Footpegs Scraping Solution Question.

[Ramseybella]

The Tenere is a fun bike but I would buy another bike suitable for your application.
When I had my Tiger 1050 it was balls to the walls in the mountains that bike was tall.
One of the reasons I love the Tenere is the pegs are lower for long legs.
Fun is fun but take it easy and if married Seriously buy some life insurance, I did after my crash.

 

[JRE]

I agree with a few of the others...sounds like you are having fun and a skilled rider, but you would benefit from a second hooligan bike for the more spirited twisty rides. For a long time I tried to find the one bike to "do it all" and found out, as many have, that it doesn't exist. Once you start modding a bike to shore up a "weakness", areas of strength begin to suffer.

 

[EricV]

In regards to what works, I have run Ride On ADV's lowering links, (for the wife), and they were excellent quality and bolted right up w/o issue. When I rode with those, (260#), I did drag hard parts a few times, but it was mostly the seat height that I noticed. Note that I didn't push it hard the few times I rode the S10 with the lowering links.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Ride On ADV for raising links, if you decide to go that route.

In regards to bike choice; I used to ride a well set up FJR, (full GP suspension work and their assistance setting it up for me). Just riding The Pace, I would often walk away from others in the corners w/o working hard, just riding smooth and enjoying myself, but no dragging pegs or any drama. I don't suck at riding skills, but I'm not god's gift to riding either. Before the suspension work, dragging hard parts occurred more often, by accident, because of the oem suspension not being up to the task.

Another parable - When I had a Subaru hatch back, I thought I was rocking the back twisty road commute I drove every day. Tires at edge of adhesion, etc. Years later I bought and dialed in a Miata for track use and went looking for those great roads I used to commute on.... found the roads, couldn't find the corners any more. The road was the same, but with the Miata, it wasn't even a "fun" road any more. The Miata was so much better suited to the task that what pushed the Subaru to the limit wasn't even noticeable in the sports car.

If you're going to keep pushing the S10 hard, spend the money on good suspension and dial that in. Part of that will be a shock spring rate suited for your weight and riding style. That may make more difference than raising links, and if you haven't done custom suspension before, it may surprise you how much of a difference it can make. Not to mention that a good shop will custom the ride height to your needs as well, w/o raising links.

 

[~TABASCO~]

Buy a new rear shock specifically set up for you.. Just adding rising links will off set the trail enough that you will feel it being aggressive as you are in the corners. It will tighten up the steering and probably have to steep of a head angle when your laid over.. Get an Ohlins rear end set up for YOU !


I use to drag my pegs each day to work and home.. I could drag them easy... In fact I posted that one day I was standing on some back roads and hit a 90* and drug the peg standing... When I moved over to the Ohlins properly set up for me and rising links, I don't I've ever touched them again.... My stock suspension couldn't handle the lateral load and just squatted to much, add in such an aggressive lean angle and I drug the hell out of the pegs everyday...................... with K60 's

 

[Chuck B]

<sigh>


The Super ten is what it is. It's not a hooligan bike. And politely, you shouldn't ride it that way. Sooner or later, your luck and/or time will run out.

Your <sign> gave me a good chuckle...thx. I raced for 20+yrs and currently operate a track day/coaching company. Get folks like the original poster to a track and they quickly realize two things; they have no idea how to ride and realize you can never really go that fast on the street.

While working with Freddy Spencer I over heard him say, " If you think you're riding fast you're not. You're just riding over you're head."

 

[Dogdaze]

Your <sign> gave me a good chuckle...thx. I raced for 20+yrs and currently operate a track day/coaching company. Get folks like the original poster to a track and they quickly realize two things; they have no idea how to ride and realize you can never really go that fast on the street.

While working with Freddy Spencer I over heard him say, " If you think you're riding fast you're not. You're just riding over you're head."

Yep! I can ride really fast............ in a straight line, it's the bends that I have trouble with ::26::

 

[EricV]

Your <sign> gave me a good chuckle...thx. I raced for 20+yrs and currently operate a track day/coaching company. Get folks like the original poster to a track and they quickly realize two things; they have no idea how to ride and realize you can never really go that fast on the street.

While working with Freddy Spencer I over heard him say, " If you think you're riding fast you're not. You're just riding over you're head."

I have no idea what the skill level of the OP is. And yes, I've done track days on bike and car, so understand and have seen what you describe.

