[Bill Wells]

i only have 3-1/2 to 4 inches under the scattershield ( depends on gas tank level , passenger on board - ie added weight) . i have not hit anything yet in 13,000 miles but am careful to swerve around road kill and take speed bumps on an angle ( angled as close to 45 degrees as i can get) , not head on . head on, ie straight at em , and i will hit big time- but not when going over them on an angle. i am also cautious on steeply banked driveways, i approach those and enter them on an angle too. bill