Monumentous riding event has occured!!!!!

[Slide Panda]

...but the dangers of scraping hard parts is properly demonstrated.

Rider skill set aside (though we can see the riders upper body on the outside of the center of his bike.. ahem), the photo show clearly that his crash bars (oh the irony) touched down, levering his front wheel up enough to cause a loss of traction and a low side.

I had a friend low side on her lowered Sportster due to her touching down the big, way far out peg carrier on her bike. Can't comment on her body position at the time, as she was behind - but i know her speed was below 30, probably below 25. So, even at low speeds, touching hard parts can significantly compromise your traction.

What if you are 148 clothed and about 160 in full gear.

At that weight, you're fortunate. The stock springs will probably suit you just fine. But it would not be a bad idea to take it to a shop or other skilled individual to have the settings gone over. And don't mistake someone who can work on and engine for someone who can set suspension. I've got no problem pulling a part an engine - did my first 100% dis assembly and reassembly of an engine in 6th grade (and yes it worked after  ) - But I deffer to others on suspension settings.

[Doctor Woodrow]

Agreed, I do use a certain amount of "ass sliding" where my quad will be on the seat and my ass is mostly off the seat but in this case I was fairly centered. Sure I could have gotten off the seat a bit but I like the idea of dragging a peg. 

Ummm, I hope you mean that your Hamstrings (back of the leg), and/or your Adductors (inside of the leg) are on the seat, as your Quads are on the front of your leg; which would result in you diving off the bike facefirst into the pavement, but i don't think that is going to help your riding any. Sorry, I had to.

The Doc

[orangelion03]

What if you are 148 clothed and about 160 in full gear.

Then the bike is probably perfect for you as it is!  Maybe a tad stiff, but AFAIK, Monsters (at least used to be) set-up stock for a rider about your weight.  You should still check your ride height and sag though.

[somegirl]

For the first time on my 696 I drug the foot peg on the left hand side. The toe of my riding boot also drug slightly.

I've heard this is great for healing up broken toes.

[Monster Dave]

The toe of my riding boot also drug slightly.

Out of curiosity, were your toes on top of the pegs or did you have them lower and have only your heels on the pegs?

[Veloce-Fino]

Ummm, I hope you mean that your Hamstrings (back of the leg), and/or your Adductors (inside of the leg) are on the seat, as your Quads are on the front of your leg; which would result in you diving off the bike facefirst into the pavement, but i don't think that is going to help your riding any. Sorry, I had to.

The Doc

Ahh, you had to be all technical and such. Yes, I meant hamstrings. When your legs are as huge and muscular as mine you sometimes forget there are different muscle groups in there.

I've heard this is great for healing up broken toes.

Agreed  [moto] Thankfully it didn't cause any pain 

Out of curiosity, were your toes on top of the pegs or did you have them lower and have only your heels on the pegs?

Can't recall heel position, but my toe was under the shifter preparing to upshift out of the turn. So I would guess my peg was sitting in the dip in front of my heel on my boot.