Does anyone else remove feeler pegs? On my old bike (F3) they caused me to lowside as my boot was wedged between the peg and frame and the rear tire was levereged up off the ground by the feeler... so since that day I've never used them. Has anyone here had similar experiences and do you remove the feelers?
Removing feeler pegs
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nope, I'm keeping mine. The feelers aren't hardened steel. I don't think you can lever your tire off the ground by touching them down. Especially if you have fold up pegs. The feelers grind down really easy
Well I am just speaking from personal experience, you can lever a tire off the ground with a feeler peg, for me it was a combination of riding boots (steel around ankles) being bascially mashed between the peg and frame which did not give any and did not allow peg to fold. The feeler dug a huge gash in the pavement before the tire finally lifted (this was an off camber turn as well) and I have no doubt whatsover that it assisted in my lowside. I can't really see any benefit to having them either, if you are achieving enough lean angle to touch them down then you know your pushing your bike well before they touch so what good is it going to do you? Do you brake or stand up your bike when they scrape and change your line? I never did.
Edit: This happened at Deals Gap and I was riding very hard that day, was I going down before this happened, who knows but they were the only part of my bike dragging and leaving marks on the pavement. I had hit the feelers many times before this (pretty much every time I rode there) with no ill effects but I think the combination of riding boots preventing the peg from folding and that much wieght being put on the feeler had alot do do with it... I've had several crashes up there (4 actually all a result of pushing myself or the bike to hard) and not afraid to admidt when I dump a bike.
Edit: This happened at Deals Gap and I was riding very hard that day, was I going down before this happened, who knows but they were the only part of my bike dragging and leaving marks on the pavement. I had hit the feelers many times before this (pretty much every time I rode there) with no ill effects but I think the combination of riding boots preventing the peg from folding and that much wieght being put on the feeler had alot do do with it... I've had several crashes up there (4 actually all a result of pushing myself or the bike to hard) and not afraid to admidt when I dump a bike.
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i just got the gp foot pegs there awesome and have way higher clearance
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Man, it's funny that someone asked this today. I did a trackday on my R6 last Saturday and I hit the footpeg feelers a couple of times so I took them off last night. But that bike is going to be used mostly on the track. I'm leaving the ones on the street bike.
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I turned my peg feelers down to about half their size here at work on a lathe. Hond has some pretty long feelers.
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I wore mine down to nothing; my boots would touch before the feelers. I would take them off or make them very short.
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