Riding style

[dilwog]

Be carefull sticking ur foot out, you could break it if you hit a cats eye. I leave my feet on the pegs, you just look like a try hard, unless your riding on dirt or gravel.

[toebug]

I have raced MX for many years and have ridden road bikes for many years too. I'm in my first season of motard racing and have tried the leg out technique but cant get it down pat, bieng tarmac it seems to be ingrained to ride road bike style so its knee down at all costs for me.

[DEATH_INC.]

Interesting subject this whole foot out thing.
Look at the top MXers and tell me how many put their foot out on corners where there's no chance of it getting pulled off the peg.
The only real reason to take your foot from the peg is to protect it. Again, look at the top mx guys, foot well forward and up off the ground unless it can't be.
Same goes for 'tard riders, take your foot off when backing it in and the inside peg is dragging, or any time you CAN'T keep it there, otherwise feet on pegs will give best control, and be fastest.

I wasn't too bad at mx in the day, and rode a lot of trailies (before there were 'tards) on the road, both seal and gravel.

[haydes55]

Interesting subject this whole foot out thing.
Look at the top MXers and tell me how many put their foot out on corners where there's no chance of it getting pulled off the peg.
The only real reason to take your foot from the peg is to protect it. Again, look at the top mx guys, foot well forward and up off the ground unless it can't be.
Same goes for 'tard riders, take your foot off when backing it in and the inside peg is dragging, or any time you CAN'T keep it there, otherwise feet on pegs will give best control, and be fastest.

I wasn't too bad at mx in the day, and rode a lot of trailies (before there were 'tards) on the road, both seal and gravel.

You make sense. What are you doing on KB?

[george formby]

Yea I was up north.
I still have a bit more lean angle in reserve around corners. I've never pushed the bike to the point where It's felt as though I was losing traction or that I wasn't in control.

Sorry. Jas and I rode over the Mangamukas the other day, it went from damp at the bottom to raining at the top. She left me for dead, I had a major arse pucker thinking of her visiting the scenery. When I caught up I asked her why she did not slow down on the wet road she replied "I did, the second time the back wheel skidded out"

[toebug]

Interesting subject this whole foot out thing.
Look at the top MXers and tell me how many put their foot out on corners where there's no chance of it getting pulled off the peg.
The only real reason to take your foot from the peg is to protect it. Again, look at the top mx guys, foot well forward and up off the ground unless it can't be.
Same goes for 'tard riders, take your foot off when backing it in and the inside peg is dragging, or any time you CAN'T keep it there, otherwise feet on pegs will give best control, and be fastest.

I wasn't too bad at mx in the day, and rode a lot of trailies (before there were 'tards) on the road, both seal and gravel.

the main reason to take the foot off the peg is to transfer weight over the front of the bike. Unlike a road bike its difficult to get the weight over the front axle by just moving your head and upper body weight so putting the foot out helps this. In mx it also gives you the opportunity to stamp it back up again should you lose the front, you can do this on the road too but it hurts from what I've seen...

[george formby]

you can do this on the road too but it hurts from what I've seen...

Yarp, only done it once. On a salt slick roundabout on a wee 125 2t trailie. It does hurt. Some of the SM racers seem to use a foot like a GP racer uses their knee but its not out front, it's too the side, boot sliding.

[Ender EnZed]

As a general guide I ride at double the suggested corner speed

Settle petal. Regardless of your perspective on control & observation, if your "generally" taking corners at twice the posted recommendation your more than likely pushing your luck, chewing into your safety margin IFYKWIM.

+1

But not just due to the numbers.

I'm a pretty average road rider but I happen to know that with the "yada yada" taken care of a DR650 on ADV tyres will take any corner at 2x+ the posted sign speed without scraping a thing.

I've never had any of the slippery shit down anywhere near pat so I can't really comment on that but I'd say that if you need to ask the question (on sealed roads) then your feet should be on the pegs. It gives you so many more options as to how you want the bike to respond that you'd need to have a really good reason for taking your foot off.

[george formby]

+1

But not just due to the numbers.

I'm a pretty average road rider but I happen to know that with the "yada yada" taken care of a DR650 on ADV tyres will take any corner at 2x+ the posted sign speed without scraping a thing.

I've never had any of the slippery shit down anywhere near pat so I can't really comment on that but I'd say that if you need to ask the question (on sealed roads) then your feet should be on the pegs. It gives you so many more options as to how you want the bike to respond that you'd need to have a really good reason for taking your foot off.

I'm in the occasionally worrying position of nurturing my G/F into bikes. We have practiced heaps, her skills are great but it's the road craft she needs to learn now. As per my previous post about the Mangamukas she based her speed on the fact that the bike "felt" planted. Second slide she backed off.
No reflection or assumption on the OP t'is the interweb & he's doing some big miles & good practice. But. Nothing beats experience and as you say, feet on the pegs gives you a lot more control. You can take a boot off the peg a lot quicker than you can put it back on.