of ground clearance, which is
>hard to avoid doing when the crap is being scared out of me the instant
>that the tab hits the tarmac!  Maybe I should just take the lower
>fairings off perm!
>anantly and just forget about them.  Then I don't have to worry about
>them melting or teetering me off to the hospital!
>
>
I believe Richard's was scraped on the right also. It was very lightly
scraped and had to have happend right when the blob touches down.
Dennis


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