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no trouble with the race line akrapovič on ground clearance
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I've managed to scrape the bottom of the headers when going down from the footpath (pavement) to the road. I always try to do it very gently, without any weight on the bike, but there is such little clearance that sometimes it's virtually unavoidable.no trouble with the race line akrapovič on ground clearance
I've never taken it up or off a curb and the speed hump is about 4" high... Any bike should be able to clear that at 5mph.You'll be able to file and polish some of that down. It'll never look great but it'll take your eye off of it. Morale of this episode ... don't ride over speed/safety bumps and don't run it off or up kerbs.
No you haven't but Relz has ... and he's caught it.... I've never taken it up or off a curb ...
You're right ... the emphasis being on 'should'! It's a reminder for me really to avoid speed bumps and kerbs ... I generally do but I'll be especially careful with this bike. My suspension is well sorted so fingers crossed I should be fine even with a few unavoidable incidents.... and the speed hump is about 4" high... Any bike should be able to clear that at 5mph ...
Well something is wrong with mine then. I'm going to put the stock exhaust back in and compare ground clearance measurements between that and my Akrapovic.I'm 120kg in gear my TI Akra is fine, bumpy roads, I removed the feelers from the pegs and still scrape the pegs, never scrapped the exhaust.
Looking forward to the results of that measurement. I've just got 2 studs, 2 nuts and 3 gaskets from the dealer and about to fit the system his weekend. The orIginal system is off and in storage already but I wish I'd taken the measurements before removing it.Well something is wrong with mine then. I'm going to put the stock exhaust back in and compare ground clearance measurements between that and my Akrapovic.
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I was hoping to hear from somebody not having problems with clearance on the ttanium system before fitting mine. Thanks.I'm 120kg in gear my TI Akra is fine, bumpy roads, I removed the feelers from the pegs and still scrape the pegs, never scrapped the exhaust.
I have Pilot Road 4 tyres at 36psi, my fork tubes are where they should be and my bike has done 4000 miles I think.I've loaded my bike up to an estimated 200kg odd, pillion and a tent. Pegs get down quite easily with this weight on, but exhaust has never been touched. Bike happily goes down (and sometimes up) kerbs and over speed bumps regularly, the kerb into my favourite practice carpark is 5-6 inch. The bike does feel super low and wallowy on the long dips at high speed but as of yet no grounding. My suspension is set pretty stiff and highly damped for cornering ability.
Your post has made me worry a fair bit, but it makes me wonder, are you forks any further through the yoke than standard, or do you have particularly wide/flat tyres? OR is it a possibility the suspension softens over time and causes this? I'm at 2800 miles currently and it has certainly softened up a bit
I know, they say because they've not had any reports of it happening to any other MT09's they are going to assume there is nothing wrong with mine.Good god that's terrible. Realistically they're saying fork out a fortune on new suspension or just live with it :O . Not impressed with what that grounding could do to the header studs/bolts.
Yup [emoji29]Sounds like the usual Yamaha cop out..!