But, all too often I see or read about people riding on the street like it's the track, or trying to. The street will never be 32' of one way road with corner workers and clean surfaces guaranteed. And I have encountered the tri-tone Caddy, (white, rust and brown dirt), way more than half in my lane, with three young males looking terror stricken, and had to make a hole between that Caddy and the right side volcanic rock outcropping mid corner. Cost me a mirror, scraped to hell on the wall, despite being folding. If I had been hanging it all out at 8+/10ths, I wouldn't have been able to change my line, straiten the bike up while the car went by and make that hole. The car never moved over until I was past, because they were not in control and going too fast for that corner, in that car, at their skill level.

And sure, I've pushed too hard on the street, but it's been a while. I ride The Pace and have plenty of fun doing so. But the bike is a tool to take me places, not something to go find adrenaline rushes on, for me. I have no need to see how fast I can take a corner. The Pace is not slow, but it is in control and smooth.

 

[navynuke]

Like Tabasco said, get a rear shock/suspension setup for your size.

I'm bigger than you at about 270, before I swapped shocks and adjusted I would hit pegs without trying to hard, and one time actually scrapped the ACD skidplate on the ground with a midcorner bump.

After I don't have anywhere near the problems, have dragged a knee on the bike and overheated tires without hitting a peg on the ground.\



The tenere isn't perfect for this kind of riding, it's a bit big/tall etc as everyone else has pointed out, but if you only have one bike, you gotta be extra smooth and further ahead of the game to hustle the tenere along at these paces. ::001:: ::26::

Ken

 

[rfulcher]

I put 60,000 miles on an FJR and for the first 20,000 found it very lacking in ground clearance. At around 20,000 miles I changed springs and oil in the front fork and installed a Penske shock fitted for my style and weight. The shock raised the rear slightly. After the suspension work the bike was much less likely to drag pegs and was a lot more fun. If I had simply added ground clearance the suspension would have still sucked. I also improved my riding skills and learned to hang off the bike effectively. I would skip the links and go for a good shock and new springs.

If you are grinding pegs that much and you are hanging off effectively with good technique then you must be flying.

 

[Dirt_Dad]

The Tenere is a great bike but there is no ground clearance for spirited riding even while aggressivly hanging off.

Humm...I must be even slower than I thought. I've done over 40K Tenere miles between the two bikes a huge part of that on the twisties stuff WV has to offer. I think I've only scrapped a peg once on my wife's 1" lowered setup, never on my stock suspension bike. Always thought spirited was an accurate description of my riding style, but maybe I'm wrong.

 

[cb0802]

If you ride like I do, I can assure you that you will never scrape a peg. I went to the garage to check. Not even a scuff.
I always joke that I ride like a grand ma. I really appreciate all of you reinforcing that for me.
CB

 

[snakebitten]

I actually think I'm FLYING at times. I mean really cooking it. And I have rubbed a boot toe or two in the corners when I get in the zone.

But then I make my next pit stop and maybe get me a drink and smoke me a cigarette. As I walk around the bike and admire the horse that I just flogged, I notice my rear tire still has a big fat chicken strip on it. NOTHING like that gorgeous tire wear in a pic a few posts back.

Yea, I'm a legend. But only in my own mind.

 

[navynuke]

Yea, I'm a legend. But only in my own mind.

Most important part right there!! ::015::

 

[Dirt_Dad]

I actually think I'm FLYING at times. I mean really cooking it. And I have rubbed a boot toe or two in the corners when I get in the zone.

I also scuff up the bottom of a boot from time to time. Sounds like you and I will do just fine together in May.

 

[squarebore]

I actually think I'm FLYING at times. I mean really cooking it. And I have rubbed a boot toe or two in the corners when I get in the zone.

But then I make my next pit stop and maybe get me a drink and smoke me a cigarette. As I walk around the bike and admire the horse that I just flogged, I notice my rear tire still has a big fat chicken strip on it. NOTHING like that gorgeous tire wear in a pic a few posts back.

Yea, I'm a legend. But only in my own mind.

Sounds like we need a contest to see who has the biggest chicken strip. I saw a video of me what I thought was a fast corner once and it wasn't very impressive.

 

[Chuck B]

We often film riders we coach. One gentleman stated after viewing himself on video, "that confirms it. That guy has no idea what he's doing"

 

[martin_nj]

Like others have said, you need to stiffen the rear spring ....

Alternatively custom make some peg mounts that move everything up a bit... Although you're sacrificing comfort there.