Rod, at 11:44 on Feb 21 1997, you wrote to Bob Lawrence ...

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BL>> your balance, but I never found it particularly dangerous. 
BL>> If you leant too far you scraped the foot rests and the 
BL>> stand, but bikes are dangerous in corners!

RG> Try riding something a little more modern...  my bike is 
RG> just over 10years old now, and not once have I managed to 
RG> scrape the pegs.. If I ever got it down that low I'd have to 
RG> scrape away a portion of my handlebars too.

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In '91 when I bought the K75S, my brother had a GSX1100R Suzuki.  The
owners handbook had a note in it which said "if your footpeg drags on
the ground, you are having an accident".

David
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