Has anyone the true figure of our max lean angle?

[_Sheffjs_]

I was wondering how we compare to other cruisers. I can tell you the scrapes on my 1500 Drifter come way before the 1520 Valks. 

[Reb]

If you want to find that information out on your own. There is a device for 200$ called a leanometer. Tracks and data logs lean angles and forces when in turns.

A lot of variation accounts for tire size, suspension type, etc. I would guesstimate 40° +/- 5°

Most sport bikes range around 50° with moto gp bikes reaches 60+



http://www.leanometer.com

[old2soon]

            Couple of pictures here bouts with SmokinJoe draggin hard parts on his Valkyrie(s) I'm guessin on The Dragon. Him and Daniel have been known to turn foot pegs into razor blades. Look at the front tires on some of the folks known too ride Hard. They are easy to spot-hard riders-cuz the unscuffed portion of tread is Much Thinner-A K A chicken stripes.
            Totally different bike but a friend of mine and his son returned from a road trip that included The Dragon. Both on alaphabet soup H/Ds. Said his son had ground holes in both mufflers on the sons H/D. When yer stomach Screams-OH crap-ya just KNOW ya leaned Too cursed far!  RIDE SAFE.

[cookiedough]

every bikes varies even each Valk is different all factors involved.

heck, I even ground off one left side lower bolt holding my belt drive casing on my scooter to the point of not sure I can get it out and probably should check/replace the belt after 10 years old and 16K miles? 

on my I/S,  my upfront hwy. pegs touch before my kuryakyn floorboards used for shifting/normal position do. 

[98valk]

every review I have read state the valkyrie had more lean angle than any other cruiser out there.  running hard at speed and without the shocks bumped up will hit hard parts faster.

[Jess from VA]

Not exactly scientific, but level the bike (on the ground), then jam a big piece of plywood up against the tires, then lift it till it hits something (pegs, floorboards before engine guards), put a protractor on the ground and measure the angle of the plywood, and you have your lean angle.

As stated, different shocks (13-11.5") and springs and pegs and floorboards, and peg lowering kits and tires (OE, and others off-size, and car tires), fork rake kits, will change the max lean angle.

It probably also makes a difference if the bike is riderless, or one up, or two up. (load)

Measuring it after you let it fall over doesn't count (even if you slid/rode it 50 feet that way).     

[98valk]

Not exactly scientific, but level the bike (on the ground), then jam a big piece of plywood up against the tires, then lift it till it hits something (pegs, floorboards before engine guards), put a protractor on the ground and measure the angle of the plywood, and you have your lean angle.

As stated, different shocks (13-11.5") and springs and pegs and floorboards, and peg lowering kits and tires (OE, and others off-size, and car tires), fork rake kits, will change the max lean angle.

It probably also makes a difference if the bike is riderless, or one up, or two up. (load)

Measuring it after you let it fall over doesn't count (even if you slid/rode it 50 feet that way).     

 

do u remember the member on here yrs ago that used his valkyrie for track riding school and showed pics of the worn down crash bars from leaning over so much?