Just letting you guys know ive found the max lean on the GS500f...... After continually scrappin the pegs..... There SOOO low lol i finally went one better....

Coming into left hander i really shoved the front into the turn , anyway the peg bolt slammed into the ground and the rear tyre slid abit..... anyway off i kep riding to work... When i arrived i inspected the peg cause it hit HARD!!! and to my suprise i found this:



Yes thats right ive actually hit the lower left hand fairing.... I was quiet pissed off actually as i take good care of my bike and now its scratched  Oh well will make for a good story.

And for anyone thats interested the STANDARD Bridgestones STILL had some grip left in them!!! Not much but i could have gone just a tad further...... And then TORn the fairing off LOL...... 

Anyway as for chicken stips  zero el nono 

you almost low sided dude, slow down !

i like a good lean just as much as the next guy, but man, c'mon

No way would I fancy that on stock Bridgestone Excederas but I'm impressed.

The Excedras were on the 02 and earlier models, the 04 and later F models came with the BT45s for oem tires.

Now you just need to work on body positioning. More body inside = less bike lean

Thats what i was thinking , when i lean, i hang off the bike , keeping the bike at a decent level , yet can have my knee down or close to , with out having a scrape , however , i think my belly pan is going to be taking the most of it

The tyres are BT45r OEM....

Was close to low side but as i said i could have pushed a tiny bit further.........

As for body position hows half way off the seat elbow almost touchin knee, knee a whisker from the ground (didnt have sliders on)

Any way i was just suprised that the tyres and suspension STOCK allowed me to turn FURTHER than what the fairings did..... I know the bike is a tourer and not really made fo what i put it through.... And as my RGV is off the track at the moment its all ive got!!!

Also Im not trying goin on about lean angles i know ppl get too caught up in them i was and still am still shocked  .....

Quote from: Average_Joe on June 02, 2008, 05:07:33 PM
The tyres are BT45r OEM....

Was close to low side but as i said i could have pushed a tiny bit further.........

As for body position hows half way off the seat elbow almost touchin knee, knee a whisker from the ground (didnt have sliders on)

Any way i was just suprised that the tyres and suspension STOCK allowed me to turn FURTHER than what the fairings did..... I know the bike is a tourer and not really made fo what i put it through.... And as my RGV is off the track at the moment its all ive got!!!

Also Im not trying goin on about lean angles i know ppl get too caught up in them i was and still am still shocked  .....

You've got an RGV ? Cool. I rode with one of those a month ago, super sexy bike. Check it:

Ah yes, Rotech7's bike.     

But WOW, scraping a fairing in a turn, you NEED to slow down or it gon be SLIDE not lean.

I only worry about leaning too much too fast and going into a slide right off of a cliff. I want to get home in one piece. 

NICE lucky strike.... like it

Id get you a pic of mine but its in a few pieces at the moment !!!! Rebuilding NOT crash lol

Any yes your right i guess i should tone it down on the road but when im not racing its like not having sex for a year!!!!!!

i've done that before going like 15mph -same exact marks too no tire sliding though still had enough grip lol. i have a post about it somewhere on here asking for touch-up paint 

I scraped my pegs a few times from leaning too far. However, judging from my tires, the pegs actually limit how far I can lean over, since the edges of the tires are completely free of wear.

Is there any way to raise the pegs a bit, or at least shorten them down?

Joe

Post a picy up of your rear tire tread side view.

+1 BT45R's

Quote from: 510 on June 03, 2008, 01:09:01 AM
Is there any way to raise the pegs a bit, or at least shorten them down?

http://cgi.stanford.edu/~sanjayd/gs500/Upgrades/Pegs

Quote from: 08GSSteve on June 03, 2008, 06:34:36 AM
Joe

Post a picy up of your rear tire tread side view.

+1 BT45R's

Sorry about the crap quality but you get the point!!



Unless you get the suspension done + remove the centre stand + aftermarket pipe + modify the fairing + bigger profile tyres you aint gonna go any further!!!!

i hate turning, it scares me. i have like 1 inch chicken strips. 

yep thats to the edge for sure 

well done

thanks 

Now you know its possible have a go....... On a racetrack of course!!!!

Speaking from personal experience, you want to avoid having anything that's not hinged (like the footpeg) hitting the ground, and you want to make sure that the footpeg is the first thing that hits, and ease up when it does. The margin for error is not great.

Embarrassing personal anecdote: my very first motorcycle came with a set of highway bars/case guards. I did not like the look, but I figured I'd screw up and drop the bike, so I'd leave them on for a while. Rode for a while. Had not dropped the bike yet (I MSFed before I started riding). One day I'm out having a fine time on the delightful twists of NY 327, and then my front wheel is off the ground, I'm sliding along the road, and the bike is sliding away in front of me. The highway bar was lower than the footpeg - when it hit the ground, it pried the front wheel off the road.

Bike hit the far ditch, flipped, bent the handlebar, dented the tank. I rode it home, stripped off the handlebar, ordered a replacement, beat on the tank a bit and painted a patch, and took the $#!&*!! highway bar off. I've been warning people about the hidden dangers of poorly designed accessories ever since - after all, I could have had oncoming traffic and a very different outcome.

That would also be a fine example of "leather works" (my jacket, boots, gloves) and "Denim doesn't" (road-rash on my butt.) Helmet didn't even touch. I ordered a pair of leather pants as well as the new bar.

[IDK why this profile thing says "local club racer" - I see nowhere to set it, and it should say "old guy that takes the bike to get groceries at the speed limit", or something like that.]