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Downtown 300 / Downtown Lean Angles?
« on: March 19, 2011, 05:35:20 AM »
To anyone that has ridden or owns a Downtown, how are the lean angles to you?
I currently own a Yager and it has a nasty habit of scraping the center stand on right-hand turns. I am a new rider (got the Yager in Sept.) and it is a nerve-wracking feeling when I hear that scrape.
I am looking at upgrading to the Downtown but every video I have watched of one either shows someone scraping like crazy or they have scars on the variator cover or center stand. Are these people driving really hard or is this just par for the course on the DT300?
I'm really conflicted over whether to go for the Downtown or something like a Ninja 500 with saddlebags for storage. Also, I am thinking as a third option to wait and see if the People GT 300i makes it ashore. I know it has a better ground clearance with the bigger wheels. I'm not a racer by any means but I want to be able to lean the bike in a turn without worrying about levering the rear wheel off the ground.
Thanks for the help
I currently own a Yager and it has a nasty habit of scraping the center stand on right-hand turns. I am a new rider (got the Yager in Sept.) and it is a nerve-wracking feeling when I hear that scrape.
I am looking at upgrading to the Downtown but every video I have watched of one either shows someone scraping like crazy or they have scars on the variator cover or center stand. Are these people driving really hard or is this just par for the course on the DT300?
I'm really conflicted over whether to go for the Downtown or something like a Ninja 500 with saddlebags for storage. Also, I am thinking as a third option to wait and see if the People GT 300i makes it ashore. I know it has a better ground clearance with the bigger wheels. I'm not a racer by any means but I want to be able to lean the bike in a turn without worrying about levering the rear wheel off the ground.
Thanks for the help