'06 Dragging Footpegs

[sierrabus]

In tight corners I've noticed a propensity for my '06 to drag the pegs. They are low to the ground and obviously purposely so for comfort. But are they too low?

Just wondering if this is a change from the previous generation or are they all like this, or is it me?

Any other '06 owners noticed this?

 

[Rogue]

What do you weigh and is the shock set for 1 up or 2 up?

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

'06 A - Never touched one, and I lean Way more than I ever could on the concours.

 

[FJRottie]

:blink:

I'm with Rogue. I think your suspension is set up incorrectly or too soft.

What kind of weight is put on the bike and what is it set up at.

Rear Spring Preload ?

Rear Rebound Dampening ?

Front Spring Preload ?

Front Rebound Dampening ?

Front Compression Dampening ?

 

[temp357]

the 06 has less clearance than the previous generation fjr, but not by much.

05 - 5.4"

06 - 5.3"

 

[FJRocket]

the 06 has less clearance than the previous generation fjr, but not by much.
05 - 5.4"

06 - 5.3"

Where do they measure the clearance? To me it feels like the pegs are higher on the '06, as well as the seat being lower. As in, my legs feel a lot more bent. Even as short as I am, I feel like I'm eating my knees more. But it could be the seat, not the pegs.

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

the 06 has less clearance than the previous generation fjr, but not by much.

05 - 5.4"

06 - 5.3"

Where do they measure the clearance? To me it feels like the pegs are higher on the '06, as well as the seat being lower. As in, my legs feel a lot more bent. Even as short as I am, I feel like I'm eating my knees more. But it could be the seat, not the pegs.

Which of the two seat poitions are you using? High or Low?

 

[temp357]

Just going based on spec from the yamaha web site. Doesn't the corbin scrunch your knees up more compared to the stock seat?

 

[daviddowns2000]

In tight corners I've noticed a propensity for my '06 to drag the pegs.

In normal street riding it happens only very rarely on my '05. I have the suspension settings basically as suggested in Sport Rider. However, there is a little-known and little-used park in a nearby community with a lot of unbanked "twisties." The park is usually closed to cars and has no posted speed limits. I often ride my SV650 there, but I wanted to check out the performance of my new Stradas so yesterday I took the FJR. After a few warmup laps I was scraping the feelers on just about all of the tighter turns. As you might expect, when I hung off and got my chin into the turn, the dragging was reduced but still happened occasionally. I had a blast for an hour or so and the Stradas felt superb. In comparison, I can remember touching the feelers there on the SV only once.

 

[jayshaw91]

So what does the mag recommend? I'd like to tune mine a bit. I Googled and found nuttin'.

DD, I'm coming from an SV to the FJR. Talk about a world of difference.

 

[daviddowns2000]

So what does the mag recommend? I'd like to tune mine a bit. I Googled and found nuttin'.

Greetings from a former Ann Arborite. Lived there from '71 to '93. My son and his family just moved to N. Fla. from Ypsi, so I have no real reason to visit there any more, but have many good memories.

For Sport Rider recommendations, see: https://sportrider.com/bikes/146_suspension...gs/index10.html

 

[jayshaw91]

Well, well, well! Small world!

So I see that is for an 05. I take it the settings will work for an 06, also?

 

[daviddowns2000]

So I see that is for an 05. I take it the settings will work for an 06, also?

I don't know how different the '06 suspension is, if at all, but they might be OK as a starting point. You will want to play around and tweak them anyway.

 

[sierrabus]

:blink:
I'm with Rogue. I think your suspension is set up incorrectly or too soft.

What kind of weight is put on the bike and what is it set up at.

Rear Spring Preload ?

Rear Rebound Dampening ?

Front Spring Preload ?

Front Rebound Dampening ?

Front Compression Dampening ?

I weigh 150 lbs or so and just me on the bike. Have it set on one up and have not touched the factory settings.

 

[RadioHowie]

 

[sierrabus]

In tight corners I've noticed a propensity for my '06 to drag the pegs.

In normal street riding it happens only very rarely on my '05. I have the suspension settings basically as suggested in Sport Rider. However, there is a little-known and little-used park in a nearby community with a lot of unbanked "twisties." The park is usually closed to cars and has no posted speed limits. I often ride my SV650 there, but I wanted to check out the performance of my new Stradas so yesterday I took the FJR. After a few warmup laps I was scraping the feelers on just about all of the tighter turns. As you might expect, when I hung off and got my chin into the turn, the dragging was reduced but still happened occasionally. I had a blast for an hour or so and the Stradas felt superb. In comparison, I can remember touching the feelers there on the SV only once.

Thanks for your comments. That pretty much answers my question as to whether or not it's just me or the new bike.

 

[tstaff]

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[stellarsteve]

I think DAVIDDOWNS2000 said it "when I hung off and got my chin into the turn, the dragging was reduced" is the key. If you lean your body into the turn, the faster you can carve and the less you scrape the pegs.

 

[mindtrip]

'06 A - Never touched one, and I lean Way more than I ever could on the concours.

Since I don't know you, I don't know if that means anything.

I scrape my pegs all the time on my '06. I've just gotten used to it; I can certainly lean this bike over farther before I scrape the pegs than I could my Thunderbird, so I've had lots of experience scraping. I've set my shocks to the sportrider.com recommendations, and in fact found the front shock to be *too* stiff, as I was getting harsh jars from road bumps on tour, even 2-up. Remember, they upped the spring rate on the '06 forks. Backing off the compression damping a few clicks made all that go away and now the front is smooth as buttah; I still have the preload cranked down. Even when riding solo and the rear set to 2-up ("hard"), I still scrape pegs. I might crank the pre-load up a bit more by tightening the lock rings, though the only thing pre-load affects is static sag, NOT compression in hard cornering. compression damping would help that, but of course compression damping is not adjustable on the rear shock. Either way, I hit the pegs plenty, and have about 3/8" of chicken-strips left on each side of the rear tire.

I think DAVIDDOWNS2000 said it "when I hung off and got my chin into the turn, the dragging was reduced" is the key. If you lean your body into the turn, the faster you can carve and the less you scrape the pegs.

I agree here completely; hanging off lets you keep the bike more upright, so you scrape less. Even so, I managed to scrape the pegs hanging off while riding the Dragon and the Cherohala Skyway.