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Posted by pcarrell
- October 05, 2015, 09:47:54 AMHerding cats..........
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 05, 2015, 09:42:08 AM 
At least I am helping by going back to using stainless steel acorn nuts and go around traffic circles to grind them.....these guys are like herding a mess of 5 year old hockey players all over the place and no focus on one subject.....they just wander off....
Posted by Tfrank59
- October 05, 2015, 08:45:42 AMWho's thread is this anyway? 
Posted by Troll
- October 05, 2015, 08:32:44 AMAND...they are all different, especially as to which lane to take, and when they stack like 6 in a row, someone from out of town gets lost pretty quickly. If you go through it every day, that's one thing but a newcomer just gets dizzy
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 05, 2015, 00:06:41 AMok but use stainless steel acorn nuts and you get lots of sparks and some really good noises to scare people......
Posted by 49Reo
- October 04, 2015, 23:31:58 PMWhats most dangerous about them is people not knowing proper protocol when in a traffic circle.
Posted by greenbarn
- October 04, 2015, 19:39:05 PMQuote from: Troll on October 04, 2015, 19:32:38 PMAgreed on that one. I dislike them. Had a tanker tip over last week locally here on one, and dumped a load of diesel fuel.That's the only good thing I can think of about a traffic circle....
Now, having been through more of these lately, I see that some are actually designed a lot better than others, and are easier to use without feeling like you're going to get run over. Some just seem downright dangerous.
Posted by Troll
- October 04, 2015, 19:32:38 PMThat's the only good thing I can think of about a traffic circle....
Posted by greenbarn
- October 04, 2015, 19:32:14 PMI have only drug the floorboards a couple of times, I think mostly on the 800. Now the other day I drug the pipe on the 1500 down in Southern Ohio on some hard twisties. That wasn't very pleasant.
I wonder if you put brass acorn nuts on there if it would be a little quieter - brass being softer against the asphalt?? It is a little startling if you're not expecting it.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 04, 2015, 18:23:09 PMLarry, I to ride pretty straight up because not a lot of twisty roads around here, but there is one traffic circle, and at the right speed and the right time I do not even have to lean what feels far over and the acorn screws are grinding and the grind loud and hard......
Posted by LarryInSeattle
- October 04, 2015, 13:08:32 PMDo you have the rear shock adjusted? I have mine as high as it goes, which if I remember right is 5.
I used to scrape the Goldwing once in awhile.
I rarely scrape my floorboards on the Drifter, but then I read mailboxes when I ride. Also, I rarely ride with others, so there isn't any competition thing going on with me trying to keep up with other riders.
Posted by 49Reo
- October 03, 2015, 23:04:41 PMOnce you grind your way through the hero knobs and the bottom of the floorboards, when you get to the rubber part your foot rests on, they quiet right down....
I've only touched mine on the highway once, but my '88 Softail had the bottom boss on the primary ground off along with part of the allen bolt head; enough of the head was ground off on the bolt I had a hard time getting the bolt out when I changed out the primary gasket. That bike was way too low....
Posted by Tfrank59
- October 03, 2015, 21:24:20 PMI've heard about tripping the tip-over switch – "turn of death" – I dread the day that happens to me, not just the embarrassment . I really don't plan to lean my Drifter anywhere near close enough the trip that thing!
Posted by Tfrank59
- October 03, 2015, 21:05:09 PMMy other bike is a Valkyrie, which has a surprising amount of ground clearance (and no floorboards), but some Valk riders do lean over far enough to scrape, though I haven't yet like I said.
Posted by Troll
- October 03, 2015, 20:13:13 PMA lot depends on what the "other bike" is, but I can manage to grind the knobs on my W-650 at times, too The floorboard are hinged, so they fold up when you lean over too far. I once had mine leaned over far enough to activate the tip over switch while I was riding an Experienced Rider Class demo right in front of all the students...quite embarrassing!