How NOT to take a bend with a Royal Enfield Classic 500... 

I’ve done this a time or two on my Classic. You might find it’s the rear brake lever, which curls under the exhaust is touching the road in right handers. At least with mine, that scrapes before the foot peg . Whichever, it certainly wakes you up doesn’t it.

My Brother has a Classic 500 with the rear disc,The first time he pushed it hard into a right hand bend the bottom of the brake peddle ground out and lifted the front wheel, He still doesn't know how he stayed on....but hasn't done it since ..lesson learned

Fixed fotpegs on My Royal Classic saved my ankle from being smashed or crushed some months ago, when I was frozen and in algidity, after many hours riding. Returning from a warm and tasty coffee & cake, I felt off in the ground , to the left side, with the bike stopped. Actually, in order to make the engine start with the kickstarter, I had forgotten that the side stand wasn't in its correct position. Result:- A broken mirror and my self proud a bit affected. I'm not a beginner. Curiously, I don't remember to have ever scrapped the brake lever, nor the pegs with the Classic, but sometimes that comes to my mind during rides.😁 Normaly I use the lower gears to brake for the bends, but sometimes I am are catched too by susprising roads like theese.

i wonder, is there nothing we can do?... I come from a gsxr 750 and am kind of (too) used to leaning. Maybe there are retractable aftermarkets?... What i usually try to do to cut lean angle is basically "kiss the mirror" and move body as far away from bike as possible. I guess i will have to ride like im 80 y.o. on the enfield. I dont think that was daft, I think its a limitation of design of enfield that was probably conceived for very relaxed cruising in india...It is a bike that must not be ridden like a modern bike imo, it is more about scenery and low speed than "piloting". I have to make a mental note of that lol Nice vids btw, subscribed!

Ooof, i've had this noise happen once or twice and its not a great feeling whenever you hear it! Glad it didn't turn into a crash.

yes that fat BRAKE lever touches first, not the foot peg. That is a bad design. I try to compensate sometime by hanging way out on right hand turns.

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Okay thanks brother.

Drive safely... even on a bike with retractable footpegs, this event might surprise you, startle you or really scare you and make you loose focus. Make life a ride, do not make it the ride of your life. ride wisely.

Awesome 🤘

learn to counter steer the bike, you turned the bars the wrong way!

The rear brake pedal on the euro 4 classics ground to early, they, in my opinion are a bad design. law suit in the future?

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Watched this several times, if I am not mistaken, this is pure rider error. While deep in right turn, you can see the handlebars turn right, many riders make this mistake and have to lean the bike more and more to compensate for the steering pushing them left. In right turn, handlebars should be slightly to the left, counter-steering, then there is no need to lean so much, especially at this speed. Practice this deliberately, in safe roads and speeds, you should make it into an automated response, not unlike the mistake from before, replace it with the skill. I ride a low, heavy, wide cruiser bike, on winding, slippery, mountain roads, and rarely have to scrape the pegs.