Ok, 200k's of dry Alpine roads today. Dry for a change. Looking for max rpm's and... max leaning angles, after 3 months (already???) of cold winter rides. No problem with rev's. "La Petite" (that's her name) eagerly goes to max all the way to 4th gear. But, as far as cornering clearance (and speed) is concerned, she... disappoints. In other words, no matter where I position my boots on the pegs, they scrape the asphalt. Or the gear lever hits it first!!! And I just can't shave these half-an-inch chicken strips left on the front rubber.
The fact of the matter is that, compared to the donor bike, the Daytona 675, the pegs and levers sit about 1 3/4 inch (4 centimeters) HIGHER. I knew that and, having owned a Daytona, I felt it was an acceptable trade-off. Acceptable it ain't. Money permitting, I am gonna retrofit Daytona pegs and foot levers
Life is a party.
Jamie
