Foot peg hitting the ground

[pastybee]

Newbie to the riding experience, but love it and spend more time on the bike than with my girlfriend.

Been getting more confident around corners etc but recently maybe to confident and have hit the foot peg on the ground, does this mean I am to far over or is that something that happens. I found I got the wobbles after hitting it on the ground.

Any suggestions .

[Postie]

it could be a problem if you have solid foot pegs as the bike will dig into the ground and then you get to test out your helmet and leathers. If you have standard pegs then they should have springs and retract when you touch the ground, in which case, good on ya for leaning, get some sliders and get yer knee down.

[bugjuice]

yeah, that'll be about your limit. Next step is getting your weight off the bike if you're scraping the peg now. Just don't scrape the peg too much, else it'll start taking the weight off the back wheel. Then you're in for some fun.

[Fishy]

Have you taken the long indicator screws off your footpegs? If you have you're doing well! keep it up!. :niceone:

[bugjuice]

hero-blobs ;)

[James Deuce]

Perfectly normal, and the wobbles were probably generated by your reaction to the peg touching down, rather than the bike's newfound occupation of tripod. You might want to consider taking it a bit easier - naaaaaaah.

[bugjuice]

that's make a good tui ad..

[pastybee]

I think the wobbles was a reaction to the peg hitting the ground. I checked the pegs and the seem to have what looks like a metal peice for when it hits the road, so i havent done it for a while, I drive over the Rimas to Wellington everyday so i am learning alot about cornering

[bladez]

Good on ya for getting it down :cool: you are 6 steps ahead of me carnt get mine down with out the bike with it lol or is that my age catching up or to many meetings with the road.

[slob]

Sounds like you're doing well with your cornering skills!

If you want to get around the peg grinding issue:

(a) Check if you have "hero blobs" on your footpegs (see picture)? You can gain some more clearance by unscrewing (where possible) or sawing them off. They are meant to be a sort of warning system, but if your skills/tyres allow, you can lean further.

(b) Start "hanging off" the bike when cornering to decrease the amount of lean required for a given corner speed.

[slob]

here it is!

[F5 Dave]

Bikes will scrape quite easily if the forks, or more likely the rear shock has gone soggy. Some Bros, the 400s moreso will be Jap imports. Hence will be sprung for 50kilo midgets.

This along with a shock that will be well past time for a recon/re-oil will make the suspension compress quite a heap hence scrape easier. Old oil will of course have little damping & any upset to the bike will have it weaving quite nicely.

[JWALKER]

Good on ya man, thats always good to hear. maybe there are some other kb riders up near you that might be able to go for a ride with and be able to follow you, to see your cornering and maybe help ya out.

[Ixion]

it could be a problem if you have solid foot pegs as the bike will dig into the ground and then you get to test out your helmet and leathers. If you have standard pegs then they should have springs and retract when you touch the ground, in which case, good on ya for leaning, get some sliders and get yer knee down.

Nah, anyone who had old Briddish bikes ground the solid pegs down all the time. You just get some nice sparks, one the rubber's gone. More often, it's when you hit a bump, which may also account for the wobble.

[madboy]

Not all bikes have footpegs in the same location, so on some bikes you can touch the pegs easily, on others you just about need to be on a suicide mission (or a fight club ride). But whatever you scrape, IMO, you don't generally want to be scraping too much further or leaning any further over. I suggest hanging off. If you get a chance to come on one of the TRTNR(tm) rides I'm sure there's a few nutters who can show you how. Some of them can even ride too.

[pastybee]

I have seen people hanging so iam trying that at the mo, but not at great speed.
Was going to go on the newbie rides on this weekin but as i said spend more time on the bike than the girlfriend and she has planned a weekend away..never mind i am sure she we will enjoy the bike ride over the rimas hahaha

[Edbear]

Discovered that myself when I finally did the Coro loop! Had to bring my boots back on the pegs so my toes were outa the way. On roads like that you can experiment and have fun gaining confidence without doing high speeds. One corner over Coromandel side is signed at 15km/h! All the advice given here is good, just don't "overcook" it and highside yourself into the scenery, or someone else. Ride days are an excellent way to learn in relative safety with experienced riders there to help. Hope to do one next time they have a day at Puke. Us older returning bikers are a bit rusty sometimes, especially when we were used to bikes from the 70's which didn't handle! It wasn't til I got my GSX that I ever touched the pegs down. Maybe I was just a Nana back then, but the old T500's had rubber frames and one tankslapper into oncoming traffic was enough!

[ducatilover]

you got the wobbles after pegging the ground? i only got wobbles on corrugations [rather big wobbles]

my bros was happy to drag its pegs over the pahiatua track, i spose it really counts if youre not scared to hit the pegs or if youre expecting it.... what kina tyres have you got on her?

i love bros650's:Punk: :tugger: :Punk: ;)

[yungatart]

I felt my boot skipping across the tarmac yesterday-it brought a smile to my dial- didn't realise I was leaning THAT much!

[Goblin]

My centre stand scrapes before anything else:( But I'm quite used to it now.

[slob]

Boots shouldn't really be touching the ground - for ideal machine control, it is best to have the balls of your feet on the pegs so that you can weight them easily..

[ducatilover]

Boots shouldn't really be touching the ground - for ideal machine control, it is best to have the balls of your feet on the pegs so that you can weight them easily..
i have [had] my heels on that little bit that extends behind the foot peg and keep my toes on the peg, this way no boot scraping :doobey:

[slob]

Err... isn't that the foot protector (i.e. the thing that keeps your heels from getting whacked by the swingarm)?


i have [had] my heels on that little bit that extends behind the foot peg and keep my toes on the peg, this way no boot scraping :doobey:

[GN1NiteStnd]

Yeah on some bikes you would have to scrape the header pipes before the pegs can touch the ground. -Not saying that out of experience though, my soggy suspension on my Gn hasnt gotten me scrapping my own pegs yet, but I've been told that i'm getting close.

[ducatilover]

Err... isn't that the foot protector (i.e. the thing that keeps your heels from getting whacked by the swingarm)?
is it? i thought it would be something like that, i have checked and my foot wouldnt get hit by the swingarm so its all good:wari:

[ducatilover]

Yeah on some bikes you would have to scrape the header pipes before the pegs can touch the ground. -Not saying that out of experience though, my soggy suspension on my Gn hasnt gotten me scrapping my own pegs yet, but I've been told that i'm getting close.
its easy on a gn, roundabouts do the trick just hang off and go too fast like an idiot and yer away;)